does elm mold easily?

[vwboomer]

I noticed a stack had tipped over next to the shed this morning. I also noticed that there is a lot of spots on it. I know the drying location (north side of shed) isn't ideal, but I had several cords of ash stacked there for 2 years and it never molded.

Does elm mold more easily than other woods? Assuming that it is, in fact, mold or mildew.

 

[Whitespider]

Yep, Elm will mold if it's stored where air can't circulate around and through it.

I cut standing dead Elm all winter and tossed it directly in the basement, the lower part of the trunk would thaw out and be quite wet so I'd set it by the stove to dry for a few days. Every once-in-a-while I'd come across a piece that that had been in the stack (in an old coal room, against the basemen wall) for a couple weeks or more... some of it looked like it was growing hair 'cause of all the mold and mildew.

I was a bit worried about mold spores circulating through the house so I took to separating the main trunk(s) from the rest; stacked it out close to the stove where it would dry out in about a week to 10-days.

I've seen Oak turn to a crumbling mess of dust after being stacked against the wall, on the north side of a building and under a heavy tree canopy in just two years. I think a lot would depend on your climate and building location (such as if any wind that could get to the wood is blocked by trees or another building).

Personally, I'd be moving that stack.

 

[climberjones]

One of the best places too find morel mushrooms in kansas is by dead elms so maybe there is a connection there!!

 

[vwboomer]

Yep, Elm will mold if it's stored where air can't circulate around and through it.




Personally, I'd be moving that stack.

There's no place to move it to, so it's just gonna have to work itself out I have it stacked only two rows on the pallets so there's still a fair bit of sun and wind from any direction other than the south should circulate a fair bit.
Even the stuff that was laying out in the field was in the same condition after being cut in Dec. ah well!

 

[jerryw66]

I have burned a lot of elm, but it does smell bad and cure slowly. Like the poem says,



B

eechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say,
If for logs 'tis laid away.
Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be;
But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold.

Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last,
it is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold
But Ash green or Ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown.

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke,
Apple wood will scent your room
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom
Oaken logs, if dry and old
keep away the winter's cold
But Ash wet or Ash dry
a king shall warm his slippers by.

For more information on burning firewood in the home please visit the National Energy Foundation website.

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Firewood Suppliers in Surrey

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Name Contact Price Collection / Delivery Area
Simon Farndon 07986 096635
01256 381509
[email protected] please contact Please contact for delivery area
Tom Earis 01428 642903
07778 169864
Tom Earis - Countryside and Land Management £60 for 1m3
£110 for 2m3
£3 for a bag of kindling
£10 for 4 bags of kindling Please visit website for delivery area.
Lower Mole Countryside Trust 01372 743783 £4 per bag, minimum purchase 2 bags.
£10 for 3 bags.
Bags supplied. Wood is a by-product of conservation work. Collect by prior arrangement from Horton Country Park, Epsom.
Logs for London 07855 321972
07904 954352 £120 load + £20 for 1.5 cubic metres of hardwood logs.
South London - North Surrey
Andrew Heard,
Chilworth. 01483 538337
Andrew Heard - Surrey Logs Please refer to website Delivered within an area bounded by Camberley, Leatherhead, Haslemere and Farnham.
Collect from farm as well.
Eco Logs,
Capel and Dorking 01306 712850
or
07767 478638 £75 for bulk builders bag - around 275 logs. Split seasoned hardwood from local coppiced woodland.
£3 net bag of kindling. Delivered price within a 10 mile radius of Dorking, then on mileage.
David Green
easylogs.co.uk
4, Acres Gardens,
Tadworth,
Surrey,
KT20 5LP 07803 963186
01737 211072
2 cubic metres of seasoned quality hardwood.
Price dependant on delivery area.

Wood is locally farmed and sustainable. Delivered throughout Surrey and south west London.
Rob Stringer 07792 786655
[email protected]
Rob's woodlands £70 for 300 logs.
£130 for 600 logs
All seasoned hardwood Free delivery within 10 mile radius of Guildford.
Deliveries further afield by arrangement.
Hascombe Woodyard (and sawmill),
Dunsfold Road,
Loxhill,
Goldalming,
Surrey,
GU8 4RN 01483 208525 Price on request.
Minimum order - cubic metre loose volume load. Free local delivery, small delivery charge outside the local area.
Bury Hill Topsoil and Logs,
Old Bury Hill, Dorking 01306 877540
[email protected]
Surrey Topsoil & Logs | Bury Hill | UK | London £62.95 per 1m3 jumbo firewood bag (approximately 325 logs)
£3 for a bag of kindling
£10 for 4 bags of kindling Free delivery within 10 mile radius of Dorking.
£15 delivery charge for deliveries in London rest of the south east. See website for postcode areas.
Anglesey Farm Logs
Guildford 01483 811711
07836 739565
07760 776540 £80 per load barn stored
£5 per net of kindling Deliveries within 30 mile radius of Guildford, or collect from the farm.
Lionel Mason,
Ellen's Green, Nr Cranleigh. 01403 822412 £7.50 for a wheelbarrow full Collect
T. Broom and Son (Farmers),
Sondes Place Farm,
Dorking 01306 881538
Sondes Place Farm is a 320 acre mixed farm located between Dorking and Westcott, Surrey, England
[email protected] £75 bulk load, approx. 1 cubic metre including delivery within 15 miles of Dorking.
Available in bags as well.

Quality seasoned hardwood, produced locally, including own woods. Free delivery within 15 mile radius of Dorking.
Ashtead Trees and Gardens 07725 634157
01372 273551
[email protected]
Ashtead Trees and Gardens £20 per hundred logs Free local delivery. Logs sourced from tree surgery waste.
John Martin,
Traditional Boundaries,
Milford 01483 527923
[email protected]
Traditional Boundaries, Logs, chestnut post & rail fencing and hedge laying in Surrey | logs, fencing and hedgelaying in Surrey £75 for 1.2 cubic metres
£3.50 bag of kindling Free delivery within 5 miles of Milford. Contact for delivery outside this area.
John Kendrick
Buckland 07936 096956
[email protected] £70 for a truckload - approx. 1 cubic metre - seasoned logs, grown locally in Headley. Hardwood and / or softwood depending on requirements. Price includes delivery within Redhill, Reigate and Dorking area (RH1 - RH5 postcodes) and Leatherhead, Ashtead, Walton, Tadworth and south Epsom area (KT18 and KT20 - KT23 postcodes).
James Duff
Tree , Gardens and Woodland Management 07709 805527
[email protected]
Home £65 a load of seasoned hardwood.

Sourced from locally managed woodlands. Free delivery within 10 miles of Guildford. Deliveries further afield can be arranged.
Winterfold Tree Services
Winterfold Forest
Hurtwood Lane,
Albury, GU5 9JP 01483 203474
07767 410071
Tree surgeons including log delivery and hedge cutting near Guildford, Surrey £70 for 1 cubic metre (approx. 300 logs)
£130 for 2 cubic metres (approx. 600 logs)
Seasoned hardwood delivered in bags.
£55 for 1 cubic metre softwood
£100 for 2 cubic metres softwood Free local delivery.
Wey Farm Firewood,
Guildford Road,
Ottershaw,
KT15 0QW Wey Farm Boarding Kennels and Cattery
[email protected]
01932 873239 £65 per builders bag
£25 per barrow bag
£5 off if the bag is returned

seasoned firewood, split logs Delivered locally.

Barrow bag will fit in car boot.
Oxenford Farm,
Elstead [email protected]
01252 702109 £60 per cubic metre appox.

Barn stored, seasoned hardwood. Delivery within 5 miles of Elstead, Surrey.
Cranleigh Organic Farm Shop,
Lower Barrihurst Farm,
Dunsfold 01483 272896 £5 for a bag Collect
Downers Gas & Leisure
102 Kingston Road, Leatherhead. 01372 375275 £6.95 for a bag of seasoned hardwood. Collect
Fetcham Ironmongery
226 Cobham Road, Fetcham. 01372 373894 £6.50 approx. for a sack of logs or chopped wood Collect
Chessington Garden Centre
Leatherhead Road, Chessington. 01372 725638 £3.99 for a sack of chopped logs. Collect
Lower Road Plant Centre
Lower Road, Effingham. 01372 457337 £150 for 1000 logs Deliver in local area
Seymours Garden Centre
Stoke Road, Stoke D'Abernon. 01932 862530 £7.99 for a sack of logs Collect
Kingfisher Farm Shop
Abinger Hammer 01306 730703 £4.99 for a bag of logs
£3.30 for a bag of kindling Collect

WOOD BURNING STOVES FUEL Eco-Logs sells recycled wood fuel. Contact Chris Belcham: 01873 856682 or [email protected]

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