fireemt799
ArboristSite Member
I am building a firewood kiln out of a 20 foot land sea container. I am using an air stove to heat the kiln and pump the heat in thermostat controlled. I have the design of the chamber as far as the tin can studs, insulation and metal sheeting down how i want it. My question for anyone who has experience building or operating their own firewood kiln is placement of fans and vents? specifically what size fans and motors did you use? how many? what did you use for venting moisture out? I am using it to dry pinyon juniper and pinyon pine. I am in the very long process of getting a much larger yard and putting in a manufactured kiln. That is a couple of months out still and I need to get this kiln up to meet demand in the mean time. I plan to have the kiln built and producing in 2 weeks. I know 20' isnt very big for a firewood kiln but is all the available space i have available at this time. Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.