using landscaping cloth to cover stacked lumber?

[trying]

anyone used landscape cloth in place of shade cover cloth to cover your stacked wood while drying? It seems a lesser expensive covering. Any ideas, thoughts or comments? thanks t

 

[babybart]

I may not be sure what you mean by landscaping cloth but I am thinking of is porous so water passes through it.

 

[rarefish383]

Might be good. Vapor passes out. Not sure how much water goes through. It must go through or your plants would die, Joe.

 

[Del_]

Landscape fabric would allow water to pass through and then would cut down on water losses. This is how it help plants grown by providing a good growing zone for plant roots. This type of zone though is very bad for firewood and would lead to rapid decay.

Tyvek ought to work well though as it stop liquid water but allows water vapor to pass.

Old recycled sheet metal is about the best thing to cover firewood stacks.

 

[Curt Schoonmaker]

I watched a kiln drying video recently and the owner used something just like that because he had a problem with bees building nests and leaves blowing in and staining the boards.

 

[hamish]

On my stacks I have to store outside, I cover the top with tin and use geotextile (aka landscape fabric) around the outside of the stack to limit its exposure to sunlight, and the dreaded grey faded boards.

 

[Curt Schoonmaker]

Found the video:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/how-to/video/how-to-dry-lumber.aspx

 

[Mad Professor]

I get lumber covers for free from the local lumber store. I use it for lumber and cordwood.

 

[Fellin Feller]

Probably similar to tyvek house covering, bet that would work.

 

[trying]

Thanks for all the input. I hadn't thought about lumber covers from the lumber stores. From what I've read about the landscape fabric, it seems that it would let the moisture out as well.