Wood pile tarps

[DSS]

Is the stuff UV stable? I suppose the wind would ruin it before the sun ever did on a woodpile.

 

[Trx250r180]

Is the stuff UV stable? I suppose the wind would ruin it before the sun ever did on a woodpile.

have you tried cowhides on the pile ?

 

[DSS]

have you tried cowhides on the pile ?

Actually no. And we ran out of midgets.

Are you busy for six months?

 

[D&B Mack]

I cover my black walnut piles in thin sheets of gold, since as you know, black walnut is worth more than gold.

 

[Blazin]

Tar paper rocks! But I use a tarp IF I have to cover wood

 

[tld400]

Really! I will assume you mean Tyvek for the the rest of my comments. Have you done any research on this product before opening your mouth? Have you been to any trade shows that showed experiments with tyvek? Didn't think so. Tyvek is the number one moisture management system on the market today. See, I said management system. It is designed to let air breath out from the back and helps prevent moisture intrusion from the front. It is not designed to be 100% water proof. Yes, it is expensive, I think a 9'X100' roll is around $120.00 here now, when installed CORRECTLY it gives a great many benefits! Let me know if you need a link to some of the studies done and CORRECT installation methods.

DuPont? Weatherization Systems

This link will get you to specifics and installation. They are making covers for cars out of this material now also, I discoverd after looking up link.

You just repeated the same things I said about Tyveck. I said it is a moister barrier not 100 percent waterproof. And yes I know about Tyveck. Used it alot on siding jobs only because customers wanted it. I rather use tar paper any day.

 

[tld400]

I can't remember why most of them stopped using it. I know they say it breaks down behind vinyl siding, but it was something about moisture. When you see guys stapling on strips of tarpaper rather then use a roll of tyvek, somethings obviously up.

Every house that I have done siding on we would tar paper first and then tyveck over it. So when that crap would break down the tar paper would be there. So you are 100% correct when you say people said it breaks down. Dam this got off topic.

But what do I know.:msp_tongue:

 

[DSS]

I don't remember what the hell this thread was about.

Oh... Tarps. Yeah. Ok.

 

[tld400]

I just have to say people that sell products for a living really crack me up. Seams like they will go to war if you talk about the name brand they sell. Ok back to tarps.

 

[Fifelaker]

I don't remember what the hell this thread was about.

Oh... Traps. Yeah. Ok.

Fixed

 

[Stlshrk]

Maybe you two should get a room. The make up boot knockin' could be epic...

 

[Shaggy205]

Tyvec is meant to be covered with material in construction, it will photo degrade very rapidly in sunlight, and you might as well cover wood with a bath towel at that point. Unless you have money to replace it every few months.

 

[greendohn]

I like to burn tar paper and blue tarps when the wind is drifting toward my neighbors' house,,:redface:


Butt, what do I know?

Stretching a cow hide over a wood pile,,held down by bed wetting midgets,,just might be the ticket.

 

[upsnake]

I used tarps the first couple years, but they are expensive and break down.

This year i have been using visqueen. It is not quite as flexible as the tarp but it seems to be holding up pretty good, and the roll of 20 by 150 was like 70 dollars.

A 20 by 30 tarp was almost that much, and you can cut the visqueen to whatever size you want.

 

[DSS]

I like to burn tar paper and blue tarps when the wind is drifting toward my neighbors' house,,:redface:





Butt, what do I know?



Stretching a cow hide over a wood pile,,held down by bed wetting midgets,,just might be the ticket.

Pics

 

[tld400]

This thread is turning into the burning telephone poles post.

But what do I know:yoyo:

 

[8433jeff]

This thread is turning into the burning telephone poles post.

But what do I know:yoyo:

Using Tyvek isn't a problem, but this thread now is a problem?

This thing so wishes it was the burning the ministry's hydro poles thread.

Tarps are for trucks. Tyvek is for houses. Sun and rain are what you cover firewood with.

 

[stihl023/5]

I use tarps just before it snows.

 

[rmount]

A guy up the road from here has about a dozen roofs from hardtop tent trailers, look to be about 7'x12' or 7'x14', he stacks his wood in those size piles and sits the roof on top. Oddest looking piles, but i guess it works for him.

Myself, i leave the stacks open the the sun and wind for 2 summers then move what I will be burning that winter into a closed woodshed. Only time i've covered a woodpile was to keep snow off before i had the woodshed. Covered them with metal roofing with tires on top to hold it in place. Worked OK and kept some of the snow mess from coming into the house.

 

[tld400]

A guy up the road from here has about a dozen roofs from hardtop tent trailers, look to be about 7'x12' or 7'x14', he stacks his wood in those size piles and sits the roof on top. Oddest looking piles, but i guess it works for him.

Myself, i leave the stacks open the the sun and wind for 2 summers then move what I will be burning that winter into a closed woodshed. Only time i've covered a woodpile was to keep snow off before i had the woodshed. Covered them with metal roofing with tires on top to hold it in place. Worked OK and kept some of the snow mess from coming into the house.

If its going to snow I also cover wood but it is the wood that will be coming in the house with in a few days. I think the tarps make the wood more damp. If it gets rained on it dry right out anyway.