Wood Heat Value - HearthStone Homestead 8570F Owner's Manual

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Wood Heat Value

Common Name
High
Osage Orange (Hedge)
Hickory, Shagbark
Hop Hornbeam (Ironwood)
Beech, Blue (Ironwood)
Birch, Black
Locust, Black
Hickory, Bitternut
Locust, Honey
Apple
Mulberry
Oak, White
Medium High
Beech, European
Maple, Sugar
Oak, Red
Ash, White
Birch, Yellow
Medium
Juniper, Rocky Mtn
Elm, Red
Coffeetree, Kentucky
Hackberry
Tamarack
Birch, Gray
Birch, White (Paper)
Walnut, Black
Cherry
Ash, Green
Cherry, Black
Elm, American
Elm, White
Sycamore
Ash, Black
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Lb/ cord MBTU/ cord
4,728 32.9
4,327 27.7
4,267 27.3
3,890 26.8
3,890 26.8
3,890 26.8
3,832 26.7
3,832 26.7
4,100 26.5
3,712 25.8
4,012 25.7
3,757 24
3,757 24
3,757 24
3,689 23.6
3,689 23.6
3,150 21.8
3,112 21.6
3.112 21.6
3,247 20.8
3,247 20.8
3,179 20.3
3,179 20.3
3,192 20.2
3,120 20
2,880 19.9
2,880 19.9
3,052 19.5
3,052 19.5
2,808 19.5
2,992 19.1
Maple, Red
Fir, Douglas
Medium Low
Boxelder
Alder, Red
Pine, Jack
Pine, Norway (Red Pine)
Pine, Pitch
Catalpa
Hemlock
Spruce, Black
Pine, Ponderosa
Low
Aspen, American
Butternut (Walnut, White)
Spruce
Willow
Fir, Balsam
Pine, White (Eastern,
Western)
Fir, Concolor (White)
Basswood (Linden)
Buckeye, Ohio
Cottonwood
Cedar, White
Moisture content also plays a key role in the
performance of your stove. Wood freshly cut from a
living tree (green wood) contains a great deal of
moisture. As you might expect, green wood has
difficulty burning and should be seasoned before
using it in your wood stove. To properly season
green wood: split, stack and allow to air dry for a
period of one year.
Stack the firewood on skids or blocking to keep it off
the ground, cover only the top of the stack. Plastic
or tarps that cover the sides of the stack of wood
trap moisture and prevent the wood from drying. As
for stacking, an old Vermonter said, "The spaces
between the logs should be large enough for a
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Homestead Models #8570F and #8570H
2,924
2,900
2,797
2,710
2,669
2,669
2,669
2,360
2,482
2,482
2,380
2,290
2,100
2,100
2,100
2,236
2,236
2,104
2,108
1,984
2,108
1,913
18.7
18.1
17.9
17.2
17.1
17.1
17.1
16.4
15.9
15.9
15.2
14.7
14.5
14.5
14.5
14.3
14.3
14.1
13.8
13.8
13.5
12.2