Freshly cut lumber has a high moisture content, rendering them incapable of producing smoke that can provide heat to your home. This is why you need to dry your wood. And you have two main options to do that: either air dry it or take the quicker route, which is to use a log drying kiln.

How It Works

A log drying kiln is a machine that is designed to draw moisture from green lumber. Its purpose is to get the lumber’s moisture content down to a level where it can be ideal for burning.

Traditionally, a kiln uses steam or hot water coils to provide heat into a chamber that can accommodate a certain number of logs stacked in bundles. It uses intricate piping to ensure that the heat is evenly distributed and the logs are evenly dried. The moisture from those logs then becomes a vapour that will be released from the kiln with the hot air.

Apart from these conventional kilns, there are also the so-called dehumidification kilns. Unlike their traditional counterparts, in this device, the water vapour produced by the logs’ excess moisture content is condensed rather than discharged. Through a dehumidifier, this kiln condenses the vapour and removes it from the machine as a liquid, which is more environmentally friendly.

There are also the less commonly used vacuum kilns. While these electricity-powered kilns are pricier, they offer quicker drying times than both conventional and dehumidification kilns. If you want a more sustainable choice, you have solar kilns that use solar energy to heat the air of the chamber’s interior.

The Benefits of Using A wood drying kiln

By putting logs inside a kiln’s chamber, you can subject them to a controlled temperature, humidity, and steam levels within a certain period. Here are the benefits that such a process offers:

It dries wood faster. It can take months to get rid of enough moisture from wet wood with air drying. But with kilns, you can cut 50 to 80% of a log’s moisture in just weeks or even days.

It produces neater, pest-free logs. During the kiln drying process, it’s not only moisture that’s being removed. It also kills bugs, insects, and even pathogens and residual pesticides that linger within your wood. As stated, the wood is also evenly dried, giving it a neater, more uniform look.

It helps you make wood that generates a cleaner burn. Generally, wood dried from kilns burns more efficiently and cleanly. You can use fewer logs to produce the heat you need and don’t have to worry about cleaning dirty fireplaces and chimneys.

Get Your Kiln From A Leading Manufacturer

Kiln Services Limited is your reliable kiln specialist. They can manufacture kilns with capacities that range from 20 to 100 cubic meters. As they prioritise affordability without compromising quality, they also offer small module kilns that can be added to an existing kiln or be extended to cater to your increasing demands cost-effectively.

Want to own a dependable and efficient wood drying kiln? Head over to https://www.kilnservices.co.uk/log-drying.htm to learn more. For enquiries, get in touch with them at [email protected] or 01621 785 835.