| Firewood Mold Q.
Hope you can help me answer this -- I had a cord of hardwood firewood
delivered from a commercial firewood service last week. I live in the San
Francisco Bay Area and temperatures are usually warm and dry. I stacked the
wood in my attached garage. In the six days since I stacked it, the wood has
developed a white mold although there is no apparent mold of any kind
anywhere else in my garage. Is this firewood safe to burn or should I ask
for my money back? Do I need to treat it somehow? Should I re-stack it
outside on my patio instead of in my garage? [Sept. 7, 2005]
A.
What you see IS firewood mold growth, from which airborne mold spores will
be generated to travel in air currents to cause mold cross contamination and
health problems. Protect your home from firewood mold by storing the
firewood outside under a waterproof tarp to keep rain from wetting the wood,
and thus to make mold grow. Bring the firewood into the house for
burning in the fireplace in a closed garbage bag to avoid mold cross
contamination of your home air. As to asking for a refund, please note that most firewood is
infested with mold growth and mold spores.
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