I restacked my old pile of wood that I had to pull down because I couldn't think ahead if my life depended on it.

But this time, I paid some attention to the quality of the layup. So all in all, I'm happier to see that thing when I look out the window now. Yes, somehow stuff like that that shouldn't matter matters to me...

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[–] [S] 4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

termites and fungus

None of that here. We're too far up north.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago*

    If you have trees in your area, something is decomposing them. It could be termites (subterranean if you're up north), carpenter ants, beetles, or fungus. I certainly wouldn't put it close to my structures unless I lived in an actual tundra, which from the pictures, you don't. You definitely have something up there eating all of that wood on the ground.

    I live in northern WA and had a termite infestation in my house. They're all the way in BC as well.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    You know your area better than me, but that seems impossible to me. No little crawling things? When a tree falls in the forest, how long does it take to decompose?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Of course. I meant there are no termites here. But stuff eats wood that falls on the ground, for sure.

    I stacked the wood there because there were already tiles on the ground that the previous owner clearly stacked his own wood on for the past 40 years. And there's a wooden shed at the back of the building that's also used to store wood. I found maybe a cord of wood in the shed when I bought the house, and another half-cord inside the garage - which is also a wooden building.

    I'm not from the area, I'm from way down south, and I had the same concerns also with regard to stacking wood close to buildings. So I asked around, and I was told it's safe here - and actually quite common.

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