I have read that you should remove the bark due to it being so waterproof. But we chop and dry silver birch for firewood and it’s never rotted - branches up to 4 inches diameter - but I’ve never had such large chunks of trunk that have not been cut up smaller. The pieces are about 15inches in...
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Newbie middle aged inexperienced woodworker here. Had a silver birch fall in garden in November. Chainsawed into sections branches and trunk) and have kept dry. Want to prevent splitting whilst drying. Advice on products to use please (eg Pentacryl type products). Want to slice branches for...