Abstract: A wood-thawing installation for thawing frozen pieces of raw timber includes a thawing channel. The thawing channel has an entrance and an exit for the pieces of raw timber for the raw wood pieces to enter and exit the thawing channel. A plurality of nozzles are located on the thawing channel to introduce a thawing liquid into the thawing channel. A first section of the thawing channel and a second section of the thawing channel are located between the entrance and the exit. The exit is closer to the second section than to the first section. At least one of the nozzles is located in the first section and connected via a pumping line to a suction opening located in the second section. Further disclosed is a method for thawing frozen raw wood pieces.