How much wood do you keep inside near the wood stove??

Currently we are burning our first ton of bricks, and the full stack sits close by the stove. We are lucky in that that area fits the full pallet of ENVI-8 or ENVI-bricks. When we get low, I'll go pickup the second ton. Which comes straight into the house. That is one major advantage of the bricks versus real cordwood. I can put a full ton in our living room and not have to lug wood in on a regular basis.

A little aside on the use of bricks, the first ton should get us through October, November and December. Depending on temps. The second one will last January until mid February or the end if temps are not as cold. From there I will burn about a cord to a cord and half of wood to end the season.


Last year I finally put a firewood rack (not fully sure what to call it) right by our front door. It's larger than what I'd call a crib and too small to really to be a shed. Any how, it holds about 2/3's of a cord when filled up. Before I did that, we'd keep 2 large rings in the house loaded with wood. We'd get a full week from both rings. As one ring emptied off, I'd refill it as we used the second ring.


I'm just about finished painting the wood rack for the front door. It's made of pressure treated wood on the bottom and pine for the rest of the build. I wanted it painted to help protect it from the elements and to hopefully last a great deal longer.


Now with the firewood somewhat protected right outside the door, I use just the one ring, and will often just add wood to it from time to time to keep it loaded. Especially when a storm is due to come. This way I don't need the bring in two loads from the wheelbarrow. The ring takes two full loads from the wheelbarrow.


That said, I've always wondered what the right amount of wood is to have in the house near the stove(3-4' away). I realize everyones situation is going to be different. Which will determine how much wood they keep inside. My uncle on one hand never had more than a days worth of wood in the house in a small crib. My dad was the one that liked to keep our ring (much larger than our current one, it took 3-4 loads to fill it) full. By the time it hit half full, he wanted wood brought in.


Interested to hear what others do. Please provide pictures. I'll post a picture of the area I keep the bricks. Later when we start using the ring, I'll post a picture of that.


Jason from RI.

 

I have a big rubbermaid tote near my stove that might hold 2 days of wood when heaped up. I usually go out to the shed with my wood carrier once a day. If I'm pushing the stove I might bring in a few more splits when I take the dog out.

 

The heating seasons worth! No pulling tarps and covers back, slipping on snow covered/ icy steps. I never get tired of these pics!

 

If any, just a piece or two.

I keep a rack of wood on the deck, which is about 12 steps away from the stove.

As Backwoods Savage says, bugs can be brought inside. I'm not rolling the dice on that.

 

None ,
We have two Black Labs that think they are Beavers and not dogs.
So that's not an option!!

I do have a couple bins in the basement I keep full , when one gets empty I fill it and then work from the other ; kind of flip flop between the two.

 

Our stove is in the basement, where I can keep most of the dust & smoke away from the living space. I keep 2 bins on casters next to the stove. Each bin will take 4-5 bucket loads of wood. I toss it down right into the bins, then roll them inside. So far, this set-up has worked great.

 

Nice set-up Stinney

 

This^^^ I do the same. 6-7 cords inside in the spring when the season is done and match light dry in the fall when burning season starts again. Bugs are a non issue if you treat your stacks.

 

About 3/4 of a seasons worth. That’s 4 cords there.


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What do you treat stacks with?


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I have the same problem, 2 black labs. Even if I didn't have labs I'm like Backwoods Savage and don't want to bring in bugs.
I have 2 racks close by , 1 is 2 steps from the door on the porch that holds 1/2 fc and the other holds a full fc. I use the closest rack and keep it loaded and hold the larger rack to use in the event of bad weather where it would be difficult getting wood from my main stacks.

 

I keep about a week’s worth inside. More if a lot of snow or ice is forecasted. I worry about bugs but also don’t want to have to haul wood in everyday.

 

I usually have about 2 days worth by the stove. 3/4 of a cord right outside the door.

 

Is your house on a slab? I'd worry about my floor joists with a ton sitting all in one spot...

 

Permethrin SFR 36.8% mixed at a couple ounces to a gallon of water in my pump sprayer. Permethrin is the same insecticide that is used in the flea and tick treatment used on the back of dogs necks. It's harmless to humans and dogs but is deadly to cats when wet. Their liver can't process it and it causes what can be irreversible nerve damage. This is true of dog flea/tick treatment if a cat rubs agains a dog's neck right after application before it's dry. So, if used, you need to keep cats away from the area until it's completely dry. I spray my stacks outside before they go in the wood shed. When the shed is emptied in the spring, I also spray the gravel base, back wall and side walls of the shed too. Then I respray the wood after it comes into the shed on it's face and across the top. Whatever bugs are hiding in it die when they come out and walk across the dried Permethrin. In the past I also treated in the basement but now that we have a cat, I'm going to stick to outdoor spraying only.

 

Your avitar picture looks like our house.
Dogs on the couch and in charge. Here we say it is the dogs house and we are just renters. As much as they can be pains in the butt I wouldn't change it.

I am in the process of building a storage bench from wood I have milled to put in front of the window to keep a couple days worth in but haven't had time to finish it yet.
Last year a plastic storage bin in the corner served the purpose but haven't done that this year , it is just an eye sore.
Whatever the cast it just can't be out in the open with the knuckleheads.

 

I keep plenty in the house. We don’t care for the bugs but we live in the woods on a river with a small pond out the back door. Before we started having kids I had the place sprayed but stopped when we had little ones. That made a big difference but we still got bugs in the house. Sump in basement floor gravity drains to ravine as does garage floor drain. I spray outlet of pipe with spray but I know some still get in. Most of my wood is stored in totes. Before I put roofs on I toss a cup full of diatomaceous earth on top. It works but don’t do much to keep stink bugs out. I’m not spraying any chemicals on my wood cause I never know when there might be some hot dogs cooked over the fire. We keep a cart full of wood by our upstairs stoves with a face cord on the front porch.
Then we keep 2 carts by our basement stove and have a 4X4 rack Usually full of BL also. Then 2 totes in attached garage.