My rubber roofing is going on 5 years old and not a single sign of any cracking, no holes, etc. - I think it will last for many years. Cheers!
Here is my 2018/19 stack. 15'6" x 5'5" x 4'10" high. (three 5'5" skids=3.25 cd) with one piece of rubber covering it. I rolled a 2x4 up into the ends and put a couple deck screws into the skids to keep the rubber from blowing off. there are 4 rows and the center stacks are a little higher to keep the water from ponding.
Yes this is where Scotty Overkill gets his stuff, he also trolls on Internet yard sale sites and the bargain counter in the newspapers.
I think that Scotty Overkill's rubber roofing is going on 10 years? It still looks in great shape! Along with stacking rocks on top and the overhang he uses screws with fender washers to keep it for flapping in the wind!
Thanks for a legitimate idea (and not the typical thread hijack prevalent here lately) . I like this option, but believe finding it will be an issue. Maybe I could buy a few rolls of new rubber roofing - will have to check the price. Thank you
Permanent structure isn't an option - limited to the number of out buildings I can have. I already have a 10'x10'x35' wood shed I use to store wood ready to burn, having another one for wet wood really isn't what I'm looking for. Also, the house is surrounded by timber, so I'm limits on sun and wind exposure.
I'm another fan of the rubber. My pop used to get a bunch of it from his place of work. The shipping dept used to throw away pieces of it and he saved a bunch. The stuff is heavy in long lengths and sometimes hard to manage, but it sure works great!
yes and yes! but, if we play our cards right, I only need to move one piece of the rubber per year once I'm on the 3 year plan
Sure is heavy! When I found mine on CL, a demo guy was selling 10' by 60' rolls of used but great condition rubber. Me and 3 guys to get the rollst in my truck (a few trips, but close) and just me to wrestle it at home. Was a chore just to get the rolls out of the truck, but once dumped on the ground, I just unrolled the rubber and cut squares to fit the top of my stacks - ended up with about 45 or so squares. Those squares and enough steel roofing to cover about 15 of my pallet stacks are almost enough to cover all of my wood - all but about 5 stacks. Cheers!
I should have mentioned that in all those years, I have only used a chunk of wood here and there to weigh it down so the wind can't remove it. Stuff is very tuff!
Some use lumber wrap. Your local lumber yard should have tons of it, 8' up to 48' long. It's tough stuff, withstands trucking/railroading.
I use reclaimed roof rubber. The rodents like to chew holes in it, though. Grrr. Need a way to deter the varmints. There's neighbor cats that patrol, but the vermin persist. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk
That's the kind of roofing I have on my woodshed. It matches my house and garage. Used rubber roofing is great! ... if you can find it. The new stuff is kind of expensive though, I wouldn't buy it just to cover firewood. I vote for used lumber wrap if you have trouble locating any rubber roofing, it's usually more readily available than used rubber or tin.
rubber roofing was hard for me to find... I used intex above ground pools.. people pay you to take them so they don't have to go to dump... except where holes are you can be pretty sure they are water tight.. easy to find especially in fall... cut easy with razor knife...
