In house wood storage

I have a 24" x 18" x 16" off brand tote to store wood, a milk crate (both 20" from stove), and a random spot out of the way where I keep about 2 cubic feet. My stove can't eat much at one time, so even when it's cold I can go 3 days easy without getting wood.

I don't worry about bugs as I spray my stacks lightly a few times a year with permethrin.

 

I've witnessed the same and get the heebie-jeebies. Everyone is free to do as they like and I won't attack them for it, but I couldn't go to sleep with wood close to the stove. I don't know how long it would take for wood to ignite if a wood rack collapsed and leaned against a 500-600 degree stove, but I sure don't want to be that guy.

Clearances are set for worst case scenario in a lab, I'm assuming with a severe overfire/broken glass/chimney fire in mind.

 

If you have it in the basement. might want to consider this. This is my Dad's set up.



We made a wood chute that we fill from the outside. Homemade door by chiseling out concrete blocks in the foundation wall.



Pressure treated lumber frame support doubles for support and easy hinge hanging. Put at at an easy height to reach into. This way the bugs don't awake till there in the stove and the dirt stays in the chute that you can clean if needed from outside.



We hand dug outside down below the level of the door with straight sides. Dug several place clear down to the curtain drain surrounding the house foundation so any water can get away. Poured a sloped floor TOWARDS the house so logs roll or move forward easier. Then laid the sidewall with the sheet limestone rocks that were dug out.



The top, perimeter edge is sloped out so water moves away from the house. The edge is flat at firt, then tapers put where the lid isn't.



Pressure treated boards used for the lid.



Then covered that with some sheet steel. Edges a little bent up on the flashing but it's been in use for over 40 years now. It hold about 3/4 of cord of wood so He brings a decent size truck load to fill. When we were kids, we did it with a lawn cart and sled when we had snow.



Here is a shot of the business end of dad's stove he made. Used boiler tanks and put an old coal furnace door on the end. Only change was he had me put a larger outlet on for the flue from the 5 inch he had to start. Over 40 years of use and the sole heat source for the house. Oil furnace has not been used during that time.

 

I think I saw the same design on Pinterest .


Yours looks great BTW!

 

Theres a lot of neat systems here for inside/outside storage. I have given up on inside storage, but now think I might be able to make a hybrid.

I can't store any indoors either. with bark its usually full of ants, anything else is very termite prone.

I concur about stacks close to the stove. I see it a lot here and never said anything because everyone pretty much knows more than I do. that and I'm not really into "saying things". but under 2 feet seems like a serious fire hazard. if that stove ever turns red hot it can ignite paper/wood for a few feet if left unattended. I've also seen people open a stove, turn to grab something, and a spark flies out the door into the room unseen. if it landed in the wood pile (or any large pile of flammable material) unnoticed it could escalate. I suspect this is one of those things that you could do for years and never have an issue, but once you do have an issue, you will never do again.

 

I like keeping my wood close to the stove so it keeps drying.




But seriously; I keep very little wood in the house. I bring it in from the garage as needed. When the garage gets low, I bring it in from the shed.

 

I swear to god, I have literally seen people do this. to dry their freshly cut wood.

 

A friend of mine keep 4 cords of wood in his basement at all times! I asked him aren't you worried about bug termites etc. He said no that they bug bomb that basement every two weeks! He said that they have no bug problems what so ever .
Talk about staying stocked up!:stacke::stacke::stacke::stacke:

 

Here's a pic taken just this morning of the amount of wood I'll store indoors.....maybe a little more on top of this little stack, but only enough for a day or two. I don't like bringing a whole bunch of wood in to the house.

 

With my catalyst type stove I only load twice a day so all my wood stays on the covered front porch. My wife loves wood heat but she's not fond of wood in the house.

 

Likely to use this just in the garage to store stuff that might not be safe in the house until it goes into the stove. I have oak boards with nails in them and wood blocks from pallets. These things have something similar to a nail but like a reverse one. Im also likely to build a more attractive wood stand for the patio. Something a little bit like this.

 

Now don't underestimate the versatility of the ordinary milk crate......

 

Like most of the people here I stack my wood in the garage which is attached to the house. I burn a lot of lodge pole pine and the bark comes off if you even look at it funny.
I do keep a plastic storage container inside by the stove that I put about a 1/2 days worth of wood in.

 

Sounds a lot like some freshly cut scot pine. The bark flaked so easily revealing a really smooth under-bark