Nice Thread...I am building one in the spring. My idea is 6' deep and 12' long, will work out with a 7' high metal shed roof in the front and slope to 6' in the back, will break it up into three bays. I have a couple of old steel skids from the highway dept and plan to weld box steel between them...with the way things have been around the farm I know that I will probably move it at some point when it's emptied of course.. First year burning in my new place with the new Fisher Baby Bear, I estimate I will burn about 1.5 full cord a season. Once I get it full I will start stacking over in the barn. Hope to get at least two years ahead by the start of next summer...see what happens with my time...I have a plan at least.
I thought I would supplement...but that's not turning out to be the case...my place is new and small...850 sq feet...I built it myself...good quality windows and the place is a little over built...R 50 in the attic and about 8 inches of spray foam on the exterior walls. and many tons of insulated concrete as a heat sink. So far If I tend the stove when I get home for work and burn it in the evening til I go to bed it gets up to around 78-80 f, in the morning I put two pieces in splits or rounds...when I get home about 12 hours later its about 64 f in here...this is when it's in the low 20's out side...The Baby Bear doesn't hold that much and I have good hard wood to burn...so I am keeping a close eye on how much I go through this season...time will tell if I figured well or need to adjust.
shack, do not know what your heating but 1.5 cord is not much up North... plan on a minimum of 3 cord, with an efficient woodstove.. edit just read your post above but winter will be here tomorrow
I'd like to see a thread about the spray foam and heat sink. Wow that must work good! The diy section would be a good place for that thread
Last year I was using propane heater and electric base board for my only heat...my entire electric bill for lights, heat, hot water was just under $30 for January and the same again for Feb...I also went through about 50 lbs of propane for those 2 months...kept the place at 62f most of the time. I was very fortunate on the spray foam...I found a guy who really knew his stuff and is hard working...He was able to get me a good discount on the 'drums' for the spray foam since he was placing a larger order he got a good discount on the material and passed it on to me...then when he came to do the job his 'new' helper never showed up because he was drunk, so I offered to be the grunt for the job and he knocked the price down another couple of hundred. The inside of his equipment trailer was literally sparkling clean, uncluttered and looked like a show room, he really took care of his stuff. I am totally sold on the spray foam, it works better than anything I ever used before, no drafts and quiet as can be inside...It's so quite that I can hear my cat walk across the floor.
A 24X32 foot pole barn was here when we bought our home. It is our wood shed and storage for our tractor, splitter and trailers. We have partioned the inside to hold wood in 8X8 sections with a couple small places for shoulder wood and kindling. We just keep going in a clockwise direction in using the wood so there is no wondering what is the oldest wood. I just wish it wasn't built where water runs down the hills and sometimes thru it.
My wood shed is 16'x24' not 16x32. So basically I have 3 bays one is 8'x8' and the other two are 8'x16'. The smaller bay is where my owb used to be, so instead of leaving a center isle to feed the beast, now I can use this area for wood and have an 8x8 area to back my truck in to get a load of wood or drive a load of wood in on my tractor. I have always had lights in my woodshed as this is definitely a necessity for me. The opening of my shed is 8' wide x 6.5'-7' high. I think at least 10' wide and 8' high would be much better for backing my truck in or coming in with the tractor. The new boards along the back wall is where I filled in after removing the owb.ATTACH=full]148375[/ATTACH]
16x25 with metal roof and studs on 2" center (2"x8") so no post. There have been 2 years we had a heavy snow load and I placed temporary post on every other rafter,,used landscape timbers for post. Used bunker tarps so it's "convertible",,open/closed. Electric supply, concrete floor. 6' 1/2" inside clearance on the back, 7' 8" on the front. 8' sliding door centered on the business end,,a 2nd door would be handy at times. If/when I ever decide to finish it,,I will use "perforated" barn metal so it can stihl breath.. it could be bigger!
