if you lay plywood/osb on the wood then topcover that minimizes the pooling. Two of my stacks have old doors sloped for runoff and will be topcovered. I used metal the first time recently and the only thing i hate is the plinking of acorns falling from the massive 30"+ red oak next to it. Quite the racket if im outside.
Yes you did, even without yer glasses on. Its a big sucker. Its hollow on the bottom and leaning right toward the shed. Property and shed are not mine as we rent. Luckily not leaning toward house. It will obliterate the shed if it falls. Destroy my two cord stack of red oak i just finished too. Prevailing wind comes from opposite direction. Even if landlord gave me go ahead to fell it id refuse.
jo191145@ Hello there. Liked the rubber roofing material idea for covering stacks. I have been fighting tarps and plastic for to long. Was wondering if you or someone else could provide information about type cost or best place to purchase. Seen some on amazon but wow they seemed very proud. I mean very proud$$ of their rubber roofing material. Thanks and glad you posted it other wise I would have never thought of it
Very hard to come by at a reasonable price I drove from ct to jersey to scoff up a good deal. Kept 1000 feet for myself and sold the rest. A 1000 sq foot roll of the thinner version .064” if memory serves is about $400 at wholesale contractor prices.
JoeinO you may be able to get used rubber from a commercial roofing companies jobsite. They tear off the old rubber roof (which is almost always still usable for covering wood piles) prior to installing the new roof. Try calling some commercial roofing companies in your area and inquire. I've never used it but know a commercial roofer who offered some to me last spring. I wish I called him on it. His jobs weren't close to me.
Having had no luck finding epdm, I have arrived at a solution that works for me. I stack 3 courses wide on 4 ft. pallets. The center course is stacked a little higher, giving slope to the outside. I tried covering with woodpile tarps, which worked pretty well the first couple of years. Then they started to leak. I now cover with 6' wide 6 mil polyethylene, then top cover with the woodpile tarp. The poly is stapled to the stack around the edge at intervals, with a little piece of duct tape wrapped over the edge before stapling as reinforcement. I then put the woodpile tarp over the poly, to provide mechanical and UV protection, and staple it to the stack.
jo191145 Thanks for the information. Well I know more now than before so I'm gonna concentrate on a solution for sure.
The best cover material I've used is the rubber bottom of a circular above ground pool that we took down. It's very heavy mill and it's been on for two years now and no sign of deterioration. I also had a 12 x 100' roll of reinforced clear green house material that is also very good ($100 at a surplus store). Tarps are only a very temporary solution here.
Your welcome JoeinO. Glad to help. Let me/us know how you make out. I still have the guys number and as much as I hate to admit it, I'm not very religious about covering my stacks. I should be as they are in the shade.
brenndatomu Portage county. Honestly I know what used is. .060 edpm not so much, is it thicker or more heavy duty according to the number?
buZZsaw BRAD Okay I will. Covering is something I just have had good results leaving uncovered until end of Sept or beginning Oct. If my memory serves me well you got a hoard that would take 5 grands worth of epdmhaha
