Usually like to load up the indoor wood bin before September, so it is done and I am not scrambling when it gets cold, plus I figure it gives that wood a chance to dry out since Pennsylvania has moved to the rain forest region this year. I first loaded in some elm, because I never really empty the bin during the winter, and I figure that would be good shoulder season wood for the spring, when I want to empty the bin. Then I topped it off with some ash. I didn't pack it to the ceiling because I put a fan in the hatch to suck air from the basement, and draw out any residual moisture.
Nice little storage area. Good idea with the fan. I see you had help. Does he like anything firewood or is it a "job" for him?
Looks good, I like the coal door! The weather is looking good for me to get my wood stashed this weekend.
I absolutely love it. It used to be a coal chute door. And from the inside bin, it is a 18 foot walk to the wood stove, with no stairs. The only time I have to be outside in the cold is to top off the bin about every 2 or 3 weeks.
I think it's just a job for him. He does like running the chainsaws and splitter, but only if I ask him to help me. It's tough this time of year with school and a strict football schedule. 5 days of practice, game on Friday. The only day he gets off is Saturday. Then he tries to give me a BS story that coach wants them off their feet for a day. I say he can help me for a couple hours, build up more strength.
It was a coal chute door. The house was built in 1979, so I guess oil heat was out of the question with the oil crisis going on then.
You got that right with PA moving to rain forest region. After labor day I'll start to stage the firewood
Great set-up! I'm envisioning in my head a conveyor system to bring wood in easy. Just need a squirrel size treadmill, . We're going to be floating after today.
We too have brought a little wood up, more to move wood around than to have it handy..... Don't want too much by the house just yet. I'm betting it will be 2 or 3 more weeks before an evening fire is built....when days don't warm up to 70 inside I reckon. But, we have a cord handy, and an unheated closet space to fill when it gets cold. Everything in me wants to lay it all in now while its nice.....but the fear of various pests makes me wait till later. Sca
I spray some insect and spider killer about every foot or so of the stack, then I spray the perimeter of the wood bin real good. I am thinking of just topping it off real good in the early spring so I don't have to worry so much about it in late summer, when all the critters are active. I wasted alot of time examining every stick of wood for spiders and such.
Same. The closet is on an unheated porch, everything else is outside. Only a day's worth at a time is kept indoors by the stove. Sca
X2. If there's a blizzard forecasted, I usually bring in a day's worth of splits. The rest of the time, 3 steps away, outside on the deck rack.
