Im thinking about re-doing my woodshed and building something that looks a little more presentable and I'm kicking around door ideas. I love the look and idea of the sheds with open fronts but we get so much blowing snow around here, I don't think it would work very well for me. So my questions are: Is blowing snow really that big of a deal? If you have a door/doors on yours, is it a hinged single door? Double door? Sliding barn style door? Overhead door? Tarp or flap? Let me see whatcha got for doors!
The little bit that blows in isn't anything to worry about most of the time. I keep thinking of putting doors on, or a roll-up tarp, but that seems like it'd get old.....having to open a door or lift/move a tarp every time I bring wood in. Tarps are not my friends.
Remember with a door or tarp your going to have the blowing snow against it every time you have to open it.
A lot of people (myself included) successfully stack outside and just top-cover in the fall/winter. So I think you'll be fine without a door.
Probably depends on what direction your shed faces and which way your local prevailing winds blow. No doors on my shed, never had any snow on my wood.
I am doing pallet everything. Already crafted the fence and tree fort, it is time for some pallet sheds!
My dad used to use his pig sty for a wood shed. We only had pigs one time, but we didn't have them for very long. Anyway, that building had a sliding barn door, and it was never a problem opening it, no matter how deep the snow got. That being said, I store mine outside, and most of the snow seems to accumulate on the top of the stack - never much on the ends. I'm also surrounded by woods, with a lot of spruce and pine in the yard, and that keeps the winds down and snow from drifting very much. YMMV If yours is in an open spot where you get a lot of drifting snow you might want a door. Sliding barn style is definitely the way to go.
Only problem with those sliding barn doors is in the springtime when things begin to thaw. Then the doors freeze in. I have many not so fond memories of working with an ice spud freeing up barn doors...
