My city just passed a new firewood storage ordinance

It only states side yard and rear yard storage, nothing about a shed. I have needed a shed for years now, it will push me into action faster now.

 

Thanks Keith, very generous to offer your land. The problem I see is getting the wood to dry thoroughly in a 10x20 cube. I know Scotty does it, but I don't have the covering he has. I need to get busy and get the 4 loads of Ash on my driveway split and stacked before the wood gestapo pay me a visit.

 

Aaron, you can keep that Black Locust at my place.Seriously , you would think that West Carrollton has more to be worried about. Such as crime on Rt 741. Definitely a shed is in your future. Making the second stove a pellet stove would help with the amount of wood you need.

 

double stacked (3' deep) 66' long, or 4' deep X 50'

 

Thanks.

 

can you apply for a variance or exception ?

a neighbor built a Title V septic and stone wall too close to the road here and got all the neighbors to sign a petition allowing it to stay despite the town wanting to condemn it.
It used to be done for building a house on a lot without the required frontage too

 

Renewable Rustic Fence Couple reasons for this besides the the number one, neighbors were dumping all their trimings old christmas trees and other junk just inside the wood line, which was still on my property. So I cut down a 40yard by 10ft deep stand of buckthorn and basically buried all the crap and stacked 30 cord up on it. Now if they want dump their junk it's on city property

 

How about "artwork"… ordinances surely would allow art… !

 

6 cords is nothing esp i f u want to be ahead 3 yrs.

I burned almost 3 cords so far here in SC !!

 

I agree. I too have burned 3 cords

 

Argh, hate to hear that man. Not going to say much more, it will end up political real quick... but the whole thing makes me sick! What we all need, more laws

 

Well if they try that here then I will tell them they better leave me alone unless the town wants to pay for my heat...

 

Hope we never have to deal with that here, but it wouldn't surprise me that some towns would make a fuss. They already do about lots of other things stored in yards like old cars, junk steel, etc. … but, those items aren't "fuel". Wonder if that could be the decider in some towns. It ain't junk, it's fuel…

And, it's beautiful…

 

That's about what I burn here in Alaska.

 

Nate, how big is your house? Is it insulated and what temps do you keep it inside?

Were obviously in the south here and like it warm. If it gets below about 74 in stove room we get cold. Lots about 78 there and 60s in bed rooms. I heat between 1500-2500 swift depending g upon how cold it is. I only have r19 ceiling insulation in the house, except stove room has 4" wall insulation , no where else has wall insulation.

 

My house is around 1400 sq ft.. Typical 3 bed 2 bath ranch. R60 attic, r21 walls, pretty much std building code for this area.
Keep the house around 70-75*

 

Well theres the difference. When its 10f here or even 25 at night for a few weeks it takes a pile of wood to keep this house warm!!! The far side of my house from stove has heat pumps set at 60 and the night we got to 8 and 10f back to back the heat pump ran from midnight to daylight..with the stove to keep it at 60. Loosening heat faster than I can put it in. And I have a huge catalyst steel stove 3.5cuft set up as an insert with blower constantly on high.

 

We could make it political but why do that.
This has been done in other places and discussed and in some cases there were people with huge piles of wood in their yard with rodents living in the wood pile.
Its the same as yard junk, have you ever seen some ones back yard with cars, bikes, trailers, plus who knows what in the yard.
Plus there are rules for having livestock in town.