Yeah windrows.. A common farmer term here. Just straight rows for drying.. Seems applicable to firewood.
It is just the closest (possibly wrong) term I know for stacking anything in rows. Windrows are the usual way to stack wood, be it in a rack, between two trees, or just having 'cribbed' ends (again, I think that is the right term but maybe not??). Brian
There are different ways to put the wood inside too- some people use two outer rings and then stack the center standing on end. Some use one outer right and stack the inner part vertically, again on end. I did that when I first started building these but found they were difficult to build because the splits did not really stack in layers, some splits fell down into the layer below. While it was difficult to stack that way, it was a nightmare to break down the stack because the entire center was interlocked and wedged in tight. So now we just make the outer ring and toss the rest of the wood inside. Air will move pretty well through nothing but a loose pile of wood as long as the pile is not too big in diameter. No scientific testing or anything but I have not really noticed much, if any, of a difference between holz haus's build by stacking the inner splits vertically and just tossing them in there. If the outer row has enough pitch in it, it will lock up and keep the inner, loose pile of splits from moving outward. The only time it is a problem is if the outer ring is too close to, or actually at, level and then the inner pile slowly pushes the outer ring outward until it collapses. The key to building these is to keep the outer ring well pitched by using splits horizontally to lift the outer edges of the next rows of splits. Brian
that's what I thought with the inner wood it would get plenty of air moving uo fom the bottom being on a skid and there is plenty of rrom for air to shoot thru on the outer layer. having limited space these seem lie best way to store my wood and it is also easy on the eyes it looks so cool sitting out there cant wait to get it finished. I figure I have enough room out there for 4 of these mayb 6
Agreed- wood will season even if loose in a pile, provided there is air available at the bottom (through the pallets is great) and the 'pile' is not too big. The single greatest advantage of Holz Haus's for me is space savings. An approx. 8' diameter, about 6' tall haus holds two full cord of wood and they can be stacked right next to each other. The only thing that causes me to have to leave any more room is that to be able to get to any of the haus's at any time, I have to be able to get my trailer between the rows of hauses, so the rows have to be at least 8' apart. Still, a tremendous amount of firewood in a really small space, all seasoning nicely. And as you said, they are not bad looking at all and they do not seem to offend anyone regarding their looks, unlike some of my previous 'stacks' of firewood splits. Brian
An 8x8x6 "cube" would hold 3 cu ft of wood. I see no advantage (or disadvantage) to a Holz Hausen over traditional stacking beyond being pleasing to the eye, which is goot.
An 8 foot diameter X 6 foot tall cylinder has a volume of ~302 cubic feet. A cord of stacked wood is usually accepted to be 128 cubic feet of wood, and a 'loose pile' of firewood splits is usually accepted to be 180 cubic feet of wood. So a mix of the two will fit into something like an 8 foot in diameter X 6 foot tall holz haus. And that is no where near the limit either- I have stacked 8 foot diameter haul haus's to 10 feet tall w/out any problem other than having to toss the splits up there. I do not believe that can be down with windrows. I do not believe there is any other way to get two cord of firewood splits, stacked in conventional windrows, onto the same area of yard, which would be 36 square feet, and that includes the corners not used in a round haus. I find a couple of significant advantages in stacking in hauses: the first one is more wood can be stacked on the same footprint of ground (by a lot). A second advantage is that there is very little carrying of wood to make a haus- just throw it onto a pile, step on the pile and form the outer ring a couple of feet high at a time, using the wood from the pile already there. To stack in windrows, the splits have to be moved along the rows. And yep, they are 'gut'. In fact, I find them 'sehr gut'. Brian
A circle inscribed in a square still underutilizes 22% of the square footage available. On a typical two dimensional suburban lot on 3 dimensionally limited planet Earth, that a lot of %. Happy Pi Day. It's not until March 14 or so but I'm thinking of it now.
Got 1st layer started love the shape of this. it's sturdy as hell can't push on it or knock it over definitely not going to have to worry about a collapse also it looks so cool sittin back there looks like a hobbit house lol
