Another trick, that is not so much of a trick I guess, is to bring more wood into the house. I am not advocating putting it right up next to the stove obviously, but in years past I have brought in a 1/4 cord of wood which lasts me about a week and in a few days time it is pretty dry. As long as you keep a pretty good stock pile, and the wife is understanding about more wood in the house, you can constantly be burning pretty dry wood. There is not a lot of moisture in a home in the dead of winter that burns firewood that is for sure.
I agree. Last year i brought in most of a cord. Funny how it snaps and cracks for a few days or weeks as it warms up and dries. Wood definitely burns better after being in the stove room for a few weeks!
Id love to do this but the space in my home may not allow it BUT my garage could! Likely to move a few things around when the stove gets in my house for me. Probably just figure out a rack in the garage and stack some of the hardwoods in there that I love smelling the burn of. I do have a wood bin just destined to be outdoors, under my patio. Really this idea just stems from notion that I want a good amount of variety without getting carried away. Plus it'll give me an idea on my first year burn jitters just how to better manage my wood during cold spells. What works for overnight to what should be stocked for the day.
last year I burned only occasionally. I had about a half cord of 6X8" hardwood beams that I CS&S into one of my sheds. It was a bit wet, but I would put a weeks worth at a time stacked in my utility room, which is always about 75+ degrees when the furnace is in use. It always dried it right out that way!
Hey Lodged! Yes, this is very old OP but I try to be conscious about starting new threads. It's funny. The more I look at that pic, the more I like it. The trees are just fine. Yes, I could put something on top of the wood to keep it from getting wet but, otherwise, I like that it adds some privacy to the driveway. Anyway, I got a bunch of poplar and oak from a sawmill last year and will try and get back there. Due to the aforementioned back surgery, that is still where that wood is but I'm looking to make changes now. That wood is measuring in the 12% range and it will be burnt this year. It will be the first to the rack on the front porch and the ash I'm cutting now should go on whatever I make next, rack-wise.
I understand, it is just sometimes people post what the latest was said, or read the original post only and fail to see the date. Again not faulting anyone, it happens just as people skim wordy posts like I always make and miss details. Its life, no ones fault.
Hey there, any chance you could give me the dimensions of everything you're doing there? I don't have a power saw right now and would probably just ask to have it cut at Lowes or whatever. Looks like bottom supports are 8' long. How about the vertical pieces? Are you just using 2x4 scraps for the shims? TIA!
glorth2 I recently put 2 of those together using 3 blocks, 2 8' husky timbers and 2 8' 2x4's cut in half for the verticals.
Right. I have several cinder block/ 2x4 stacks, and I don't go higher than 4-4.5 ft high. I suppose if you had 2 of the stacks right next to each other, you might be able to have them lean into each other. But, I don't Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
If you are stacking side by side and you want to stabilize your stacks somewhat, cut a few longer pieces to span the gap, it ties things together. So if you cut to 16", and you have a gap between stacks of 12", then cut some limbs to 44" and lay 3-4 of them in randomly as you stack...somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 the way up is most effective IMO....they will be a lot less wobbly.
Good idea. I will try that the next time I have empty racks to fill Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
^^^Good info right there, Dave! I have seen lengths of rope with a square of plywood on each end used the same way.
Thanks...just passing on little tricks I've learned. The rope/plywood would help, but I like using branches better because they are rigid. The rope will brace against the stacks falling away from each other, but won't help if they try to go toward each other...the branches help both ways. If you get 3-4 stacks all tied together side by side it is pretty darn stable.
I wanted them to last a long time, Treated landscape timbers are 8ft, treated 2x4 uprights I went with 5' high because you lose about 10" of stacking height with the cinder block and the landscape Timber on top. The shims in the blocks are just pallet wood, they might rot out after while, what size those are sorry I don't remember
I only mentioned using 8' 2x4 cut in half cause that is what I used. Any length 2x4 cut in half might work or not.
