This is where I keep my wood by the boiler. During the season, when a rain or snowstorms come, I have been hanging tarps with grommets onto nails, to serve as curtains of sorts. It works okay, but when the strong winds come, it causes some failures. I am looking for ideas that make for removal of whatever protection is up, so the sunlight and wind keep it dry during good weather. recommendations are welcome.
just for grins. This oak fell overnight. A few hundred feet from my wood lot. At least 20” trunk, about 80 feet in length. I will save it for cutting during deer season, so I have work for the girls without disturbing.
hang the tarps from cup type hooks. On the bottom, sandwich the tarp between some furring strips or 2x4's for weight. Screw them together. Bungee around posts if high winds. Easily removed when needed to. Roll the tarp up around the sandwiched part.
I used to have almost the same setup...I found you can't tie it down tight/rigid or the wind will shred them. I only ever managed to keep a tarp for a year or two though...had it pulled tightish at the bottom with tarp straps on a steel pipe that the bottom of the tarp was wrapped up on (oversized tarp) I use one of those steel carports with sides now. The former woodshed is just storage for now...I got a used garage door and put it up on the south side to block the wind rain...just stacked the loose panels in a track of sorts made by ripping a 2x4 in half and screwing it to the wall and post... Take 3 screws out and the door is gone in 2-3 minutes total.
Personally, I would not worry about it at all. Leave it as is. Our wood gets rain and snow on the sides and ends but it does no harm at all. What little moisture gets on it during a storm is very little so it dries super fast. I've said it before and will say it again that wood is not a sponge....unless it is punky. The outside moisture dries usually within 24-48 hours. On a 3 or 4 day rain, it can still dry off within 2 days after the storm.
Hang a section of fence by hooks. Should be good to keep driving rain and snow out. Easy to remove in the Spring and put back up in the Fall.
Chain link fence with the slats in it would stop most rain and still allow some air flow...good idea!
I'm with Backwoods Savage, rain water on the surface will not soak in very far. I used to buy almond wood and have it dumped in my front yard. It stayed there all winter, uncovered. After a rain, I'd wait a couple of days before I refilled the rack on my front porch. The wood was always dry when it was time to burn it. I top cover my stacks to protect them from snow, which will melt slowly over days, keeping the wood constantly wet. I leave the sides open so the stacks can breath and I don't worry about the exposed wood. It gets wet, then dries again.
Wouldn’t be very difficult to add some “wings” to that roof with metal roofing and a few 2x4 crosspieces. Could follow the angle of the garage roof.
Thanks, all. I will probably try to improve on my past practice. Days of wet, heavy snow laying on my supply just isn’t appealing. Jotuller , there is a concrete floor the wood is stacked upon.
PVC mesh tarps work well. A little more $ but they last a long time. I have one over the open side of a south facing lean too where I keep tire inventory for all my trucks. Let's some light in yet keeps snow rain out.
Leave a row empty in the middle and you can pull the wood off the pile from the middle and the back. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
