As we age, I'm less enthused about taking large armloads of wood from stacks on the ground, into the house. Bending over is ok, but getting up from there with a full sling or arm load.....not so much. So getting wood up off the ground was an objective. This space is between buildings, is partially under a second floor porch, and left side useless for stacking wood without tarps (pita). We can still use the space under the porch for more stacking, or for the grill etc. So we designed and installed this setup. Its 9' long and 33" deep. Each shelf is designed for 2 16" rows, 2' tall. The top shelf could be loaded to 3 or 4 feet tall, or as tall as we are comfortable stacking to and from. I ran 1/2" x 10' rebar length wise, 7 pieces spaced 3" or 4" apart. It doesn't seem to be sagging much. Woulda gone heavier on rebar, but didn't have ready access to. The whole mess is screwed to the building, but could have been stand alone. Under the bottom shelf is storage, for propane cylinders or whatever. I have yet to find free wood to close up the end, partly to hold the logs from coming out, but more to make it look more tidy/less busy. It will hold 99 cu ft. If the top shelf is stacked a foot and a half taller, we have a full cord.
Nice. Proper roof materiel. Only thing I can see being a potential issue is mold/mildew on your siding. Maybe? Probably not a issue if you load dry wood towards the tail end of summer. Enjoy! Let us know how it works out.
So its 99 cu ft, as built. If I stack the top stack to 3.5' (rather than 2') that gets me up to 128 cu ft. Yup, about a month. I have another closet outside the house, that will hold another 2-3 days worth. Except that I wanted to make room for wood elsewhere, I wouldn't have loaded it this early. But, the wood is dry, and its a pretty dry location....and gets afternoon sun. Its off the ground which also helps. I built in a fair amount of circulation, and the prevailing winds come from that side almost directly. I will watch for mildew though....good point. We pulled down a ceiling a few years ago, and the pine strips we salvaged from the ceiling tiles being tacked to the plaster and lath. That pine has been sanded and stained and turned into baseboards, crown molding, and more. So the scraps closed in the end. Pallet wood made the door at the bottom. I love repurposing wood. Sca
If you just send it down in rounds you lessen the amount of handing. Wouldn't want to be the one in the cellar though.
Thanks. Im not interested in hauling 7 or 8 cord up all at once. Not like we get into a snowy deep freeze for more than a few weeks at a time here! I reckon there will be a bit of a weather window every few weeks, even if I refill one "bey" or two, at a time. If it is going to be a long cold snap, more could be stacked nearby to buy more time. Getting itchy for burnin time again! Sca
That rack looks good for sure! I think I'm the one oddball here. I keep a few cord under a roof for the rainy weather & wait for a good cold snap to restock firewood.
Last season, we did bring up 4ish cord. That was a lotta doing. I guess we'll see how frequently we empty & refill the rack, and go from there. Sca
I have an 8ft rack of wood that goes on the deck, two steps out the door. I don't keep any wood indoors with the exception of when a snow storm is forecast. Then, I'll just stack some extra on the hearth. I've been doing that for duration of woodburning. ~35yrs.
Yup, keeping less up by the house isnt a bad thing. Out the side door, we have a 6x6 room that closes in the steps down to the yard. There is a little closet there that we'll pack in the fall. It's an unheated space and holds a couple days worth. Otherwise, we keep only 24 hours supply inside the house. Sca
