Finished up my stacks on the south side of the garage. Close to two cords of ash. I like to put the bark side up on the top couple layers. West side ready for some red maple. Some of that ash used to be stacked back here. I had to re-split some of it, and there were a bunch of punky anthill pieces that I just dumped in a low spot out back. Little over 2 cords of year-old black locust still back here. I'm still waiting to try that for the first time.
Sweet looking BTU's man. Ever think about moving your stacks a foot or so away from the wall to increase air circulation, says the total beginner;-)
Yeah, but I think it would look goofy. It's not tight to the wall, it's held off an inch or two, but more would be better. This spot is south facing and gets direct sun all day. It seems to do fine, but you have to be careful with the top cover - you don't want it draining between the wood and the wall. I don't think I'll bother to top cover it until the end of summer though.
You've got some symmetry going on there. Nice job. It feels good to have the wood in at this time of year.
Some thinking into the construction of the garage/shop or whatever building your stacking alongside. - height of the windows for stacking wood under the windows. - good choice and location. - choice of siding material if your going to stack wood against it. Yes it is slightly more than other choices but so much more practical. Shawn, nice impressive stack.
WOW!! Did you stack them in molds, and then remove the mold??? And how the hell do you get your splits to such a PERFECT length?? Crap, I don't see a single split 1 millimeter longer than another! Nice work! Your going to LOVE that BL! My favorite wood for sure. What?? Where????? Shawn, is that cedar siding? if so, or whatever it is, how did you get the milling lines to all line up like that?
Thanks! It's actually an illusion - I just stack them so the visible side is flush. That's the benefit of stacking in double rows, or by a building like I did - only one side is visible! I eyeballed the length of these (I've since gone to measuring tape and lumber crayon), and they vary between 18" down to about 12", but the majority are pretty close to 16". South Easternmost crib is a couple degrees out of plumb. Looking at the East side of said crib, 6 rows up, a short piece is visible. It's just T1-11 siding. It always seems to have those horizontal milling marks - not sure why. That's the "$7000 4-car garage". My grandfather and uncle built the whole thing for under $8000, and I'm pretty sure that price even includes the concrete pad it's on.
Looks great Shawn, I didn't think you would see ground up there till June with the snow pics you posted not to long ago…. lol
