Where do you keep your firewood?

[irwin]

Thanks guy's...

Yes' I throw a tarp over each pile that's ready for use.. the problem with this set up (as has been noted) is snow and ice. I like the idea of a long 10-12 foot deep, 10 foot high open face building..like a horse run-in shed with a vented eave in back. Similar to jimmyj's picture..

I've never built one but I can think of some draw backs of going cheap.. wood rot (the building not the firewood) at ground level is one... the fix would be... pay up $$$$. Concrete pad, or some other ground prep that allows for quick drainage, metal supports, or pressure treated wood.

Another drawback would be looks.. not that I care what a building that no one can see looks like,,, but the wood shed will need to be within an easy walk from the back door.. this means in my side yard. The side yard is visible from the road and is used for outdoor get togethers.. we want that yard looking better than a scrap area. A good looking open faced building would be acceptable.

Anyone have plans for that style building? Say the building in the first picture instead of the second.. I do like the first shed but I'd need to double the length, and get rid of anything that adds too much cost. Say having to buy a wood mill to make my own siding pieces would be out of the question. :laughing:

 

[Jake1297]

I'm trying something new this year. I'm putting my firewood in large breathable bags that can hold almost a half cord. They are 36"x42"x58" high, with 10" lifting straps and will hold 2200 lbs. I hold them open with the forks on my loader and fill them. They fit on a pallet which I then bring into my garage. Garage is attached to house so no need to go out into the weather to get wood. I have 12 foot ceiling in my garage and can stack them two high. Oh yea, they are reusable.

 

[beenthere]

Jake
Where do you find the bags?
Idea seems fine, to the point of getting the firewood out of the bags.
I just see that as a real hassle.
But will be looking for a report and some pics as to how it works for you.

For loading, do you toss the pieces up and in the bag and just let them fall haphazard, or try some semblence of stacking the wood?

How high is the header on your garage door? Or do you carry them in on the pallet, without the bag tipping over?

 

[Mousefield]

Thanks guy's...

Yes' I throw a tarp over each pile that's ready for use.. the problem with this set up (as has been noted) is snow and ice. I like the idea of a long 10-12 foot deep, 10 foot high open face building..like a horse run-in shed with a vented eave in back. Similar to jimmyj's picture..

I've never built one but I can think of some draw backs of going cheap.. wood rot (the building not the firewood) at ground level is one... the fix would be... pay up $$$$. Concrete pad, or some other ground prep that allows for quick drainage, metal supports, or pressure treated wood.

Another drawback would be looks.. not that I care what a building that no one can see looks like,,, but the wood shed will need to be within an easy walk from the back door.. this means in my side yard. The side yard is visible from the road and is used for outdoor get togethers.. we want that yard looking better than a scrap area. A good looking open faced building would be acceptable.

Anyone have plans for that style building? Say the building in the first picture instead of the second.. I do like the first shed but I'd need to double the length, and get rid of anything that adds too much cost. Say having to buy a wood mill to make my own siding pieces would be out of the question. :laughing:

I am sure, if you have the logs, that you can brinig in a band saw guy who would mill the logs for you. I have had this done 4 times in the past 12 years.
Then you can use the lumber to build you wood shed.

 

[MossRoad]

Been thinking about building a woodshed.

The problem is I'm already close to max with the other necesary jobs that have to be done... and I work 5 days, so it's only 2 days a week to do it all in... Sometimes I force myself to do more than the necessary after work chores, but at my age (mid-fifties) 10-11 hours of work in one day pretty much does me in..

I hoping to get some very inexpensive, easy-to-do ideas, something that'll hold 6-9 cords. I have more cut, but I like to leave it outside in the sun and elements for at least the first 4 or 5 months.

My Holz Hausen!
First pic is the ring 10' in diameter.
Second pic is paint mark at 8'.
Third pic is first course of split wood at an angle inward.
Fourth pic is several courses of split wood angled inward and internal area of circle with wood both split and small unsplit pieces stacked vertically.
After it was about 3' high I put another course of shims around the outside ring to keep the wood angled in and continued.
According to the instructions, if you stack green wood 10' high and let it shrink down to the 8' mark on the pole, it is dry and ready to use. Since I started with mostly dry wood, I just stopped at 8'.
1 cord of wood is 128 cubic feet of wood.
A pile 10' in diameter and 8' tall contains 628 cubic feet of wood, or, a tad over 4.9 cords. If you would stack it 10' it would be a tad over 6 cords.
It looks nice, takes up less room, and is kinda fun to build.
I liked it so much last year, that I build another one this year. However, this year I just tossed the wood in the center, not stacking it vertically as last year. I keep a tarp over the top, only so the sides can breathe. I cut a hole in an old tarp and slid it down over the center pole. Works great. :thumbsup:

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I ran across this a while back. I thought it was cute.

 

[jimmyj]

Very cute Larry. What a cool idea!

 

[MNBobcat]

I'm trying something new this year. I'm putting my firewood in large breathable bags that can hold almost a half cord. They are 36"x42"x58" high, with 10" lifting straps and will hold 2200 lbs. I hold them open with the forks on my loader and fill them. They fit on a pallet which I then bring into my garage. Garage is attached to house so no need to go out into the weather to get wood. I have 12 foot ceiling in my garage and can stack them two high. Oh yea, they are reusable.

+2 on where did you get the bags? Price?

I'm thinking about going with them too but have a concern. I can see where they would work well for split rounds. But what about smaller branches and things that have "points" on them? Would those tear the bags? I'm assuming they would.

 

[clemsonfor]

Here are some pics of my wood and my shed that i built at the end of last winter for my wood. I basically dump it off and split it one ranger truck load at the time and let it sit sometimes for a while in the sun then i stack it, but again i dont have this down as this is the first fire season with the shed, before i would just pull a tarp over the pile before a rain if i remembered. I built the shed with treated 4x4s. front were 4x4x10s and the back were 4x4x8. the headers were 2x8x16s. The rafters were 2 pieced togeather pieces, not the correct way but i was saving money and can always reinforce if needed but we had a 5 inch wet snow and its fine as well as me on top . Most of them are treated but not all and the stickers that the tin is screwed to is treated wood purchased for the shed. The tin was scavanged from helping a coworker tear down his shed. The 4 posts 2 headers and the stickers and cement cost me $200ish dollars but i really cant remember, that is all i bought for this shed too. It is 16ft x 12ft under the tin. Yea in a driving rain most will have wet ends but not all of it. i built it for wood and for other stuff when needed as you can see.

Sorry for the quality but they are cell pics.

 

[MikeInEburg]

@clemsonfor - you may want to reinforce your shed. The last photo shows a giant thumb hovering over the shed. It it were to drop, the shed may be crushed...

Mike