my fire wood life cycle with hoist!

[rustyshakelford]

That’s a great set up. Can’t believe that load of wood would last for a week. We don’t even get cold but we’d burn that in a day in our fire place. What you have looks incredibly efficient

Brett

 

[Thomas]

Well thought out. :thumbsup:

 

[coldsteelva]

Does the trap door hinge out of the way or do you have to pop it out of the hole? Do the heat pump and propane furnace use the same thermostat? I believe the NEST thermostats have the ability to track runtime. I'm sure there are other devices for individual heat sources if not sharing a thermostat.

 

[BLSXJ]

The trap door simply lifts out of the way. When I finish the porch and figure out what sort of flooring will be there I'll sort out an easy way of dealing with the opening. Ideally I want the trap door to be invisible during the summer months.

The heat pump and furnace are on the same thermostat, its a fancy pants honeywell (as fancy as they get without wifi). the thermostat is at maximum capacity with 2 stage cooling (heat pump), two stages of heating (heat pump) and another 2 stages of propane heat. as well as a whole house HRV.

heating cost is hard to nail down when considering wood fire efficiency, actual wood cost, wood species BTU, propane BTU efficiency and averaged cost, and electricity time of use and delivered cost.

 

[coldsteelva]

And don't forget Sweat Equity

 

[EddieWalker]

I never saw firewood stacked like that. Have you compared the difference between that method and just staking it tight?

Is that a lift or a winch?

 

[BLSXJ]

the hoist is an over head 110V hoist.... made for lifting.
44/88 lb Electric Cable Hoist | Princess Auto

The fire wood is stacked "log cabin" style on the end of each row to minimize side pressure on the the divider walls. yes this does mean some void space, but I rather loose a 1/2 face cord of storage then risk damaging anything.

 

[tomplum]

I like what you have done, though by me I wouldn't stack wood by the house due to termites etc. It may not be a factor by you. In fact I picked up 6 IBC tote frames this morning for the wood. Will devise something clever in my free time

 

[EddieWalker]

the hoist is an over head 110V hoist.... made for lifting.
44/88 lb Electric Cable Hoist | Princess Auto

The fire wood is stacked "log cabin" style on the end of each row to minimize side pressure on the the divider walls. yes this does mean some void space, but I rather loose a 1/2 face cord of storage then risk damaging anything.

Thank you. I read that you said hoist, but it looked like an auto winch to me in the picture. I just built a closet with a beam in it for a client to lift up kegs of beer from her garage to the room above his garage and he wanted to use a winch. I'm trying to convince him to use a hoist, but I'm not sure if he will or wont.

I was wondering if you stacked them that way to increase air flow. I didn't think about damage to the walls. It reminded me of fresh milled lumber.

 

[TnAndy]

If your car is 2'x4' and you load it 3' high, you've got 24 cubic feet of wood in there. Seasoned hardwood weighs in the 35-40lb/cf range, so you have potentially 960lbs of wood + the car being lifted with an 880lb rated winch.

I did the same thing....and wore out a couple of cheap winches until I finally went with a 2700lb rated one.