Tired of carrying wood one armload at a time so...

[TomSeller]

Hmmmm - 35+ years and never had a single mouse in the house. When we burned wood, now 100% electric, transported by wheel barrow and had one of those big double pipe hoops for inside storage. After using firewood for 20+ years finally went to electric heat. Too many bugs, too much bark, too much dirt, no weekly ash removal, no annual stove pipe scrub down. I still miss the sound and smell of pine burning.

What does your elec bill run in the winter out there?

 

[stuckmotor]

My brother and I spent a weekend with some friends when I was a kid. A great part of the time was spent feeding the wood fire, but, the most exciting part was the flying squirrel that scared our friends' mother up in a chair. My guess is that it came in with the fire wood.

 

[Pilot]

I use buckets about 18" high which is about the length our woodstove can handle. I also just load a HF dolly and lay it down on the porch--about 3-4 buckets worth & use the buckets to bring it inside.
Our problem isn't mice, but yellow jacket queens. Built in vac system makes it easy to get rid of them.

 

[DrRod]

I REALLY hate mice. I worked so hard when the house was being designed and built to minimize ways for the mice to get into the house but the little $%^&*()_%^&*() still found a way into the house.

We use five gallon buckets to bring firewood into the house and store it in front of the stove is rather ugly but it works. Depending on wood quality a five gallon bucket has enough wood to burn for 4-6 hours in our stove.

The buckets contain quite a bit of the mess and any bugs in the wood usually stay in the buckets. I want to build a big box to hold the buckets and allow for easier sitting in front of the stove... Been trying to build that box for a decade or so now.

Later,
Dan

I go to a lot of country auctions and flea markets. I would think that you could pick up a nice big wooden box for anywhere between $1 - $30. I buy nearly any wooden box if it has printing on the sides and use them for all sorts of things. I have a really big one that says Baltimore Fish Company on the side that I use for inside wood. I think they add some interest and a touch of history -- depending on your d馗or.

 

[dmccarty]

I go to a lot of country auctions and flea markets. I would think that you could pick up a nice big wooden box for anywhere between $1 - $30....

That is a good idea. The box though has to fit in front of the hearth which has some odd sizes, we want to be able to sit on the box, AND it would nice for the box to be fire resistant/proof. :laughing::laughing::laughing: I might have to lower my requirements.

Thanks,
Dan