Where do you keep your firewood?

[Pushing_Tin]

That's what I'm thinking... looking good. I would have to keep the area cleaned up but that would work. Any plans?

I didn't build it, not that handy. We had our contractor build it for us when the house was built. I upgraded my tractor so now the whole thing is full of wood and I had one of those metal car ports built for the tractor.

 

[keegs]

I notice you guys in the PNW have allot of pine in your piles. How's that working out for you? What if any are the issues with burning pine as opposed to hardwoods...e.g. oak, ash, maple..?

 

[Pushing_Tin]

I notice you guys in the PNW have allot of pine in your piles. How's that working out for you? What if any are the issues with burning pine as opposed to hardwoods...e.g. oak, ash, maple..?

Pine and fir work fine for me, but I only use it to make kindling and get the fire going. Otherwise I burn oak, ash, maple and locust, all of which I have on my property. I do know people that burn it almost exclusively. Those that buy the softwood pay considerably less than the hardwoods.

 

[magicheater]

I notice you guys in the PNW have allot of pine in your piles. How's that working out for you? What if any are the issues with burning pine as opposed to hardwoods...e.g. oak, ash, maple..?

HOW you burn pine is the issue. If you choke it down in a wood stove you will have lots of creosote. It works well in a masonry stove as I have heated my home for many years on old pallet wood free for the hauling. I use it in my boiler also but intersperse other types of wood with it to keep the smoke down.

 

[keegs]

HOW you burn pine is the issue. If you choke it down in a wood stove you will have lots of creosote. It works well in a masonry stove as I have heated my home for many years on old pallet wood free for the hauling. I use it in my boiler also but intersperse other types of wood with it to keep the smoke down.

This is somewhat off topic but I remember many years ago while serving in the military in Sicily, a few friends and I were on liberty taking in the Sicilian countryside. We stopped at a small pizza restaurant for lunch. An elderly woman, working alone took our pizza orders and the first thing she did was light up (ignite) a small bundle of wood (branches and twigs really) in a masonry pizza oven. By the time she prepared the pizzas most of the wood bundle had released its energy into the oven and apparently made it warm enough to cook our pizzas. And boy were they good.

 

[Sap Masta]

I built a three bay shed 23 years ago. Each section is 8 feet wide and 8 feet deep. 12 foot slanted metal roof sections, cedar poles in the ground - dipped in creosote at the time. This old war horse withstood over 4 feet of snow for several winters. I tore it down last summer and replaced it with a barn with an open baker on the side.

Considerations on wood storage:
proper ventilation
up off the ground
ability to rotate stock - fill one side while burning from the other - thus always having access to dry, seasoned wood
frost heaving
proximity to stove (tough to get mutha to go out when it gets 30 below)

 

[magicheater]

I tore it down last summer and replaced it with a barn with an open baker on the side

Very nice looking Barn!

 

[jimmyj]

I second the "nice barn" comment!

We use some softwood to start fires or when we don't need a really hot fire. My uncle used to say...

"Soft wood for soft times, hard wood for hard times"

 

[clemsonfor]

Pine and fir work fine for me, but I only use it to make kindling and get the fire going. Otherwise I burn oak, ash, maple and locust, all of which I have on my property. I do know people that burn it almost exclusively. Those that buy the softwood pay considerably less than the hardwoods.

But use more volume due to lower BTU's per cubic foot.

 

[beenthere]

Currently, on pallets under tarps.

Can't dry any under those tarps. But then, you are in OR so drying is prolly out of the question anyway.

I put a cover on, so the rain doesn't go down through the stack. But leave the sides open for the air to dry the wood. Also, tarps around wet wood will just cause mold, mildew, and decay (here, anyway )