That big one I built is a 10 foot diameter one. I have build a 4 pallet one but it is not nearly as impressive and does not hold nearly the same amount of wood.
We must live pretty close, wind is kicking up here too. Mine was built on a slope and was much taller in the back (where I was standing) and also when my daughter was in the picture was several months later and shrinkage was happening. It is amazing how much they will shrink over time. One thing I did with my first one was split some pieces that had mostly bark and used that in a shingle effect, and that gave it a really nice look. But again, it is cosmetic, but people really like the look. Mine was eight to nine feet tall in the middle. I found I could step up on the sides and use it like a ladder to get up to reach the middle. After it shrunk it might have been 7 feet tall.RowCropRenegade said:Mine is 10 ft diameter but looks smaller than yours. Could it be that mine is taller that makes them look so different.... or is it your roof kicks my HH roofs ass! lol! I agree that the roof is cosmetic and far from waterproof.
Was going to work on it more today but wind is 25 mph. Paperwork instead...ugh!
ClassicSWC said:Very nice looking. I was wondering if anyone knows if they dry fastesr than regular stacking? I have a bunch of wood I'm going to have to stack pretty soon and was wondering if it was worth building one of these.
GolfandWoodNut said:And yea, HH do not season any faster, but they sure look better and hold a lot of wood in a small footprint that is very stable if built properly.
Got Wood, you got that right, that is why I said if you build them right. I have heard of several people having blowouts. I am always careful to keep the wood slanting inwards, that way I do not think they can ever blow out, in fact they are so strong you can climb up and down the sides. Hope you get it repaired OK.Got Wood said:GolfandWoodNut said:And yea, HH do not season any faster, but they sure look better and hold a lot of wood in a small footprint that is very stable if built properly.
Want to highlight the "if built properly". I built my second HH a couple weeks ago (Super Bowl Sunday). If you notice in the picture I got sloppy in parts of the upper half and had a couple areas that the sides bulged out. Well Thursday afternoon I hear this crashing sound and look out and yep, my HH had a blow out. Havent fixed it yet cause we got a little snow Friday night and I didnt want to handle wet wood - I'll wait until it dries out. But, word of caution to those building a HH - keep those sides straight as well as tilting in.
GolfandWoodNut said:Got Wood, you got that right, that is why I said if you build them right. I have heard of several people having blowouts. I am always careful to keep the wood slanting inwards, that way I do not think they can ever blow out, in fact they are so strong you can climb up and down the sides. Hope you get it repaired OK.Got Wood said:GolfandWoodNut said:And yea, HH do not season any faster, but they sure look better and hold a lot of wood in a small footprint that is very stable if built properly.
Want to highlight the "if built properly". I built my second HH a couple weeks ago (Super Bowl Sunday). If you notice in the picture I got sloppy in parts of the upper half and had a couple areas that the sides bulged out. Well Thursday afternoon I hear this crashing sound and look out and yep, my HH had a blow out. Havent fixed it yet cause we got a little snow Friday night and I didnt want to handle wet wood - I'll wait until it dries out. But, word of caution to those building a HH - keep those sides straight as well as tilting in.
Got Wood said:GolfandWoodNut said:And yea, HH do not season any faster, but they sure look better and hold a lot of wood in a small footprint that is very stable if built properly.
Want to highlight the "if built properly". I built my second HH a couple weeks ago (Super Bowl Sunday). If you notice in the picture I got sloppy in parts of the upper half and had a couple areas that the sides bulged out. Well Thursday afternoon I hear this crashing sound and look out and yep, my HH had a blow out. Havent fixed it yet cause we got a little snow Friday night and I didnt want to handle wet wood - I'll wait until it dries out. But, word of caution to those building a HH - keep those sides straight as well as tilting in.
macmaine said:ClassicSWC said:Very nice looking. I was wondering if anyone knows if they dry fastesr than regular stacking? I have a bunch of wood I'm going to have to stack pretty soon and was wondering if it was worth building one of these.
Please do not open this one up Next someone will ask if I should cover my stacks or not??????
I think the Fireman said it best in this thread
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/78633/
I do both . . . but if I was stacking my wood for use next year I would go with single or double rows in the traditional stacking method—mainly because it’s just plain easier to stack with this method. I also believe (without much evidence) that it would season faster as well.
There are three reasons for building a holz miete: 1) You can stack more wood in a holz miete AND have it remain stable when stacking in the traditional method in the same footprint (although you may need a step ladder or stool to build it and take it apart which can be a pain), 2) It’s cool to look at and gives the neighbors something to gawk at or talk about and confirm that you truly are crazy when it comes to burning wood and 3) As a hearth.com member you are required to at least attempt to build one of these at some point in your burning career.
As for how hard they are to build . . . I do not find them overly complicated. In fact, in some ways they are easier since you can toss your punks, chunks and uglies into the center and some of the Y- or splits with nubs can be used around the edges . . . but that said, you do have to think a little bit more about where to put the splits, when to start putting down wood so it tips inward to form the “roofâ€, etc.
As for speed of seasoning . . . like Got Wood I agree . . . I do not think the holz miete seasons any faster . . . in fact I would guess that in some ways it seasons slower—especially with the jumble of wood in the center . . . but if you’re several years out they are wicked cool to build
Cheers
Tom
I'm bettings it's white oak I've only ever seen one iron wood that big in the 30 years I can remember and that tree was about 18" at the top of the main log, a buddy with a big husky made five cuts and had a dull chain. He cut them 3' lengths for his old taylorway and it took both of use to pick up the pieces, I'm 5 10, 205 and he's 6'3" 250, on the bright side those 5 pieces burned for 6 days altogetherRowCropRenegade said:normande, I hope it is not ironwood. No way will I get that monster cut up this year. Tree cutter thought it was some type of oak. Hope white oak!
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