vented sides on wood shed?

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Revturbo977

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im planning on building a wood shed as soon as this snow melts. i need to get the wood higher off the ground then just pallets.

now i see a lot of designs with slats for the walls to allow air to pass through. what about rain and snow? i live high up on a hill and the wind is always blowing snow, sleet, and rain at a diagonal directly to the side of my wood pile. no matter what, 1-2 side of my pile gets blasted with rain or snow throughout the year.i covered the top and one side with tarps but they seem to blow off or move whenever they want.

will a 3 sided shed work to keep everything dry and get everything seasoned? seems to be an interesting topic because some people say one way, and some people say they other.
 
I haven't personally experienced this problem, only read about it. Personally I would go for a good tight roof, enough air gap under the floor that ground water isn't a problem, and then the least amount of siding I could get away with to get the wood dry.

I saw some pics from Kodiak Island, AK (they get lots of wind driven rain) where the siding slats were overlapping, one layer of slats on the inside of the framing offset from one layer of slats on the outside of the framing. So air could get through, but wind driven rain hit the siding.

Can you slat two sides, see where you are this fall and maybe slat up the third side if your wood is too wet?
 
i can give it a try with the inside outside technique
 
This is on top on a hill and the wind blows through it, No problems with rain or snow to report
 

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Random thoughts . . .

I love my woodshed . . . but I do not really use it to season my wood. The wood is seasoned outside in a stack for at least a year before it goes into the woodshed . . . where it will no doubt continue to season . . . just much, much, much slower as it will receive no sun and when packed in, not very much wind except for the stacks on the outside.

I don't live on a hill . . . but it does get windy in the winter. I have board and batten walls on three sides (well minus the batting) . . . snow penetration is not much of an issue. In fact, this winter I've only had one time when snow was covering the wood and that was during the blizzard we had . . . fortunately the wood is already seasoned so I just knock off the bit of snow on each split and bring them in . . . a few hours in the woodbox and the wood is dry once again.
 
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I have vertical 1x12" cedar boards with 1" openings between each of them. I'm sure I get some rain from wind but not nearly enough as when wood is outside. My east, north, and west walls are 1x12 with the south about 1/4 1x12" The wood is always dry but it is mostly seasoned by the time it gets to the woodshed. I have no problem with snow getting in, it seems to go around the shed.
 
firefighterjake said:
Random thoughts . . .

I love my woodshed . . . but I do not really use it to season my wood. The wood is seasoned outside in a stack for at least a year before it goes into the woodshed . . . where it will no doubt continue to season . . . just much, much, much slower as it will receive no sun and when packed in, not very much wind except for the stacks on the outside.

I don't live on a hill . . . but it does get windy in the winter. I have board and batten walls on three sides (well minus the batting) . . . snow penetration is not much of an issue. In fact, this winter I've only had one time when snow was covering the wood and that was during the blizzard we had . . . fortunately the wood is already seasoned so I just knock off the bit of snow on each split and bring them in . . . a few hours in the woodbox and the wood is dry once again.
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I agree, I season first then fill the shed. I just feel any extra circulation is better than none.

bob
 
My neighbor and I had this discussion this morning as we were both loading wood to stoke the fires. He has a rather large nice three sides wood shed. I noticed as he has been splitting he has been using the conveyor to make a huge pile next to his shed. I made a comment that I don't envy the day he has to stack all that in the shed. He said his stacks aren't drying out in the shed and that he is going to leave them out to season and then stack it up in the shed. He said it's his version of my silly little wood silos (holzen hausen)!
 
Those sun shade tarps when hung vertical keep water off and still allow some sun and airflow. They are pretty reasonable.
I just bough some custom made for an opening in our recycling center.
 
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