Indoor Wood Storage

Wife bought a yuppie looking VC box.

3 pallets laid down on the floor of my basement with a 6' tall pile of wood end to end. Upstairs I ahve a cheapo HD log rack with a removable sling. Its exactly what I wanted because I can take the sling out of the rack, fill it up and take a half day's woth of wood to the racka nd drop it right in.

Pallets are our friends...

In my garage, up against the concrete wall - one pallet on the bottom, one on each side standing up and one on top. A few screws secures it all together and you end up with a nice amount of wood securely stored inside. The one on top is not necessary as you could stabilize it with a 2x4 across or something else but with the pallet on top, I can store some crap on it for the time being,

In the basement I, like you, have just a rubbermade container next to the stove. Upstairs next to the fireplace I have a rubbermade container that I slid into a big wicker basket - fits snug and you can't see the rubbermaid...looks pretty good and cheap (you can buy wicker baskets at target etc. , they sell them as laundry hampers).

A couple nice ones I know of - when I was a kid my father had an antique postal service box. It was all steel with a big lid that was hinged all the way across the back and a bronze eagle bolted to the front and one on top of the lid. For reasons unknown to me he decided one day that it was a good idea to take the eagles off, spray paint it black, and fill it with speedy dry for the shop. I weep just a little every time I take a scoup of speedy dry.

Last night I swung by a friend's house who just got his stove up and running and the s.o.b. already managed to find a giant antique copper bucket. It has copper patches welded into it from its days of use and everything.

Those have been my two favorites - but the rubbermade / wicker basket combo works just fine and at a minimum is attractive enough to not draw attention to itself.

I pull a uitly trailer in the garage with the lawn tractor enough for at least couple days at a time!

I stack it on a brick step that runs the length of the fireplace wall. Sometimes I'll leave it on my wood cart, but that can be messy.
I can fit about two days worth on the step, so I bring it in, stack it and vacuum up my mess. I try to keep the wood over the step when I load the stove and all the crumbs fall on the step.

The masonry alcove in my great room was designed with 2 niches for wood storage. I can get about 3-4 days worth, depending on how cold it is outside.

Metal wash tub and a metal painters bucket for kindling. I also have a wood rack in the garage where I keep about a face cord for when it's too cold or rainy to go get it from outside.

Forest green tote. No idea why we don't have a blue one to match the stove. I'll have to watch the dump.

I've got two nice big galvanized tubs on either side of the hearth -- fill one up a day when burning 24/7. During the summer the tubs do double duty outside for the dogs bath.

Milk crates (rotated so as to loose alot of the dirt outside) for wood & kindling, and a Wally World log rack, left over from the FP days :-/

Improvements are on my Christmas wish list. I conveniently left some "idea windows" open Saturday night, so Sunday AM, when he checked his emails, he'd be curious ;-P

He asked me about them later in the day :coolsmile:

We have just been using an El Cheep-O rack from Lowes and it's been OK so far lol

El Cheapo wins for pictures. I have a harbor freight carrier that brings in the second days load. I have a iron holder that holds about one days worth. I take a second carrying and keep two days worth in the room, one on each side.

Prada said:

We have just been using an El Cheep-O rack from Lowes and it's been OK so far lol

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I bought one of those 42" hoops for ~$25.00 from Home Depot and I like it.. Holds lots of wood and it's even made in USA.. Should have bought one years ago.. The hoop holds enough wood for 4-5 days and allows the wood to dry out ( I keep it off to the right side of the hearth).. I like the view of the woodpile out your window!

Ray

20+ splits near the stove for refueling and standby
1 face cord in the attached garage, use only in case of a snow storm or heavy rains
4 cords in the barn/wood sheds, this supply feeds the stove daily
8 cords outside, seasoning for next year

This works well for me.

I came across this old thread as I was looking for a neat way to store a lot of firewood in my basement. I came up with the idea of using an old mining cart. They weight a ton but are dang near bomb proof and IF you can find a cheap one, would last forever.

Now I just have to find one in the midwest.