Basement Wood Storage - POLL - Do you do it?

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Do you store your burning wood inside your basement in the winter?


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My basement is finished, so although the stove is down there, I do not store more than a couple of days' wood there. I guess I am a 'no.'
 
I think I'm in between because I'm actually putting a wood chute in as we speak. The idea is so that I can haul wood from the shed to what was a basement window and dump a week's worth every Saturday or Sunday. I'm not blessed with outside access to my basement (the only way in is through the house and down the steps) and the steps are part of the finished area and are now carpeted. It would be a real PITA to try to keep that carpet clean while bringing in wood from the shed after tromping through snow, mud, etc...plus it would save me from stockpiling wood on the deck when a storm is coming because it still always ends up covered in snow or ice. I don't have the room for storing a cord or even a half cord in the basement, but if I did I think I would.
 
onetracker said:
Battenkiller said:
Plus, what would be the point in loading and stacking 4-5 cord of wood down in the basement, then carrying it up again an armful at a time? It's only ideal in the right circumstances.


precisely.
that's my son's job !

Had a couple of them lying around many moons ago. They also functioned as snow throwers. Had to get a gas-powered snow thrower to replace them. Is there a gas-powered wood stacker available anywhere? If so, I want one. :cheese:
 
2 weeks worth all seasoned, never had a bug problem other than the occasional spider.
15 years
 
Brought the majority of this in after work last night. Just about a full cord, should do me a month. Sorry about the poor cell phone pic.

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[quote author="Battenkiller" date="1317626390 Polls are always suspect to me... or at least the ones that are, you might say, less than scientifically engineered.[/quote]

My dad said, "Figures can lie as long as liars can figure". :)
 
This has turned out a lot closer than I would have expected. You learn something every day around this place.

I'd still never do it but it certainly seems like a lot of you do it and do it well. Happy burning!
 
I bring in only a day or worth of burning. There is a week or so of storage just outside the door where the stove is. That is storage on masonary surfaces. I would not say I store wood inside.
 
I bring in about 1/2 face cord at a time to my basement. That will usually last me about 3-5 days depending on how cold it is. Always split and stacked outside in long single rows up on hardwood pallets for more than 7 months. Mostly Ash and some Pine.
 
Nothing in the basement, but I fill a wood ring in the garage, and try to keep the next reload or so by the stove.
 
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