I'll be building a shed this spring, attached to my "real" shed. Any suggestions or words of advice before I start drawing up my plans?
shawneyboy said:+1 !varna said:Once you decide how big to make it.......double it
Exmasonite said:One big issue to consider:
Do you plan to season your wood PRIOR to putting in the shed or is it going directly in the shed after being split?
I only ask b/c i'm considering a similar build but my wood will be likely deposited directly into the shed after being cut/split so I'm looking at a free standing unit (away from the house) with very good ventilation and air flow. In addition, plan on keeping the stacks relatively spaced out so wood dries out. Or, my alternative is to figure out a good place to stack wood out in the open in my yard and move to the shed once it's properly seasoned.
Good luck!
shawneyboy said:+1 !varna said:Once you decide how big to make it.......double it
Remkel said:Save yourself the effort- buy some 3' wide rolls of poly and spread it down the length on top of your rows- provides more than enough protection and allows a lot of air to get through your stacks.
cptoneleg said:Exmasonite said:One big issue to consider:
Do you plan to season your wood PRIOR to putting in the shed or is it going directly in the shed after being split?
I only ask b/c i'm considering a similar build but my wood will be likely deposited directly into the shed after being cut/split so I'm looking at a free standing unit (away from the house) with very good ventilation and air flow. In addition, plan on keeping the stacks relatively spaced out so wood dries out. Or, my alternative is to figure out a good place to stack wood out in the open in my yard and move to the shed once it's properly seasoned.
Good luck!
If you cut/split and go straight to the shed add another 1 yr seasoning time to it, compared to single row out in open. Have some I went streight to shed with and I may move it out this summer to season, been in shed over a yr.
The Dali Lima said:Remkel said:Save yourself the effort- buy some 3' wide rolls of poly and spread it down the length on top of your rows- provides more than enough protection and allows a lot of air to get through your stacks.
That doesn't work so well when you have 36" of snow on top.
Thanks everyone... yes, CT is in shed build mode. I had to dig out my wood all winter and it sucked I am planning on building a roof off the side of my barn with 3 or 4 posts on either end for stacking. The idea is to stack and store here, with decent air flow for drying. I thinking I'm going to look at some possible places to store the wood outside for general seasoning, and try to use this covered area for this year's burning. I expect that it will hold close to 2 chord.
The barn looks like this:
I'll be putting a roof off the side.
Sierra Guy said:CPTONELEG,
I'm also in the process of deciding what kind of shed to build. I really like yours and would appreciate it if you could post its dimensions. Thanks much!
CTwoodburner said:cptoneleg said:Exmasonite said:One big issue to consider:
Do you plan to season your wood PRIOR to putting in the shed or is it going directly in the shed after being split?
I only ask b/c i'm considering a similar build but my wood will be likely deposited directly into the shed after being cut/split so I'm looking at a free standing unit (away from the house) with very good ventilation and air flow. In addition, plan on keeping the stacks relatively spaced out so wood dries out. Or, my alternative is to figure out a good place to stack wood out in the open in my yard and move to the shed once it's properly seasoned.
Good luck!
If you cut/split and go straight to the shed add another 1 yr seasoning time to it, compared to single row out in open. Have some I went streight to shed with and I may move it out this summer to season, been in shed over a yr.
While your sides allow air flow, they do not allow enough.
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