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  1. wishlist Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 28, 2011
    516 posts
    Corunna, Michigan
    Newer member, but have always visited this site for great info etc. You can pretty much guarantee anything to do with burning wood can be found on this site. I've been cutting, chopping, and hauling wood ever since I could ride a bike.

    Wanted to share a pic of my "converted" wood shed. It has 10 sides and is approx 20 feet across. If I ever run out of wood I can always burn the board and batten siding I put up 10 years ago, its all white oak! I have approx 3 years of wood in shed, mostly ash, and as you can see from wood pile pic I have lots more to process this winter. There's shagbark hickory, ash, cherry, locust and oak in the pile. This wood will be for the 2016 season on. Any guesses as to what I originally built this shed for?

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  2. Jags Super Moderator

    joined: Aug 2, 2006
    11,255 posts
    Northern Illinois
    Gun turret?

    Nice looking gazebohausen.
  3. raybonz Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 5, 2008
    5,956 posts
    Carver, MA.
    LOL I think you coined the woodburning word of the year!! Very cool shelter though..

    Ray
  4. Jags Super Moderator

    joined: Aug 2, 2006
    11,255 posts
    Northern Illinois
    Last year was heapinhausen. I'm on a roll. :coolsmile:
  5. raybonz Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 5, 2008
    5,956 posts
    Carver, MA.
    Yup you're in a league of your own your wordiness.. :)

    Ray
  6. Badfish740 Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 3, 2007
    1,158 posts
    Looks like a ventilation stack for a giant underground bunker :coolsmirk:

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  7. steeltowninwv Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 16, 2010
    718 posts
    west virginia
    a hot tub?
  8. homebrewz Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 29, 2005
    805 posts
    East Central, NY
    Your neighborhood group requires a gazebo in every yard, but they didn't specify what you could put in it?

    That's about the best use of a gazebo I've ever seen.
  9. jimosufan Member

    joined: Aug 16, 2010
    181 posts
    Dayton, OH
    star gazing...telescope?
  10. Fifelaker Member

    joined: Oct 3, 2011
    178 posts
    NW Mi
  11. dafattkidd Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 11, 2007
    1,135 posts
    Long Island, NY
    Fart sniffing shed
  12. Gary_602z Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 30, 2009
    868 posts
    Lake Odessa,MI
    Fort to keep people from Vernon away? :lol:

    Gary
  13. Duetech Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 15, 2008
    1,436 posts
    S/W MI
    Deluxe dog house because your wife doesn't like your wood collection?
  14. wishlist Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 28, 2011
    516 posts
    Corunna, Michigan
    Good 1 Gary! Lol...my inlaws live near Vernon but the "fort" doesn't work?
    I think as soon as Dennis responds he will have the answer!
  15. weatherguy Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 20, 2009
    2,716 posts
    Central Mass
    Thats good! If he went up the sides and over the roof it would be one helleva a holzhausen
  16. bogydave Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 4, 2009
    7,725 posts
    So Cent ALASKA
    Awesome wood shed.
    Any wood shed that's full is great, yours is top notch.
    You need to build another one for all the other wood, BIGGER :)
    Great pictures
  17. firefighterjake Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 22, 2008
    13,455 posts
    Unity/Bangor, Maine
    I love the "gazebohausen" -- both the newly coined term and the actual pic.

    Welcome to hearth.com. Thanks for posting.
  18. jlow Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 19, 2009
    260 posts
    Sterling Heights, Michigan
    This is what I built mine for originally. It now does store wood in the winter, as it is a staging area. 1/2 way from wood shed to my stove.

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  19. basswidow Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 17, 2008
    1,268 posts
    northern nj
    The windows make it look like a shoot house for say a turkey shoot or for some sort of hunt club bird hunt?

    Sure is a pretty site with all that wood. Best I've seen in awhile.
  20. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,133 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    It contains the stone altar where you perform the ritual animal sacrifices on the holy days. I'm quite sure there's some correspondence between the orientations of the ten sides and sacred points in the night sky at the soltices and equinoxes.
  21. Jags Super Moderator

    joined: Aug 2, 2006
    11,255 posts
    Northern Illinois
    That - or it was just a heck of a nice place to put a picnic table. :lol:
  22. wishlist Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 28, 2011
    516 posts
    Corunna, Michigan
    Gazebohausen? Lol... I remember reading awhile back about the holhausen and the reasoning for stacking wood that way. Looked like a PIA to me. If there any members here from Europe I'm sure they have seen plenty of these sheds.

    No on the turkey shoot, sacred stone, etc.......
  23. PapaDave Minister of Fire

    Mother-in-law housing/hauzen?
  24. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,111 posts
    Michigan
    Welcome to the forum wishlist. Nice woodpile too. Guess? How about what started out as a corn crib but ended up as a wood house?!

    btw, we are not too far apart with you being from Corunna.
  25. Stump_Branch Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 12, 2010
    878 posts
    MD
    My guess was a crib as well but seems smaller than what im used to seeing.

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