How do you stack your in the house???

We store the firewood approx. 6" away from the wall. We keep a rubber mat underneath to keep the mess contained. The BioBricks should be kept further away from the stove though. Looking at this image, I should move those even further away.

I have a little plastic trailer for my lawn tractor. In the winter I load it up and push it into the garage. It holds about a week's worth in cold weather, and it's a short trip from the garage to the stove. This way I only have to go out for firewood once a week (and more like once a month in shoulder season).

I do keep a little wood in a rack near the stove, bit I don't actually burn it- it's just there in the unlikely event that my wife decides to feed the stove.

begreen said:

I built a large wood box on the porch. It's a short trip to the box from the stove and it keeps the mess of chips and bark sheddings out in the box.

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Same here -- store about 2-3 weeks worth of wood on the enclosed porch, just outside the stove. The porch would be a sun-room if it were in any other part of the country -- now it is more of a dog room / wood room than anything else.

Wood box built with scrap lumber with a plastic tote inside to catch the dirt and bark. Hooks on the outside for a few tools.

I use a wood hoop that holds about 3-4 days worth of firewood...

i keep it stacked outside and have one of those canvas wood carriers i bring in a load with that, keeps the mess down for me at least.

2 quarter cord wood boxes on the porch and one smaller completely sealed in the house right inside the patio door and a smaller staging box by the stove...constant rotation to keep it dry. I prefer not to bring wood in every day.

I haul a 4 by 8 trailer's worth of wood home every two weeks or so from my uncle's farm. I keep it in the attached garage and haul it in with a leather satchel. It works.

You have a lot of room on your hearth on the right side OP, you could build a wooden rack and fit a few days worth right at your disposal.

Your Wife needs to understand that heating with a solid fuel IS MESSY!

There's no two ways about it.

Wood is messy, sheds fibers, lichen, dirt, etc.
burned ash is dusty to remove.

Coal is dusty, oily, burning it puts an oily film on your houses windows. Ash is dusty

Pellets are probably the cleanest of the group. Slight dust when pouring out of the bag and the ash is dusty though the quantities are small.

Ya, da tote and 3' wrought-iron hoop. Although it's empty in the pic, I do load it up.

I don't play Air drying splits is my specialty !

Seriously, this was before a blizzard 2 yeas ago

Normally, about 1/2 to the left of the PE, with a few odds to the left or right. But I always have the wood rack full. Even in summer.Once I bring it inside, I'm NOT putting it back outside !

I have another week outside the back door, and 2 cords on the deck.

My Momma didn't raise no fools

I will not comment on the wife issue, aside say "git over it "

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I don't play Air drying splits is my specialty !

Seriously, this was before a blizzard 2 yeas ago

Normally, about 1/2 to the left of the PE, with a few odds to the left or right. But I always have the wood rack full. Even in summer.Once I bring it inside, I'm NOT putting it back outside !

I have another week outside the back door, and 2 cords on the deck.

My Momma didn't raise no fools

I will not comment on the wife issue, aside say "git over it "

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I like the way there's 2 little cubbyholes in the hearth, and they both have a split jammed into them.

jetsam said:

I like the way there's 2 little cubbyholes in the hearth, and they both have a split jammed into them.

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They dry .... that's all that matters. Never could get grates in there, now glad I didn't

Dix said:

I don't play

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"You're gonna need a bigger boat." In this case, a bigger hoop.

I store wood near the stove in a big Rubbermaid tote.

This rack holds a days worth of wood.
It's just outside the back door on the sun porch.
We bring it in as we burn it, the big mess ends up on the porch, where we sweep it up and use it as kindling

Setup our insert last month so the box is temporary. Wife already told me to do something else but it works great.

Might do an old wood box.

In a couple of days I will condense the wood in the garage and bring in a Rick from out front. I'm going through more wood than I thought I would :-(

I made a rack for by our insert holds a few days worth of wood. It’s on casters so I can roll it to the slider and load it up and roll it back. The only mess it creates is by reloading the fireplace and is minimal.



Have a rack I bought from tractor supply that holds about the same amount of wood for the stove. This one gets more messy but that’s Because we have to carry it in.

Also have two three foot tall hoops right outside the sliding glass door that usually lasts a week in the below freezing temps before needing to be re stocked. The wife is a vacuum freak so the mess that happens during restocking is gone in no time. She also hates the mess but loves the heat so she deals with it.


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One advantage of having the stove in an unfinished basement: I have 4 8-foot long steel racks that I load in November. Two in the basement and two in the attached garage. It looks like I'll make it through the winter without having to bring in more.

If I were you I would buy a hearth pad to throw down over your carpet. It would provide spark protection and its easier to clean after loading.

http://www.woodlanddirect.com/Wood-...th-Pads/HY-C-Sandstone-Tile-Type-2-Hearth-Pad

We have a week of wood on the covered side deck. Just a few feet from the stove. But this threads got me thinking, having the nights wood in the house wound be nice. Maybe 6-8 splits. I'd like a open front rack with a top to hold the cable tv box. Just to the right of the stove.

Anyone see one?