Drying firewood - shed or covered in open?
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vwmike
Feeling the Heat
Snapdragon III
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Yes, It was modeled after another similar one I built last year on the other side of my driveway that worked out very well. The second one I made the walls a little deeper with less overhang since it is oriented 90 degrees from the first one and not as exposed to southern wind driven rain as the first one I built. I put about 3 inches of 5/8" clear crushed gravel on the ground in them that does a pretty good job keeping the wood dry and the bugs out.
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AlbergSteve
Minister of Fire
rowerwet
Minister of Fire
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/simple-pallet-firewood-rack.167322/
I build racks of pallets, with roofing from whatever is handy when they are built.
Currently I have 15 cord stacked.
I started building these almost 2 years ago, and just recently started refilling the first few racks.
All they needed was a few more screws and a few more chunks of broken fire brick to bring them back to level again.
The wood gets wet on the outer ends in heavy rain, but it is perfectly dry for burning after a year or so.
I build racks of pallets, with roofing from whatever is handy when they are built.
Currently I have 15 cord stacked.
I started building these almost 2 years ago, and just recently started refilling the first few racks.
All they needed was a few more screws and a few more chunks of broken fire brick to bring them back to level again.
The wood gets wet on the outer ends in heavy rain, but it is perfectly dry for burning after a year or so.
Woodsplitter67
Minister of Fire
Its snowing. Its going to snow intill tuesday. Then turn to freezing rain than rain the next 2 days after that.. never a tarp, wood never gets wet. My wood seasons quick
when wood never gets we, it dries faster than being left out in stacks. Also the time saved not moving it to a different location as some do.. this is a simpler way with great results
rowerwet
Minister of Fire
My pallet firewood racks cost almost nothing, and keep my stacks dry
I haven't bought any lumber to build them, even the 4x4 beams along the center of each rack are Craigslist scrounges.
I swing by the steel roofing at the big box and look for the buckled, cracked and dented panels, then buy them at a discount.
I also use IBC tote tanks to cover my wood racks
A free fiberglass tonneau cover to make a shed for the splitter
The other nice thing is that each pallet works out to about a third of a cord, making it easy to see how much I have, and have burned.
Once my wood is stacked , it isn't touched again until it goes to the stove, I'm currently burning wood that seasoned one year this way, I don't bother doing a moisture check, I can see it is seasoned by how much the stack has shrunk , and how easy and hot it burns
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Highbeam
Minister of Fire
I'm a first year shed owner in the cascade foothills. Open sided 10 cord shed. I do have 3-6 inches of clean 1.25" crushed rock on the floor but I still use pallets. Is there just dirt under your rock? Doesn't the bottom row soak up the water and turn to mush?
Strictly firewood amateur here checking in from SC TN. Don't listen to me, I don't even know how to spell firewood, much less how to dry it.....
