I was storing my cut wood for one year (3 cords is a year supply for me) in an outside covered area, then another two years in an un-ventilated garage closer to the house. I decided this year that I wanted more room in the garage, plus the wood would dry better with an extra year outside, so I built an additional storage area for three cords outside (picture). So now it will be two years outside, one year inside.
I had torn down a rusty deer fence and had a bunch of 10' 6x6 pressure treated posts, so I decided I'd recycle them into "book end" firewood supports. Cut each post into a 6' piece and 4' piece, the latter attached as the base and braced as shown. All the supports are floating on the ground, on well drained sandy soil. So far it seems the weight of the wood on the base is working nicely to keep the vertical parts from tipping. Originally was going to cover the wood with sheet metal sitting on top of each row, but decided what the heck I'll just make a decent roof to cover all three rows. Each row 16' long and 6' high is a cord, and the 6' height is a nice stack height as well as I don't bump my head. In the areas where the firewood is not resting on the 6x6's, it's stacked on some old 4x4's to keep it off the ground
I know it's kind of a different concept, but everything is screwed together, so if something goes wrong, easy to change.
In a couple of days I should have the rest split to finish filling out my 2021/2022 stack.
I had torn down a rusty deer fence and had a bunch of 10' 6x6 pressure treated posts, so I decided I'd recycle them into "book end" firewood supports. Cut each post into a 6' piece and 4' piece, the latter attached as the base and braced as shown. All the supports are floating on the ground, on well drained sandy soil. So far it seems the weight of the wood on the base is working nicely to keep the vertical parts from tipping. Originally was going to cover the wood with sheet metal sitting on top of each row, but decided what the heck I'll just make a decent roof to cover all three rows. Each row 16' long and 6' high is a cord, and the 6' height is a nice stack height as well as I don't bump my head. In the areas where the firewood is not resting on the 6x6's, it's stacked on some old 4x4's to keep it off the ground
I know it's kind of a different concept, but everything is screwed together, so if something goes wrong, easy to change.
In a couple of days I should have the rest split to finish filling out my 2021/2022 stack.
