My husband and I decided to get ourselves an anniversary gift of a wood pellet fireplace insert and now have the task of storing 2 tons of wood pellets that come with the stove. We have a 3rd car garage that we plan to keep it in but had hoped to get a small silo like thing to fit in the space for easy dispensing of the pellets rather than just stacking the bags. However all google searches for variations of wood pellet storage give me options if I owned a farm...we have a 2800 sq ft house in suburbia. Because it rains in the lovely NW from Oct-May, outdoor storage without a shed is not a good idea (and okay, we really don't want to go outside to get our bags of pellets). We do have a very generous crawl space and I'm wondering if that would be a safe place to store the 2nd ton of pellets. The store we're buying the stove from said that we could just pick up portions of our 2 ton supply but we would need to pick the total 2 tons up by the end of this year. They sell a nice looking dispensing unit but it only holds 7 bags and costs $300!
Any ideas? One we thought of was making our own crate out of plywood with a hole to dispense the pellets. With all the moisture in our area, the fabric bag type dispensers seem like a great way to ruin the pellets. I searched the forums and seems like many people just stack the bags and we may very well end up just doing that and maybe getting a small wooden toybox like crate to keep some loose pellets in the house so I don't have to try to pull a 40 lb bag off the top of a 2 ton stack when my husband is out of town. We're definitely excited about our new "toy" but very surprised at the lack of options for storage if you don't have a farm or a shed. Our property is sloped in the back which makes putting a shed out there impossible and since our HOA freaked out when we chose to not water our lawn every day and allowed "yellow and brown hues" in our lawn, I don't think they would be happy with us if we put a shed in the front yard. In fact, it may be against the rules. This is the only downside for our suburbian life - the lame HOA rules.
Thanks!
Any ideas? One we thought of was making our own crate out of plywood with a hole to dispense the pellets. With all the moisture in our area, the fabric bag type dispensers seem like a great way to ruin the pellets. I searched the forums and seems like many people just stack the bags and we may very well end up just doing that and maybe getting a small wooden toybox like crate to keep some loose pellets in the house so I don't have to try to pull a 40 lb bag off the top of a 2 ton stack when my husband is out of town. We're definitely excited about our new "toy" but very surprised at the lack of options for storage if you don't have a farm or a shed. Our property is sloped in the back which makes putting a shed out there impossible and since our HOA freaked out when we chose to not water our lawn every day and allowed "yellow and brown hues" in our lawn, I don't think they would be happy with us if we put a shed in the front yard. In fact, it may be against the rules. This is the only downside for our suburbian life - the lame HOA rules.
Thanks!