Show Us Your Wood Shed

[Burnin Since 1991]

It would be more believable with pictures... But I guess there's no racks yet...

The title of the thread is "Show Us..."

Even if it's just a pile of gravel!

 

[ispinwool]

I just started the build for my firewood racks. I cannot have an actual structure due to HOA rules. Spread 2-tons of 1" clean gravel over 200 sq ft. ~ 6.5' x 30'. I have supplies to build 2-racks this weekend, hold a standard 1/3 cord. I should have enough room for 3 cords, This is all for the install of a ZC Osburn later this year, burn in the fall. I've got access to some dry wood now, already tested for moisture, and will be able cut my own. One rack of wood I have is too wet and will have to sit a couple of years.

"HOA rules"...I am 63 years old and I am s.t.i.l.l. unable to comprehend how/why total strangers should regulate or even care how I use my property! I hope HOAs will soon be a thing of the past and that you get to use your personal property as you see fit. (I have never lived in a HOA area...I just have a long history of cantankerousness..... LOL )

 

[Eman85]

I'm older and never lived with an HOA, but I can easily see the reasons for it. Not hard to understand the problems when some people take the freedom on their own property a little too far. Then you also have the property values and wanting to prevent the decline.

 

[GG Woody]

Some people thrive in an environment of rules, order, and everything being just as the rules state... I get it, I must be like that with some things, I just can't think of what or when?

 

[bigealta]

Some people thrive in an environment of rules, order, and everything being just as the rules state... I get it, I must be like that with some things, I just can't think of what or when?

Sounds like my neighbor, who was "very nervous' about my stacks burning down her house and, was i conforming to the town rules?
Or was it really that they are an eyesore in her mind?

Anyway the new fence they put up helps, Well will help burn down her house as it's cedar and only about 6Ft from her house.
That said i get along with them very well so all good in the hood here.

 

[Brawndo71]

Any outside structures would have to be approved, a pergola yes, but a storage shed would have to be matching the house and next to it basically. Freestanding racks would be fine, if i covered it with a roof would be likely be challenged. Too cold to want to work on it today, thinking I'll extend it another 18", need to do some rack test fitting so I can be 3 racks deep and still have airflow

 

[Brawndo71]

Well its a start. Found a guy on FB marketplace selling dry wood. Had to drive 35 miles to get it. 3 years in totes and under cover. I've got two different pieces sitting inside for moisture testing after splitting tomorrow. The wheelbarrow was light, they feel light and bang together like they should. I may buy up another load or two from him. The space needs to be 18" wider for three deep, and not be so close to the neighbors wall. I've got two racks built, but will go DIY with concrete block for next racks. Once I have enough for the first year I can get a larger delivery, still looking for a good supplier, or i go cut my own at relatives property

Wood from BIL stacked and covered for 3 years, its also dry, I tested a piece a few weeks ago.

The oak in this rack was too wet, need to test the other species. I'll relocate it to the main area and keep dry stuff next to the house.

 

[Brawndo71]

I tested the last purchase of wood, 13% moisture from two freshly split samples after inside for a day. I'll get more from that guy, he had at least 40 totes left or so, selling off what he had. Wish i had a trailer or truck. I won't have a wood problem next year, just user error. Looks like I will just cover the rack tops with a tarp, maybe each one individually, though a single 8' x 10' tarp per row will work also.

 

[Brawndo71]

Finally got 4 racks built. 4 deep after seeing i left too much room between them and extended the area. Three different designs, they are 2-4" apart now. I had to unstack, move and restack 1.5 racks. One metal rack is full next to house for quick access. I might try to build the next one more connected to each other, build in the garage or flat spot of yard and set in place. I've got more than one cord of dry wood, 9-13% moisture, picking up one last load from the same guy. But now he is out of this dry wood. Will buy a full cord from another supplier and have it delivered, let that dry for fall 2027. Now i can work on cutting my own at relatives place.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Finally got 4 racks built. 4 deep after seeing i left too much room between them and extended the area. Three different designs, they are 2-4" apart now. I had to unstack, move and restack 1.5 racks. One metal rack is full next to house for quick access. I might try to build the next one more connected to each other, build in the garage or flat spot of yard and set in place. I've got more than one cord of dry wood, 9-13% moisture, picking up one last load from the same guy. But now he is out of this dry wood. Will buy a full cord from another supplier and have it delivered, let that dry for fall 2027. Now i can work on cutting my own at relatives place.View attachment 346473

Well done! I was watching a you tube video from a guy that built 3 racks with 2x4 and concrete blocks like the left two rows.

I'm building some racks when the winter lets up and I will post my pics as well.

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[Brawndo71]

Well done! I was watching a you tube video from a guy that built 3 racks with 2x4 and concrete blocks like the left two rows.

I'm building some racks when the winter lets up and I will post my pics as well.

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I filled the concrete blocks with gravel to keep the posts upright, using the landscape timbers on the far left one. Trying to be tool free, its quicker. If I have to build 8 more racks, it has to be more efficient and permanent.

 

[bigealta]

Well done! I was watching a you tube video from a guy that built 3 racks with 2x4 and concrete blocks like the left two rows.

I'm building some racks when the winter lets up and I will post my pics as well.

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The one on the Left will roll the concrete blocks over time. The angled 2x4's will often lever them over at least partially with the weight of the top rows pressing against those 2x4's.

The other one with the roof looks much more secure but that metal roof looks like it wants to slice your jugular every time you put a split in or pull one out.

 

[Dieselhead]

I’ve been running these forever, use PT 2x4 and you are all set.

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[GG Woody]

This pallet was hanging around work for too long 7'x9' (pretty sure it's an AI pallet being that size)
New overflow parking, game on!

Sheds full, took a pic so I could see how much a pile of green Douglas Fir shrinks. That's a 6' ladder on the right.

 

[bigealta]

This pallet was hanging around work for too long 7'x9' (pretty sure it's an AI pallet being that size)
New overflow parking, game on!
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Sheds full, took a pic so I could see how much a pile of green Douglas Fir shrinks. That's a 6' ladder on the right.
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I think at least 1 foot.

 

[GG Woody]

I think at least 1 foot.

I was thinking 10%