Just wondering about how close people will build wood rack to their house. Wouldn't want bugs from the wood to invade my house. Also, do most have their wood storage area a bit further from their house and then have a "staging area" near a door?
Wood rack distance from house?
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Ashful
Minister of Fire
I have my wood processing and drying stacks about 300 feet from the house. They're frequented by snakes, Hornets, carpenter ants, and all kinds of other fun stuff I don't want too close to the house. I have a staging area, about 1.5 - 2 cords, on my basement patio, under our porch. I haul the first load to that staging area around Nov.1, after the bugs have gone dormant for the season.
HowieSubGuy
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Agree with Ashful: have the wood stacks a comfortable distance from the house for stacking/seasoning, and move whatever's a comfortable "stash" for burning near the house once the cooler temps prevent infestation. I keep my stacks about 100 feet from the house, as I have a smaller lot. I keep ~2 days of burning in my basement once the first freeze hits, and remove all wood from the house once the temperatures outside hit ~50. In CT, that means wood inside in late November, and back out by 2nd week of March.
Stacks of wood are maybe 25-30 feet from the house . . . woodshed is about the same distance . . . once we get some good freezing weather I will stack a little more than a week's worth of wood on the covered back porch . . . and I bring in the day's wood and sit it in the woodbox. I have yet to find any bugs, other than the normal ones folks see during the winter -- mainly the occasional spider.
Fred Wright
Minister of Fire
Closest stack to the house is roughly 20 feet away. We don't stack out on the prairie. Learned this the hard way years ago after a deep snow.
We have a firewood hoop in the living room, stock it with a couple days worth. Replenish as needed.
We have a firewood hoop in the living room, stock it with a couple days worth. Replenish as needed.
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