fire wood storage

[KsWoodsMan]

I like the idea of keeping the top of my stacks covered as soon as it gets stacked. Open on the sides and off the ground, so it can breath but covered so it doesnt catch any rain. The sooner it gets dry the fewer bugs it seems to get.

I get behind on the stacking at times so it isn't always covered immediately.

 

[peterc38]

I think the way you are doing it is fine. Let the wind circulate around it and sun beat on it in the warmer months and get it under cover before the snow flies.

 

[Ductape]

Generally, I split and toss it in a pile on top of a bunch of pallets. When I get around to stacking, then I put a tarp over the pile covering the top and leaving the sides open. I'd build a decent wood shed, sep'n my town will tax me on it.

 

[PaulinNY]

Stacking

Id follow that Kansas gentlemen method. Might as well keep it out of the rain from the start and your done until burning season.

 

[ericjeeper]

I am lazy I bought a carport

it was around 1500 installed. I also cook my maple syrup under it too.

 

[mercer_me]

I don't cover my wood, except if it is going to rain a a day or two before I put it in.

 

[Sue]

I like the idea of keeping the top of my stacks covered as soon as it gets stacked. Open on the sides and off the ground, so it can breath but covered so it doesnt catch any rain. The sooner it gets dry the fewer bugs it seems to get.

I get behind on the stacking at times so it isn't always covered immediately.

I just got a wood stove, and I have seasoned wood that I want to store in a metal shed with a concrete floor.. is there anything i need to know?

 

[babybart]

I just got a wood stove, and I have seasoned wood that I want to store in a metal shed with a concrete floor.. is there anything i need to know?

I would recommend you stack it on pallets or something and not directly on the concrete to keep air moving around. Moisture could still come through the concrete and into your wood, though probably just the bottom row. Just a thought.

 

[Sue]

Will do, thanks ..

 

[BoBDoG2o02]

I am lazy I bought a carport

it was around 1500 installed. I also cook my maple syrup under it too.

Very nice setup, good to see an OWB guy take so much care with drying the wood. Around here I see a pile of logs beside the OWB along with a saw and splitter. I think they cut/split daily to feed the beast....

 

[Cody]

I am lazy I bought a carport

it was around 1500 installed. I also cook my maple syrup under it too.

That's what we use for our oak, have tin down the sides too but I want to start removing the sides in the summer. We have a 30 foot pole tent type thing that used to house the camper as well but that's where the ash goes, which is most of what we sell.

I could be wrong on this as well but don't leave a tarp directly on top of the wood year long either, moisture can build up and cause it to rot faster.

 

[MechanicMatt]

You guys do know this is a 6yo thread? But it does have me looking at my carport as a possible wood shed now......

 

[BoBDoG2o02]

You guys do know this is a 6yo thread? But it does have me looking at my carport as a possible wood shed now......

Didn't notice, just replied in line....... there is no such thing as a dead thread until a mod shuts it down....

 

[Wood Doctor]

Covering firewood with a tarp means practically nothing, except the bugs might like it. Tarps hold the moisture in and block out the sunlight that dries the wood.

Yes, this is an old thread. OP used to use Alfred E. Newman as his avatar. Take it from there.