Show us your firewood sheds & racks

[MichaelBikel]

I build my first firewood rack this winter and I am in the process of building another. Post a picture of YOUR firewood rack or shed!

 

[JVarhol]

My firewood storage is a pile of pallets, we built our fire pit big enough to burn pallets. So when we get pallets to build things with we just stack them up. Don't have a picture of the stack but I have a picture of the fire pit.

 

[sberry]

A couple of schemes. The cart in the 1st and second is 6 wheel2 center balance and steel wheels, heavy duty and can spin around. I can rotate and fill one side at a time, it dries some and comes apart in the summer.

 

[PCustoms]

My rack is a hickory tree on one end and an oak on the other. Of I run out of convenient tress I do a crOsseo stack at the end.

Got some old 2x4 layin on the ground to keep everything up a few inches. It's cheap and it works.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

My firewood storage is a pile of pallets, we built our fire pit big enough to burn pallets. So when we get pallets to build things with we just stack them up. Don't have a picture of the stack but I have a picture of the fire pit.

I would highly recommend learning the pallet treatment ID codes. You may be using wood that has been treated with stuff that's REALLY nasty when you burn it. In short, DO NOT use anything blue, red, marked "MB" or "EU" for building materials or burning.

Tommy

 

[JVarhol]

I would highly recommend learning the pallet treatment ID codes. You may be using wood that has been treated with stuff that's REALLY nasty when you burn it. In short, DO NOT use anything blue, red, marked "MB" or "EU" for building materials or burning.

Tommy

I try to look at them I make sure they are painted or marked. I also check them to see if they are hardwood. Hardwoods are usually put aside to build things with

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[LS6 Tommy]

Here's a sample of an IPPC pallet stamp. if there's no stamp at all on a new(er) pallet, it just means it's for use within the USA. Generally those are not supposed to be treated, but you really can't tell. Sometimes pallets are repaired by not-so-caring people and the code stamps are lost.



Tommy

 

[JVarhol]

I will definitely have to look for those, I usually get them from work, I do know we get painted ones that we have to send back but I'm not sure about markings. I appreciate the info.

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[LS6 Tommy]

Painted pallets belong to leasing groups. That's why they're supposed to get returned. They're usually red or blue...

Tommy

 

[killahog]

This thread sure went sideways fast

 

[JVarhol]

This thread sure went sideways fast

Sure did!

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[LS6 Tommy]

Sorry guys!

Tommy

 

[sierradmax]

Holds 7 cord. Open sides, front & back, & elevated wooden deck.

 

[PCustoms]

Holds 7 cord. Open sides, front & back, & elevated wooden deck.

Nice!

How deep do you stack it? I'm only going 2 row right now to get max airflow, quickly running out of soace

 

[Brian_WK]

I read this as fireWORKS sheds and racks... Now i'm sad and disappointed...

Brian

 

[John in OH]

My brother gave my son-in-law this book for Christmas:

Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0147CHVFS/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Full of neat pics and more info than you would ever want to know about cutting and stacking firewood!! Really fun book to read if one is interested in the subject.

 

[MichaelBikel]

My brother gave my son-in-law this book for Christmas:

Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0147CHVFS/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Full of neat pics and more info than you would ever want to know about cutting and stacking firewood!! Really fun book to read if one is interested in the subject.

Funny that you mention that, my girlfriend got me that for my birthday. I started it but haven't gotten the chance to pick it back up!

 

[Boilerhouse]

The wood shed is L shaped and holds 9 cords- enough to last about a year and a half. It is connected directly to a shed which holds the boiler, which heats the garage and house.

 

[mtnkrake]

Mine is smaller I don't burn much wood.

 

[JerryB]

I purchase ~2 cords of 16" long split oak firewood each year.

I use commercial steel brackets that slip over 2x4 'stringers,' and 2x4x~5' uprights at each end.

Here is a link to one such bracket:

https://www.amazon.com/Seymour/b/ref=w_bl_hsx_s_ho_web_2600379011?ie=UTF8&node=2600379011&field-lbr_brands_browse-bin=Seymour

The stringers and brackets sit on 2x4 pieces of wood, again dedicated to that purpose. The supports are not nailed or otherwise fastened together, allowing their continued reuse over many, many years. We simply assemble and disassemble them as needed.

This creates ricks that I can easily fill and use from. This storage is under a 14' overhang on my barn that was specifically designed for this purpose. The brackets I purchased many years ago are still usable as if they were new.

We rotate which rick we are using from so we are always burning the oldest wood first. About 95% of our household heat is derived from firewood stored on these ricks.

 

[Sawdustmaker]

My rack is a hickory tree on one end and an oak on the other. Of I run out of convenient tress I do a crOsseo stack at the end.

Got some old 2x4 layin on the ground to keep everything up a few inches. It's cheap and it works.

Do this. If you don't have trees, use two "T" posts at each end.

 

[nomad10th]

I've got a few. Some I built out of treated 2x4s and other stacks are between trees.




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[wssix99]

A high quality rack is in my future for this winter. I learned the hard way why its important for wood not to touch the ground this past winter...

The group of queen bees in my living room this winter were curious. Then the army of drones flying around the living room were cute. (Fortunately, we were able to train the cats to hunt them down and point at them for treats.) The swarm of worker bees that followed was not so fun. (I only got stung once before we decided to just burn all of the wood.)

I now know more about carpenter bees than I ever wanted to know...

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I'm not saying you don't need to keep your firewood off the ground, but carpenter bees don't care if it is or not...

Tommy

 

[wssix99]

I'm not saying you don't need to keep your firewood off the ground, but carpenter bees don't care if it is or not...

Tommy

I understood that they are attracted to wood in contact with the ground that doesn't remain dry. (In my case, those were the pieces they chose to snuggle up in and make a home of.)

 

[jones_2507]

Carport and pallets underneath


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[NUTTSGT]

I just stack mine on some PT landscape timbers. You can buy the warped ones cheap usually.

About every 8' I make a criss cross stack.

 

[MichaelBikel]

Mine is smaller I don't burn much wood.

where did you get the wire mesh on the bottom???

 

[cowboy73]

I saw somewhere, don't remember exactly, somebody used 2 T-posts on each end. Slid a pallet on edge over the T-posts. Then they put pallets between the upright pallets on the ground. Stack firewood on the pallets. Cover with a cheap tarp.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I understood that they are attracted to wood in contact with the ground that doesn't remain dry. (In my case, those were the pieces they chose to snuggle up in and make a home of.)

I've had then make nests in 5/8" thick cedar address sign hanging from my mailbox on brass double jack chain and in the trim on houses. It was always dry as a bone...


Tommy

 

[Yarz]

I reused the metal roofing and the posts from a swingset/playhouse to build this this weekend:

I still need to get one more board to hold the pallets on the left wall before I can say it's completely done. 7'3" wide by 8' deep, and ~5' tall in the back to ~7' tall in the front.

 

[JVarhol]

I reused the metal roofing and the posts from a swingset/playhouse to build this this weekend:

I still need to get one more board to hold the pallets on the left wall before I can say it's completely done. 7'3" wide by 8' deep, and ~5' tall in the back to ~7' tall in the front.

Awesome use of pallets!!

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[NewShockerGuy]

I initially had two smaller round firewood racks for our firepit. Then ended up with a larger amount of wood... little did I know once split the size tripled, and needed more racks.

Picked up 4 from a dude on craigslist. Three of them are nice 8' long Woodhaven ones and the other is a squarish generic one. I put two of them under the deck on the patio, one behind the shed, the generic one beside the one beside the shed and then used the other two on the other side of the fence.

I'll get more pictures tomorrow or so, but it was raining today so no chance to take a picture from the common area facing the house.

Three of the Woodhavens have top covers, and the others are just open to the elements. Some of the stuff I just split will need to dry out, but I still have 20 or so nice size cut pieces that still need split. I have probably two cords of wood that is split and another 2 cords once I split the other stuff... My neighbors I'm sure think I'm nuts since this is only used for a firepit...lol

-Nigel

 

[65cayne]

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This is an 8x20 built like a pole building with 4x4 posts at each corner and one in the middle on the long side.
Top/bottom gurts are 2x8, middle is a 2x4 with a 2x6 bookshelf for stiffening.
I leveled the gravel about 6" below the bottom gurt, set 4"x8"x12" cinder blocks on edge along the interior side and shoveled in another couple inches of gravel on both the inside and outside of the wall.
Siding is 1x8 cedar spaced about 3/8" or so.
Roof is 10/12 with 7 hand built trusses, corrugated metal roof, 10" gable and 8" eave overhang.
The gable and eave is 1x6 with a 1x3 reveal which I covered with a built to match drip edge (the company I got the corrugated from will custom cut/bend just about every piece of trim to your spec's).
The swing was an afterthought for my daughter who had been waiting far too long for one.

This is only the second shed I've ever built (first was not a pole building) and done partially as a "practice run" for someday when I build a garage in the same style. Just about everything I applied in the construction was learned through the exhaustive reading I have done on this site over the years. Pretty happy with the outcome so thanks GJ!

 

[mtnkrake]

where did you get the wire mesh on the bottom???

Expanded metal from the metal store.

 

[CJ7VFR]

I've had then make nests in 5/8" thick cedar address sign hanging from my mailbox on brass double jack chain and in the trim on houses. It was always dry as a bone...


Tommy

I have them damn carpenter bees in the facia boards of my house! They make perfect 3/8 inch diameter holes in the back side of the boards, where you can't see them and can't spray them, and then carve out their tunnels up the inside of the boards.

I know exactly where they are when the woodpeckers make holes in the outside of the facia boards to try to eat them. I get the bees out by spraying bug spray into the woodpecker holes and letting the bug spray run down the tunnels. Then you can watch the bees all drop out of the bottom holes and die....

Jim

 

[Johnson]

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This is great

 

[JPinSTL]

I saw somewhere, don't remember exactly, somebody used 2 T-posts on each end. Slid a pallet on edge over the T-posts. Then they put pallets between the upright pallets on the ground. Stack firewood on the pallets. Cover with a cheap tarp.

That is the method I use. Bonus is I get plastic pallets for FREE!! I turn the pallets long ways and get 2 ranks for better drying. Cover everything with the cheap/free tarps from HF.

My future plan is an actual wood shed and less handling. I bought some used/rusty pallet-ainer wire baskets. I bought 60 baskets, which is a 3yr supply for us at 3 cords per yr. Cut and split right into the baskets. Scored some free barn tin and power poles. Going to build the wood shed and stack the baskets with the tractor forks. Then haul baskets to the house as needed.

 

[ebonyswan]

What I have put together. To be topped with metal roofing. About a cord and a half per rack with 18" lengths. 7' tall at front edge, 10' wide, 3' deep topped with 5' deep metal roofing.

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