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How to Build a Log Store?
krungthep56
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Firstly apologies if this is in the wrong forum but having had a wood burning stove installed I have come to realise fairly quickly that I will need a lean-to type logstore to help protect & dry the logs which feed the things voracious appetite.
I have done a quick trawl and found all manner of log stores varying from £70 to over £300
at
https://www.countrywidefarmers.co.uk/pws/ProductDetails.ice;jsessionid=8D38ED8CE69B966E30A257F301372940.CountrywideAS3?ProductID=4416
As I shall need a few of these, and no desire to spend almost as much as the stove cost, does anyone know of a link where I could find plans to build something similar.
Ideas and suggestions appreciated and apologies again if incorrectly posted.
KT56
I have done a quick trawl and found all manner of log stores varying from £70 to over £300
at
https://www.countrywidefarmers.co.uk/pws/ProductDetails.ice;jsessionid=8D38ED8CE69B966E30A257F301372940.CountrywideAS3?ProductID=4416
As I shall need a few of these, and no desire to spend almost as much as the stove cost, does anyone know of a link where I could find plans to build something similar.
Ideas and suggestions appreciated and apologies again if incorrectly posted.
KT56
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Take a look here, you can see from the photo's it should be fairly easy and cheap to make. I like the green roof, a nice touch that but easy to make without it i suspect.
http://www.thegreenroofcentre.co.uk/diy/diy_pages/Peter.htm0 -
Thanks Alan, nice idea but unfortunately it wouldn't work in my situation as I need something which would be shallow but very wide.
Any more suggestions?
Regds,
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Damn. I just posted and it showed up twice. I deleted it then they both went!
1] Stack them up, chuck a tarpaulin over with a couple of rocks on top - virtually free.
2] Look in those A5 catalogues of stuff nobody needs for those green plastic garden stores
3] This is a bike shed - not deep, but much cheaper/larger than your proposed log store (and lockable) http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10001&partNumber=945949&langId=-1&cm_mmc=Googlebase-_-Bike%20Accessories%20&%20Clothing/Bike%20Workshop%20&%20Tools-_-Na-_-Walton%20Garden%20Buildings%20Shiplap%20Bike%20Store&%24%24tid=v98p0Ji97oLJAQfNItYhFGRKpccn7RP7RjizpdJMpGge6srRyYd--0EymRfQ7bW50 -
make one yourself , very easy to do , few pallets and 2 inch wood , angle the roof to allow water to run off the back , paint the roof with old paint ( gloss ) and stick a bit of plastic to it to keep the water out , easy0
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Shallow but wide is tricky. I would think about cheap garage racking perhaps and then cover with a tarp or plastic.0
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This one looks like it would be quite simple to copy
http://www.buyshedsdirect.co.uk/search-log-store-glg-851
Other thing to do is have a search in Google images and you may come up with some other interesting designs.0 -
Hi krungthep56,
Couple of questions; how often are you going to be using the fire and for how long each time?
Secondly, are you going to be buying in wood or do you have access to wood you can harvest yourself?
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When in Scotland I noticed quite a few poly tunnels used as log stores.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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can't u buy reclaimed timber,
i've got a yard where i but old shuttering boards from,
i got 3" x2" reclaimed timber, shuttering boards and made wood stores, childrens 2 storey playhouse, tree houses etc paint it with that wood paint and felt for roofs lasts for years0 -
krungthep56 wrote: »Firstly apologies if this is in the wrong forum but having had a wood burning stove installed I have come to realise fairly quickly that I will need a lean-to type logstore to help protect & dry the logs which feed the things voracious appetite.
I'm with you on this one
Mine have been stacked in the garden (on an old gravel hardstanding) and covered with a green garden table cover and it's an eyesore! Drives me mad every time I see it, which is a dozen or more times a day.
Mine needs to be fairly "rustic" or at least not look out of place in a rural setting with a backdrop of ancient woodland and fields!
Let's Google and see what we can find, eh?Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac0
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