Do you store wood near your stove?

suisidevw

Don't listen to the above. A neighbour had his stored very near but not touching, and the house was ruined by smoke damage after they started to smoulder.

Just keep in a basket nearby or make sure your in the house and paying attention to them!

I'd only store near the stove in an inglenook as below:

grahamc2003

I don't wish to be rude, but is that what most people think of as an inglenook? I thought they were much bigger, sometimes with places to sit inside!

As to storing wood next to the stove - I always do to hopefully to dry it a bit more, and also to warm it. Sometime when a log (unintentionally) touches the top or the stove pipe (yes, I pile it that high), it can smoulder and smoke (when I quickly move it), so there's a real danger there, but I'd say it's pretty well impossible to get hot enough to smoke or burn if not in direct contact, unless your stove glows bright red with heat! I think the regs say that you don't want anything wooden (like a surround) closer than 30cm I think.

dane-katie

We keep all our wood in the barn, and we have a wheelie bin next to our back door full of wood too.

KittyBoo_2

I have kept mine at the side of the fire but sometimes have noticed a funny smell.
I realised that the wood was very hot and that was what I could smell.
It's now stored away from the log burner although I do have a small pile at the side of it for that evening.

woodlice

Hi, I keep wood under and next to my wood burner and have done so for years, providing the logs are not touching the stove its not a problem and it helps to dry any rain water off them etc.

pinkmami

I don't store wood close to my stove. I have a large void to the left of the picture which is full to the brim with logs. Mine dates back to at least 1837 (deeds say so!) & I guess this void is where old granny used to rock in her chair! To the right of the stove was the original cast iron oven which was beyond repair & salvation. I also have 2 small holes inside the nook which I have been duly told was the place they dried out the salt they had. The beam is original too.


So I don't need to stock wood next to the stove & TBH I'd not feel comfortable doing so neither. I have 2 baskets in the nook containing kindling & thats about it.

A._Badger

pinkmami wrote: »

I don't store wood close to my stove. I have a large void to the left of the picture which is full to the brim with logs. Mine dates back to at least 1837 (deeds say so!) & I guess this void is where old granny used to rock in her chair! To the right of the stove was the original cast iron oven which was beyond repair & salvation. I also have 2 small holes inside the nook which I have been duly told was the place they dried out the salt they had. The beam is original too.

Are you sure it wasn't a bread oven? Our inglenook has one - the cat loves it!

pinkmami

A._Badger wrote: »

Are you sure it wasn't a bread oven? Our inglenook has one - the cat loves it!

I think they're too small for that. They're approx 6 x 4 x 4 in size. It has something similar to a bread oven to the left of the beam. That's more of the size of a bread oven but who knows! Its a handy place once its been platered & given a new slate sill for my great-great grandad's miners lamp!!