MSE Experts on storage of wood

BirnamBear

I have three wood stores which are full but I also have a builders bag full of broken up whisky staves.
Should I throw a tarpaulin over it or empty the builders bag and throw a tarpaulin over it ?
Asking because I was concerned about water gathering at the bottom of the builders bag as it has been lying out since spring uncovered during our wonderful wet Scottish spring/summer !!
Clearly it is wood that I will not be using for a while since I have three woodstores full but was concerned about long term storage till I have emptied one logstore and then can refill it from this builders bag.

Thanks in advance.

Williwoodburner

Get it off the floor, ideally on a pallet or similar.
Take it out of the builders bag and stack it in a windy place with maximum sun.
Put some sort of covering on the top, corrugated iron sheeting is ideal, tarp not so good as it holds water, you want the wind to dry any rain off.
Put it in the woodstore when you have space.
If stored correctly it will be good to burn for many years.

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Ectophile

I pretty much agree with Williwoodburner.

You definitely don't want the wood sitting in water or it will rot. Once you've got it off the ground, you need something to keep the rain off, but keep the sides of the pile ventilated or it will get damp and rot.

suki1964

We use an old pallet cut into narrower pieces against the wall of the garage under the car port works great

BirnamBear

Taken Williwoodburner's advice.Got a nice pallet yesterday and emptied the bag of whisky staves....some of it was pretty wet,sweaty and horrible so was left out in the Glasgow sunshine to dry today.Weather to be nice tomorrow as well so will stack it on the pallet then pay a visit to B&Q for some sheeting.
Found a frog at the bottom of the bag :eek: