Storage of logs

martinthebandit

Missu wrote: »

Aw thank you everyone for good advice. It just shows my ignorance when it comes to wood! I've seen a log store that holds 1cm of logs and it has a 15 year guarantee from rot. I may just order it now!

Unless you want to be buying wood during the winter, when its at its dearest, you need to think about a much bigger store.

I have the shed I mentioned earlier plus a 2 cubic metre store and I about emptied both last winter, although our log burner was running nearly all day everyday.

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martinthebandit wrote: »

Unless you want to be buying wood during the winter, when its at its dearest, you need to think about a much bigger store.

I have the shed I mentioned earlier plus a 2 cubic metre store and I about emptied both last winter, although our log burner was running nearly all day everyday.

I haven't got the space for much more but my house is modern and well insulated and the stove will be on only evenings really as we work full time. I know I will have to reorder but its free delivery from a local company.

martinthebandit

Missu wrote: »

I haven't got the space for much more but my house is modern and well insulated and the stove will be on only evenings really as we work full time. I know I will have to reorder but its free delivery from a local company.

No worries, enjoy your log fire.

Chimney_Sweep_3

you can easily make a small store from a few pallets use them as base sides and back piece of ply and felt or feather edge for roof paint it all with shed life and it will no longer look like pallets, the more ventilation the better. I just stack the logs with bark on at the front to help stop the rain but it does not matter really the will soon dry of with the breeze.

PaulF81

We have ours under a giant fir tree, seems to do the job and is free!

gamston

someone just gave me their old fencing panels i'll make a 3 sided wood shed with a roof from them
I've a pallet shed which has that scaffold netting on the inside to allow wind to blow though but stop the rain/snow

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Thank you to people sharing clever ideas on making log stores. I only wish!! I'm a lady of a certain age and not really able to start making things with pallets etc. I doubt I could even lift one 😊

seven-day-weekend

My husband built two two log stores using a large pallet as a base. One is open on three sides and the other one is open front and back, with the sides made from an old shed. He then put a sloping roof on made of some corrugated stuff he bought from B&Q. Works really well.

http://www.diy.com/nav/build/building-materials/roofing/exterior_cladding/-specificproducttype-coroline/Bituminous-Corrugated-Roofing-Sheet-2000-900mm-9272916?icamp=recs

alleycat`

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

My husband built two two log stores using a large pallet as a base. One is open on three sides and the other one is open front and back, with the sides made from an old shed. He then put a sloping roof on made of some corrugated stuff he bought from B&Q. Works really well.

http://www.diy.com/nav/build/building-materials/roofing/exterior_cladding/-specificproducttype-coroline/Bituminous-Corrugated-Roofing-Sheet-2000-900mm-9272916?icamp=recs

I was going to use the very same stuff until i saw the price.

In the end i used some feather board and overlapped it to give a stepped roof effect.

It did look like it would do a good job mind.

seven-day-weekend

alleycat` wrote: »

I was going to use the very same stuff until i saw the price.

In the end i used some feather board and overlapped it to give a stepped roof effect.

It did look like it would do a good job mind.

It does an excellent job and you can get it in green so it looks nice too.