Log Store Build

RuralDreams

Hello fellow MSE's

I am umming and ahhing about my log storage.
I have plenty of space length wise but limited to 3/4ft high as the placement would be along side a wall.

Looked at building using pallets but my problem is getting the pallets as they wouldn't fit in my little hatch without being dismantled. I was originally wanting to build 3 pallets length wise and splitting vertically so each pallet held 1 years worth of varying seasoned logs; 1 seasoned ready for use, 1 seasoning for a year and 1 for green.

Was speaking to a neighbour who put the idea into my head that perhaps I should look at other materials to build with. For example brick or metal. Now I had never ever thought of building a store out of anything other than wood but he got me thinking.

Has anybody got examples of log stores build in other materials? What would be the pros and cons of using other materials?

I'm new to all this and not the most skilled at DIY but willing to give it a bash. This thing I'm most keen on is keeping costs low, being frugal and enjoying building something for myself.

Any and all ideas welcome

-taff

Are you using this log store to season logs or just to store?

RuralDreams

To season green logs

-taff

Leave the sides and front open, use corrugated metal for the roof, like an old fashioned lean to or use those decorative concrete blocks with holes in the side to let the air flow through and again, corruaged roof cover. You could also stagger normal thermolite/concrete blocks for air flow and render over the top and paint if you want it to look prettier.

gamston

I've used old fencing panels for my wood stores, got them free from neighbours when they replaced them with new ones, got secondhand timber, and got new roof panels Bitumen from B&Q and new fencing spikes for the upright supports,
front open and roof lifted to allow air flow
I've got 3 stores all roughly 6ft high x 8ft long, roughly use about 1& a third shed fulls a year

kkgree1

I used slightly smaller pallets from our local garden centre. I got them in the back of a Fiesta (2 trips mind!).

I used chicken wire to tie the sides, back and roof together. Covered the roof in felt and has worked well for the last 2 years. Surprisingly easy to do.

RuralDreams

Thanks for the replies, thinking some nice bricks that I can paint would look unusual ��

EachPenny

RuralDreams wrote: »

I'm new to all this and not the most skilled at DIY but willing to give it a bash. This thing I'm most keen on is keeping costs low, being frugal and enjoying building something for myself.

If you want to go ultra-frugal then for the seasoning stage there is no need for the logs to be kept totally dry. Just use something to keep them off the ground, and preferably something over the top to keep the rain off. Drying the wood is then a separate process which doesn't take as long, and therefore less dry storage space is required. (old-style timber yards would just leave through-sawn logs stacked outside to season in all weathers )

Also bear in mind that wood from pallets is unlikely to be treated and therefore vulnerable to woodworm attack. Not a good idea in a structure being used to store seasoning timber over long periods, especially if you have no control over the quality/cut age of the wood being stored. Personally I'd only use treated timber, and/or non-wood materials in a structure for that purpose.

Tom99

I used timber 2x2 for the uprights and roof battens at about 100mm intervals for the sides and back with green corrugated bitumen panels from Wickes for the roof.
About 10yrs old and the roof still looks as good as new apart from the moss and ivy which adds a bit of character.

FreeBear

EachPenny wrote: »

If you want to go ultra-frugal then for the seasoning stage there is no need for the logs to be kept totally dry. Just use something to keep them off the ground, and preferably something over the top to keep the rain off.

Would agree - Have just split & stacked a pile of logs that were felled late last year. These are piled on a couple of pallets with a tarp thrown over. When space becomes available in the wood shed, they will be stacked in there to bake during the summer months. If the mild weather continues, that may not be until spring 2020.

Slithery

Yep. All my newly felled wood is just stacked on a couple of smaller pieces lying at 90° to keep it off the ground with a tarp over them. I'll then split it and move it to my proper wood store in a couple of years.

This all ignores the fact that I haven't even built my property or the log store yet, but I have been having fun with my new chainsaw