[Greenbuilding] Yet more storage

[Clarke Olsen]

RT has sort of described my wood bin concept: 3 shelves, near the  
door, where wood gets taken from whichever is driest.
When that one is empty, it gets refilled, becoming the least dry, etc.

Clarke Olsen
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at fairpoint.net




On Dec 28, 2010, at 1:59 PM, RT wrote:
>
> Clark has sort of described my woodsheds.
>
> Two of them -- one for wood which has been seasoned in years  
> previous, ready for burning ... and the other for green wood to  
> season properly before burning sometime in the future.
>
> When the first shed has been finally emptied, the wood in the other  
> will have been seasoning for at least a couple of years and will be  
> ready for burning while the just-emptied shed will be filled with  
> green wood to season.
>
> They are simple post & beam affairs, 4 bents (each being 6 ft I/S -  
> I/S of the posts so that it will accommodate 2 standard pallets (to  
> keep the bottom course of firewood up off of the ground) arranged  
> with two four foot bays at each end and an 8 foot centre bay ...
> total "floor" area of each shed being 100 sf, the maximum size of  
> an outbuilding for which a building permit was not required.
>
> On the four foot bays, 6x6 welded wire mesh is run from the top  
> plate to a girt near the post bases at the end "walls" of the 6 ft  
> widths so that time-consuming/careful stacking at the ends of the  
> pile isn't necessary. (ie each four foot bay accommodates three  
> stacks of 16" long logs, each stack 6ft wide by 8 ft high ... a  
> little more than one heating season's worth of wood, wood being the  
> sole auxiliary heating fuel for the house ever since it was built  
> back in '85 of the previous millennium)
>
> The two end bays are filled first and then the centre bay is filled  
> using the previously-filled end bays as abutments to prevent the  
> ends of the 8 ft x 8 ft stacks from spreading.  Relatively  
> effortless to fill, no cross-stacking of logs at the stack ends  
> necessary.
>
> There are broad 3 foot wide (salvaged tempered patio door glass)  
> roof overhangs on all four sides.
>
> Firewood seasoned in those sheds produces a clear ring when struck,  
> as opposed to the dull thud one gets from wood that was seasoned  
> haphazardly.  I'd say that everything is important -- good air  
> circulation through the wood, good access to sunlight, keeping rain  
> and snow off (including wind-driven)
>
> I have the sheds about 100 feet away from the house and use a  
> little child's sled (soon to be replaced by one made out of a  
> couple of retired snow boards) to haul a couple of armloads (60 to  
> 80 lbs)up onto a porch at the house where I can just step out the  
> door half nekkid and barefoot in the middle of a winter's night and  
> grab a stick or two as needed.
>
>
> -- 
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