[Greenbuilding] wood shed

[Clarke Olsen]

My inside wood rack has 3 shelves, with the floor, makes 4 levels. When one is empty, 
I fill it while taking from the driest. The most convenient is to keep it near the door: moving
dry, individual pieces a distance to the stove is less trouble then dragging masses of wet chunks across the room...

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




On Feb 14, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Frank Tettemer wrote:

> Wood burning is such a delight, and a real privilege to me!
> I feel very fortunate to have built in a rural area that does not experience congestion and crowding, which could be conditions to which it's just not a good idea for everyone to be heating with wood. Fortunate to live in an area where the number one local industry is based on tree planting and harvesting, where conditions are good for hardwood growth, and sustainable harvesting.
> This is Eastern Ontario, Canada, adjacent to Algonquin Provincial Park.
> 
> Our wood shed area is about 14 feet by 8 feet. We cut to 14" - 15" length, to fit the Waterford Stanley Range, and burn about ten to twelve of these face cords each year, with about three of these going into hot water production, (guessing).
> This is equivalent to about 2 1/2 to 3 full bush cords.
> 
> The shed is a frame construction on a frame floor, supported on six different placed-stones at the middle and corners. The roof is a peaked cedar shingle roof, 4/12 pitch,  running East and West. The walls are sheathed with horizontal 1x4 lumber with 1/2" spaces between each course, for improved air flow. The main entry is a seven foot wide open area, (no door), along the long south wall. There is an alternative entry on the North wall, to avoid the problem that you mentioned, Sacie
> "The difficulty here, the oldest wood would be the last pulled out"
> Sunlight falls on the front row of wood, which is filled up each autumn, with wood that has been stacked in the open in double rows for two years, capped with steel roofing "cover sheets".  The varied colours of the steel seem to match the different homes that we've built for people over the years. Scraps and cover sheets are endlessly useful!
> 
> John, I like your suggestion of the haystack pile "Holz Hausen".
> The idea of marking the central pole at 80%, to watch it dry and shrink, seems brilliant!
> However, in our climate, it would be a rare event to have it dry sufficiently in only three months.
> Here, the wood is cut in Autumn before the snow is too deep, or late Winter, as the snow depth declines enough to work in the bush.
> And I never seem to get it stacked until late Spring. But our pleasant growing season here includes enough rain, typically, to slow wood drying, so it takes until the following Autumn, (1 1/2 to 2 years), for the wood to burn most efficiently, i.e., less than 20% on the Protimeter, or moisture meter.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Frank
> 
> -- 
> Frank Tettemer
> Living Sol ~ Building and Design
> www.livingsol.com
> 613 756 3884
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