wood stack ( storage for firewood solutions)

[richyrich2]

Trying to tidy up my winter wood pile, but resent paying 300 odd euros for simple shed.

Found this on the internet:

http://www.woodlanddirect.com/Fireplace-Accessories/Outdoor-Firewood-Racks/Firewood-Rack-Bracket-Kit

Seems a really easy option, but shipping from USA seems a bit pointless, for such a simple bracket. Any idea where I could pick up a similar bracket here in France?

Thanks

[Clair]

As spotted by Mr Clair, albeit not in stock...

http://www.hmdiffusion.com/Lot-de-deux-supports-pour-pile-de-bois-OFFRE-SPECIALE-!-11-12315-p.htm

[richyrich2]

thanks Clair. Exactly what I'm looking for. Pity it's out of stock

[ericd]

Make your own !! Dig fondations the size of a bucket, fill with concrete and set your timber vertically. Repeat operation for the number of verticals required. Alternatively, get 4 x fence post holders (http://www.godfrey-diy.co.uk/fencing/accesories/fence-post-holder/item43018170.html) and hammer in ground. Get 4 x same size vertical pieces of timber and you have just saved yourself a small fortune.

[pachapapa]

You expect a lot of a nation of shopkeepers![:D]

[richyrich2]

Thanks for advice, but prefer to keep the wood off the ground, and have never worked with concrete before. Have also looked into using pallets, but this seems a lot easier.

[ericd]

Do as i suggest using the fence post holders and sacrifice 2 x bottom runners to keep your wood off the ground.....or you don't do hammer neither ?? [Www]

[andyh4]

Perhaps RR2 is a man with more money than nails - not all of us are gifted with DIY.

 

Come to think of it, not all DIYers are any good at it  [Www]

[ericd]

That's not DIY , that's called survival [:D]

[richyrich2]

Due to lack of land, I am obliged to use my driveway for wood storage. hence found this bracket system more eye pleasing, than banging in 4 poles and wrecking my driveway.

Cheers anyway. ordered from USA in the end, should now be able to neatly stack 5 stere. Total cost 70 euro including locally sourced timber.

[Nearly Retired (I am now)]

I have spent virtually nothing for a log storage system. Two wooden pallets are laid end-to-end and four, pretty flimsy - say 48mm x 48mm posts are stuck in slots, i.e. 2 at each end. You then lay two or three courses of logs on the pallets to "stiffen up" the uprights so they don't wobble too much. At this point the uprights lean out of course. The trick then is to tie the uprights together with vine wire close to their tops such that the uprights are now vertical. Keep on loading the logs and the whole assembly tightens up a treat.

[ericd]

We take Richyrich2's point, he has a driveway that he does not want to damage. Had we known this details, our proposals might have been different. Glad you got sorted.

[BIG MAC]

metpost bolt down x 4 use the clamp bolts to bolt though a scaffold plank to create two front and two rear panels. Place 3 lengths of 4x2 between the front and rear panels (Viewed from above this will look like a ladder) then shove 3x3s in the post holes. The weight of the timber stored will stop the ends 'Bending out'

An enhancement is to take the metposts and get the loical garage or tractor repair shop to weld some channel in between therby replicating the American thing pretty much.

Oh and paint it black...good song and everything looks better in black.......

[Framboise]

My question is, just how do the locals get such neat tidy woodpiles? Locally they are almost works of art - logs of similar circumference, piled in an almost ornate fashion................

Why do mine look nothing like this, or is it decades of practice??

[Albert the InfoGipsy]

They leave out tiny cups of eau de vie for the wood pile fairies.

[Holedigger]

I can't even cut my logs the same length. It really is frustrating to see how far from the standard my sorry woodpiles are.

Best stack it all out of sight, framboise.

[Jonzjob]

The French do their wood piles by simply stacking the different levels at 90 degrees. I use several pallets and just stack the 50cm logs 2 lengths across the pallet and work along until it's square. Then the next layer goes on 90 degrees to that until I get up to about shoulder high then move onto the next. That way each stack is locked together. Just work your way along to the end of the wood. Then cover the top with a bâche and secure it along the length leaving the sides open. It's off the ground and out of the direct rain with loads of ventilation.

Not only does that method give me good dry firewood, it also supplies me with wood to make what I love making and it goes from this

[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/BAT00.jpg[/IMG]

To these

[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Spiralplus.jpg[/IMG]

And these

[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Tractort2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/3tractors1.jpg[/IMG]

Now what better reason could you wish for to keep yer wood dry and well?

[ericd]

Well done !!!