A Pellet Bin for the Basement

[Centurion]

I have been thinking for quite some time about making a pellet storage bin for my basement. I have looked at commercial bins for ideas and finally came up with something that would be easy to dump bags into, would filter out the fines and dust, store enough pellets for when I am out of town, and easy for my wife to use. I have included pictures here to show you what I came up with. I thought maybe some of the readers here would be interested in this for themselves. The bin is made of 3/4†CDX plywood and is basically 2’ deep, 4’ wide and 4’ high with legs long enough to be able to slide a 5 gal bucket under the door opening. The 1.5†PVC pipe is connected to a shop vac. The bin pitch is 45* forcing the pellets to the front slide door opening. The bin holds twelve 40lb bags that are clean and pretty much dust free. It was actually a fun project to build so I hope this post will a little useful for someone.

 

[MCPO]

Great work!
I built mine 3 yrs ago (+ one for my neighbor) and we haven`t had to carry a bag into the basement yet.
I store my pellets in the back garage and once a week I load the bin. It`s so easy, clean, and quick that I almost look forward to doing it.
http://www.pbase.com/johnd1/pellet_shute

 

[Glosta]

Slightly off topic, but are those two PVC pipes running through your main beam???? What size are those pipes?

 

[Svfrogman]

Do you have any paper plans for this? i wuold love to make one for my basment..

 

[Centurion]

Svfrogman,
Boy I'm sorry but I don't. Made it all from my head. Let me think about this, I may be able to put something together.

 

[lpgreg]

glosta- it looks more like insulated pipe

 

[Svfrogman]

Svfrogman,
Boy I'm sorry but I don't. Made it all from my head. Let me think about this, I may be able to put something together.

thats cool if you dont but if you can take a few more detailed pic that would help alot