I always keep three loads on my inside rack near the stove and my log bag stacked. I like some wood room temp. I’m selective what comes in. Solid pieces without bark and bugs. I have just over a 1/3 cord emergency wood under my deck near my walk out basement door. If a storm is coming I bring in a day or two worth of wood in my basement the day before. Don’t like bringing in wood during storms.
It is essential to keep a few days firewood inside?
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I have a weeks worth of wood on my porch next to my front door. I use a canvas tote and bring in a new load after I reload the stove so it’s ready for the next reload. It doesn’t take long to dry off any snow or ice before the next reload.
we have an old wooden box beside our wood burner that'll hold about 2.5 days of wood....I always try to make sure it's full before foul weather hits.
[yes, the wood is 'in' the house (actually on the connected porch) and probably has bugs but I've never seen anything come off the wood that's any scarier than the bugs living in our basement! I guess they'd be considered a millipede; they get big, hairy and have legs from one end to the other--and they are so fast that we generally can't get to them to squish them before they disappear.
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[yes, the wood is 'in' the house (actually on the connected porch) and probably has bugs but I've never seen anything come off the wood that's any scarier than the bugs living in our basement! I guess they'd be considered a millipede; they get big, hairy and have legs from one end to the other--and they are so fast that we generally can't get to them to squish them before they disappear.
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I have set up a system where I have a wood shed (where *normally* I move wood into around this time or earlier), and a wood rack indoors. This helps reduce thermal shock.
My future system (once the big ol' off-grid rock house is ready to occupy) will be to have a wood shed to keep things free of snow, and then stuff will come from the wood shed to a rack in the covered but unheated porch (about 1/4 cord), and a little rack beside the stove to hold maybe a day's wood (again, to reduce thermal shock.)
My future system (once the big ol' off-grid rock house is ready to occupy) will be to have a wood shed to keep things free of snow, and then stuff will come from the wood shed to a rack in the covered but unheated porch (about 1/4 cord), and a little rack beside the stove to hold maybe a day's wood (again, to reduce thermal shock.)
CatfishHunter
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Probably 20yrs ago, we were supposed to go on a trip to visit one of my brothers in Phoenix. We missed the flight (my fault) and in my sorrow, I suggested that we go up north to the cabin instead. It was in the -30 to -46 range all weekend and that was the one year I had not done a good job of managing the wood supply - the early years of owning our cabin. Therefore we struggled to keep the cabin warm due to un-seasoned wood. I spent a lot of time outside at the woodshed, splitting wood into smaller kindling sizes and then stood it all on end surrounding the stove to dry it out a little before going into the stove.
It was a miserable weekend that my wife has never let me live down. Did I forget to mention that it was my wife's birthday??!! 😁
It was a miserable weekend that my wife has never let me live down. Did I forget to mention that it was my wife's birthday??!! 😁
Woodsplitter67
Minister of Fire
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have 2 small racks I keep by the stove. Depending on how we burn It can last anywhere from 2 days to a week
I also keep a 6ft long rack on the patio by the back door for reloading. That gets stacked over 4 ft high so this will last quite a while.
have 2 small racks I keep by the stove. Depending on how we burn It can last anywhere from 2 days to a week
I also keep a 6ft long rack on the patio by the back door for reloading. That gets stacked over 4 ft high so this will last quite a while.
I have a rack that holds 3 days of wood in the cold months. Nice and easy plus the wood room temp helps on the few coals left overnight
ctreitzell
Feeling the Heat
I keep about 2 days worth in a piece of furniture which sits about 4 feet away from the stove
that said, I overload that piece of furniture every day for each day's fire feeding
and the wood in the box gets dryer and eventually finds its way into the fire
but my wood store is just out the back door
that said, I overload that piece of furniture every day for each day's fire feeding
and the wood in the box gets dryer and eventually finds its way into the fire
but my wood store is just out the back door
Well, I beg to differ.
It makes a huge difference for a cat stove.
But even if you don't have a cat stove, it makes a huge difference for your heat output. Do you know how much heat it takes to boil water - well, in your case melt snow and then boil it so it evaporates ?
That heat is now coming from the wood you cut, moved, split, stacked - rather than the heat it can provide coming into your home.
