We can stack about 2 cords on the front porch, but I needed to make it easier for my wife to wrangle the insert and our 11 month old. so we stack wood next to the brick fireplace. The space we have is 28" wide and 46" high. That's fine, but we could only stack about 24" high before it started to slide over. 14 feet of 1x12 and 4 90 degree mending plates and I built this rack. About $20 spent, 30 minutes of time and I can fill it in the afternoon before I go to work. It holds enough wood for the night I filled it, 2 full days, and the next morning when I wake up. So I fill it every 3 days, which takes 2 1/2 loads of the Harbor Freight wood cart. Cheap and easy (much like myself). Just thought I would share.
My indoor wood rack
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That's really nice, I could use something like that. I have the perfect spot all I needed was an idea. If I put something like where I put my wood in the house now I could keep much more inside. Thanks for sharing that
Nice Work.
Do you mind if the next time my wife comes to me and ask "what can I do for you today". I show her your PICS, and say
Get To Work Women, You have 30 minutes!
Do you mind if the next time my wife comes to me and ask "what can I do for you today". I show her your PICS, and say
Get To Work Women, You have 30 minutes!
Just wondering...are you worried about bugs when you store that much wood in the house? I want to do something like that but bringing bugs (termites, etc) into the house makes me very nervous. Plus the wifey HATES spiders.
I had an idea to make some type of a storage bench where the top opens up but would have a good seal when it is closed to contain the bugs to some degree. Probably out of cedar which is resistant to bugs and smells nice too. Looks good though!
I had an idea to make some type of a storage bench where the top opens up but would have a good seal when it is closed to contain the bugs to some degree. Probably out of cedar which is resistant to bugs and smells nice too. Looks good though!
By my calculations you have 8.9 cubic feet of wood storage, or about 1/14 cords. If it lasts three days, you're burning about 10/14 of a cord per month. It seems like most people here burn about a cord per month in the winter, so you're close to average, but with a nicer wood rack than most.
Monkey Wrench said:
Well, if your wife isn't an experienced carpenter it might take her 45 minutes to do it. I think it would take my mother about an hour and a half.
No, I don't worry about bugs. I keep an eye out and haven't seen any. We do have about 10,000 spiders in the house, so I don't worry about them coming in. When we had the exterminator come in to do something about the spiders our dog got fleas. I'm not saying it's because of the spiders being gone, but we decided we preferred the spiders to the fleas, even though the house never got infested.
I looked at that photo and thought "someone is going to comment on the light switch. Sure enough! It's the only one without a plate. Not sure where it went.
Sorry, not intending to hijack yer thread.
I prepped before my surgery and bought 2 more tote type bins at Kmart. The large 2 were $32.00 for the pair.
I have 3 more smaller that I paid $8.00 each for a couple years ago.
Was not sure how long I would be laid up, and wanted as much in the room near the insert as I could get.
Loaded all of them and topped them off high last Sunday. I am guessing maybe 4 more days worth left.
I prepped before my surgery and bought 2 more tote type bins at Kmart. The large 2 were $32.00 for the pair.
I have 3 more smaller that I paid $8.00 each for a couple years ago.
Was not sure how long I would be laid up, and wanted as much in the room near the insert as I could get.
Loaded all of them and topped them off high last Sunday. I am guessing maybe 4 more days worth left.
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Same here on the large totes use. I am lucky enough to have an unfinished basement with a walkout. I toss in about a month and a 1/2 worth of wood, stack it on a pallet and then just toss a day or twos worth of wood in the tote and roll it over next to the stove. I don't miss the hauling of wood to the fireplace anymore now that I have a pellet insert on the first floor.
I recommend using that fancy baby gate (we have the same one, we call it the baby cage) to stack your firewood in.
My son (now 2) has never even thought about going near the hot woodstove. It took quite a few "no... HOT" warnings" during the offseason to get it through his head. We never had to use the cage around the stove (unless we have visiting little uns)
He loves to help crumple newspaper, and hand me kindling to get it up and going. Once it is started, he sits with the dog infront of the hearth and oohs and aaahs watching the fire.
And it certainly is easier not having to squeeze through that 18" wide gate to load the stove.
Dan
My son (now 2) has never even thought about going near the hot woodstove. It took quite a few "no... HOT" warnings" during the offseason to get it through his head. We never had to use the cage around the stove (unless we have visiting little uns)
He loves to help crumple newspaper, and hand me kindling to get it up and going. Once it is started, he sits with the dog infront of the hearth and oohs and aaahs watching the fire.
And it certainly is easier not having to squeeze through that 18" wide gate to load the stove.
Dan
I made a similar type of wood holder. Its 18" wide about about 42" high. I bring it outside fill it with wood, then use a dolly to bring the wood in the rack into the house. Moving wood too many times is way overrated and takes too much time. Stop re-stacking wood so much. lol
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