I know I've got to order wood this summer, and get it in place for next season's burn, and that is always on my mind. Picking the right location for storage, and the right kind of inexpensive sheltering of the wood.
But a new detail, not unanticipated, but nevertheless "new" as of Friday, has entered the planning..........the wife had carpeting installed in the room where the wood stove is, and the wood "ring" sits on it. Bark, shavings, etc., are just part of the equation, and I have to be considerate of the mess factor.I'm thinkin "drop cloth" or some other form of isolation of the area where the wood will live, while waiting for burning.
I saw a video on YouTube, where a couple had built a hatchway on an exterior wall, and the guy drove up in his lawn tractor with a small cart behind, and loaded up a small alcove built into the interior of the house, that this hatchway opened to, from the outside. INSIDE the house, that little alcove that he had built, was along side the wood stove, and had another interior door (small, but adequate), from which his wife could access the wood he had just placed in there. Nice idea, but we didn't know about it until AFTER our home re-construction was almost complete.
So I look for ideas and suggestions today, from you "seasoned" users, about the mess factor. How YOU keep it to a minimum, and/or how YOU work around "carpeting" issues. I have attached a pic of the current conditions, now that the room construction is complete.
-Soupy1957
But a new detail, not unanticipated, but nevertheless "new" as of Friday, has entered the planning..........the wife had carpeting installed in the room where the wood stove is, and the wood "ring" sits on it. Bark, shavings, etc., are just part of the equation, and I have to be considerate of the mess factor.I'm thinkin "drop cloth" or some other form of isolation of the area where the wood will live, while waiting for burning.
I saw a video on YouTube, where a couple had built a hatchway on an exterior wall, and the guy drove up in his lawn tractor with a small cart behind, and loaded up a small alcove built into the interior of the house, that this hatchway opened to, from the outside. INSIDE the house, that little alcove that he had built, was along side the wood stove, and had another interior door (small, but adequate), from which his wife could access the wood he had just placed in there. Nice idea, but we didn't know about it until AFTER our home re-construction was almost complete.
So I look for ideas and suggestions today, from you "seasoned" users, about the mess factor. How YOU keep it to a minimum, and/or how YOU work around "carpeting" issues. I have attached a pic of the current conditions, now that the room construction is complete.
-Soupy1957