Wood Next to Fire

[colebrookman]

Just be careful and use common sense. We were Mutual Aid to a house fire in the next town over. New house and the owner had stored wood to near the cellar stove. A few pieces fell onto the stove, maybe the cat hit the pile, and set the side of the house on fire while they were away. It was a decent save but still lots of smoke and water damage. Common sense ain't to common. Be safe and also check those fire and CO detectors.
Ed

 

[firefighterjake]

Just be careful and use common sense. We were Mutual Aid to a house fire in the next town over. New house and the owner had stored wood to near the cellar stove. A few pieces fell onto the stove, maybe the cat hit the pile, and set the side of the house on fire while they were away. It was a decent save but still lots of smoke and water damage. Common sense ain't to common. Be safe and also check those fire and CO detectors.
Ed

Ah . . . so did you take in the cat on the suspicion of setting the fire? Darn cat . . . probably was upset about getting Sam's Choice Catfood instead of Fancy Feast!

On a serious note . . . well worth mentioning . . . storing combustibles too close to a hot woodstove is asking for trouble.

 

[Vic99]

So, as of this writing, it looks like 2/3 of those that chose to answer the poll store between 1 and 3 days worth of wood somewhat near their stove. Nearly 40% of those polled store 1 day. I wonder how many of those that store 0-1 days of wood are weekend or occasional burners that are concerned about bugs if wood is left in a warm room for a week.

Love that set-up, jlow.

 

[jlow]

So, as of this writing, it looks like 2/3 of those that chose to answer the poll store between 1 and 3 days worth of wood somewhat near their stove. Nearly 40% of those polled store 1 day. I wonder how many of those that store 0-1 days of wood are weekend or occasional burners that are concerned about bugs if wood is left in a warm room for a week.

Love that set-up, jlow.

Thanks for the compliment. You can see the before and after process here:

(broken link removed to http://picasaweb.google.com/jlowry10/WoodStoveInstall#)

I built the sunroom in 2001 and we wanted to open up the sight lines to the backyard as well as heat the home. I am glad you like how it turned out. We still use the fireplace for grilling steaks in the wintertime, otherwise it is our wood storage.

 

[skinnykid]

I keep about 4 days worth in a closet across the room, lined it with plastic to keep the ickies of the walls and carpet!!

 

[mayhem]

In the past couple years I've kept about a day's worth, maybe a bit less, in the living room by the stove in a sling carrier. This year I've dusted off my old hoop rack and after I gert the last coat of paint on it will be putting that in the living room...probably get nearly a week's worth of wood in it. The rack is a couple feet from the stove, no further.