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Chickpea

Joined: 05 Nov 2004
Posts: 208
Location: Buckinghamshire

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 14 6:39 pm Post subject: Wood store
Just had a log burning stove put in, and tomorrow I'm getting a ton of 4 year seasoned logs delivered, what is the quickest, and cheapest way to put a log store up please?

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 14 7:05 pm Post subject:
You can have quick, fast and quality, but you can only have any two, they tell me. Fence panels, and roofing felt to weather proof the lid?

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 14 7:43 pm Post subject: Re: Wood store

Chickpea wrote:

the quickest, and cheapest way to put a log store up please?

Dumpy bag with a tin sheet or tarp chucked over it. Not the most practical or nice looking, but meets the spec.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 14 7:44 pm Post subject:
We used a reclaimed double garage door as a roof and fixed this with pallets to existing fencing 6ft tall. It faces away from the weather but is open to the front. Cost us time and nails. Holds 3 tons wood and a ton of kindling.

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 14 7:45 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

You can have quick, fast and quality, but you can only have any two, they tell me.

Don't you mean "cheap, fast, quality"
Wise words tho

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 14 7:45 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

You can have quick, fast and quality, but you can only have any two, they tell me.

Fence panels, and roofing felt to weather proof the lid?

No Nick. It's quick, cheap and quality.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 14 8:08 pm Post subject:
The duelling pendants are correct.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46231
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 14 8:12 pm Post subject:
tarp n sticks n rope seem a good place to start unless you have a nice bit of scrap like a garage door or whatever

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 14 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: Wood store

Chickpea wrote:

tomorrow I'm getting a ton of 4 year seasoned logs delivered,

Are you really getting a tonne?

Firewood should not be sold by weight (it encourages it to be sold wet as it weighs more).
TS would jump all over the seller if they have not actually weighed the wood with tested scales.

I'm betting that its a tonne builders bag (the ones you buy sand in that still dont hold a tonne of sand), which wont hold any thing like a tonne of wood. They hold 0.5m3.
Even a 1m3 bag full to bursting wont hold anywhere near a tonne of wood. If its softwood & really is well seasoned the weight would be about 200-250kg for a 1m3 load. Hard wood would be about 250-350kg.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 14 10:01 pm Post subject:
A 3ton Bamford farm tipping trailer with 18in sides,10 x6 ft,filled with logs,heaped in the centre,holds 1 ton of hardwood logs.

Chickpea

Joined: 05 Nov 2004
Posts: 208
Location: Buckinghamshire

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 14 12:56 am Post subject:
Thanks folks, no garage door spare sadly, but posts and a tarp will have to do for now. The farmer lives locally and has a huge barn with wood stored, and he said it comes and is tipped out, and he also said are you sure you will have room for it, so I'm guessing it's more than a bag full. I shall see soon enough....

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 14 6:26 am Post subject:
How much are you paying for it?

Chickpea

Joined: 05 Nov 2004
Posts: 208
Location: Buckinghamshire

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 14 7:02 am Post subject:
�90 and free delivery. I'll post a photo when it arrives.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15981

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 14 7:12 am Post subject:

As firewood sellers, I would definitely agree with Richard about the weight. We know that sort as 'dumpy sack merchants', and they are a total pain as they sound cheap until you see what you get. By the sounds of it though you will be getting a proper load.

If all else fails, we suggest (ideally) a pallet on the ground to stack the wood on and a tarp just on the top so the sun and air can get to the wood. Some will get rain wet, but should dry out again. We also recommend keeping a weeks supply indoors if you can. That way it is as dry as possible when you use it. At the worst, an evenings supply round the fire for next day.

Chickpea

Joined: 05 Nov 2004
Posts: 208
Location: Buckinghamshire

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 14 12:33 pm Post subject:
So, the logs arrived on the back of a smallish tipper. Two tons of it! It's in the garage, in the garden covered by a tarp, up the garden, you name it. I think for �90 it's a real bargain, mostly four year seasoned oak. I think it will keep me going for a while.... This pile is half of the load, rest already piled in garage.

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