I keep driving by people who are getting their winter wood ready, it is all stacked neatly round and round in cool little piles, why do they do this? It looks really cool but there must be another reason for it.
People have all kinds of ways they stack wood and for all types of reason but the principle is the same one. Some people just like their wood pile to look nice and decorative. Others do not care.
The method you're talking about is used to dry it out before you have to use it. It's kind of hard to burn wet wood. It's only by chance that that way of stacking it just looks good.
That is cool, maybe I will Google it on the internet and try it this year myself. The neatest one looked like a pyramid, I thought that was kinda cool.
This is one of those thing that is easy to get creative with. A pyramid is something I would like to try also. I've seen it done, but never tried it myself.
It is on my to do list as well, maybe I will try it this weekend when I start chopping up the winter's fire wood, it can't be that hard to master. I am sure mine won't look as good as some I have seen.
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grnspot110
I usually have my wood cut before the first of the year to use the next winter. Stack it on poles at the farm (out of sight of the road), until I'm ready to bring it home for the winter's burning. I split it when I haul it home, easier to split when dry! :smile: I prefer to split it by hand, but have a tractor splitter, if needed. At home it's stored on pallets against the back of an enclosed metal carport, covered with silver plastic tarps until I cart it to the shop. ~~ grnspot110
I got some wood done this weekend but the stacking isn't going so well. My kids are trying to help and they seem to think it's more of a game than it should be, maybe next time I will try this.
People have all kinds of ways they stack wood and for all types of reason but the principle is the same one. Some people just like their wood pile to look nice and decorative. Others do not care.
Stacked wood is also easier to access, and it fits nicely in a woodshed. When it's stacked, you can have certain types, sizes or ages of wood in different rows. It's also something of a pride thing - sort of like neatly arranged tools in your workbench.
It's usually not a good idea to stack wood against a house (assuming the house is wood-framed). A wood pile can attract termites, etc and you really don't want to encourage that near the house.
For the same reason, it's a good idea to have a barrier between the wood and the ground -- I try for 18 inches of some kind of rock, or anything else that termites can't eat.
We burn five cords of wood each winter. When I built my woodshed, I sized it to hold 5 cords of wood. If I don't stack it so that it's packed in tightly, it won't all fit in there.
Look is a crucial factor. I know a couple that has a pile of wood they use and then one that is for decoration that they don't use until the end of the season. A black U Shaped metal wood holder looks beautiful on a concrete porch.
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