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Currently in the process of moving yards. The new one is closer but I have to build a wood store for firewood processing and storage. Where there is currently a pile of rotting wood in the corner of a field, the plan is to put up a wooden structure with tin roof i.e. old telegraph poles as the main uprights and be able to stack cordwood at one end and have a number of processed wood bays the the other with room for equipment in the middle. Haven't a clue as never built any type of building before. Any good ideas I should abide by? Tx.

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Currently in the process of moving yards. The new one is closer but I have to build a wood store for firewood processing and storage. Where there is currently a pile of rotting wood in the corner of a field, the plan is to put up a wooden structure with tin roof i.e. old telegraph poles as the main uprights and be able to stack cordwood at one end and have a number of processed wood bays the the other with room for equipment in the middle. Haven't a clue as never built any type of building before. Any good ideas I should abide by? Tx.

 

Aye.

 

Ask Dean.

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just make sure its large enough for machinery and to get a van or tractor in and out,,

advisable to have slatted walls for ventilation..

best of luck

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Should have mentioned it when you were down, T.C.D.

Recently constructed a drying barn and a vehicle store / processing barn.

Cheapest form of roofing is box profile seconds from Cladco in Okehampton.

Uprights / trusses use Larch, Oak or Chestnut if you can get it. Make sure posts are in the ground at least 4ft, and high enough to get a tractor / processor under - with elevator extended of course. 'Cow Kennel' style boarding is a good idea for ventilation. Don't forget to triangulate all angles

Thats all I can think of at this hour. Night!

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Apparently there are 10 things to do while seasonig logs, I can only think of 4 so here goes.

 

1 Split them to the size you sell em at ASAP.

2 Dont let the rain get at them.

3 Dont let the soil get at them.

4 Let the wind get at them

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Thanks lads :001_tongue:

 

One big thing I did learn when putting up the barn is to ask what the maximum length of purlins / flooring joists are supplied as standard. I wanted some (for arguments sake) 10" x 3" for supporting the roof spanning between telegraph poles. They supply them as standard at 20' I needed 21' so had to have some specailly milled.

 

Those "specailly" milled timbers cost me more than all the other materials put together.

 

If I'd only sunk the poles in 1ft closer together :001_rolleyes:

 

Other side timber is 4x3" and this store is 30ft x 22ft

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Thanks lads :001_tongue:

 

One big thing I did learn when putting up the barn is to ask what the maximum length of purlins / flooring joists are supplied as standard. I wanted some (for arguments sake) 10" x 3" for supporting the roof spanning between telegraph poles. They supply them as standard at 20' I needed 21' so had to have some specailly milled.

 

Those "specailly" milled timbers cost me more than all the other materials put together.

 

If I'd only sunk the poles in 1ft closer together :001_rolleyes:

 

Other side timber is 4x3" and this store is 30ft x 22ft

 

Bang on! How did you read my mind like that! No seriously, that looks exactly like what I'm thinking of - looks excellent. Tommer9 will be the larch supplier I think...

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