Log Store Solid or Slatted ???

[Marlin.45]

We are lucky currently to have a large open fronted barn with a good path for the wind to drive off the moisture. Store located well to the back out of the rain but dries quick once split. Support frames are made from cut down pallets until I can get some IBC frames at some point.

 

At our previous house we had limited space but I knocked up a small store just for the lounge stove from cheap 'garden grade' pressure treated timber (cost around £50). Vented at the sides/base and 3" vent path into the rear. Traped an old camo net across the front as well to give some wet weather protection and it all worked well.

 

[Vedhoggar]

Image of log shed design made for a number customers out of fencing materials with corrugated metal roof and removable pallet floor as well as recycled wood packaging crates given away to customers for storing logs (can be turned on side if open front required).

[scbk]

9 hours ago, Peter 1955 said:

Don't know if this will help, but here's a pic of my recently finished store. ( If I'm honest, I wanted to show it off ). ? Rear is slatted, with 3" gaps at least. Internal sides are solid, and front is obviously open. About six feet high at rear,  nearly eight at front. Logs sit straight onto a concrete floor. I know from standing in it that the airflow is considerable, on a breezy day.  Oldest logs currently on right, newest on left. This is domestic, by the way, the house and water is all heated by a Charnwood stove, and boy do we shift some timber 

 

Nice shed, there's a thread for showing off your log store

 

 

[Peter 1955]

20 minutes ago, scbk said:

 

Nice shed, there's a thread for showing off your log store

 

 

I can only apologise for posting it in the wrong area. My mistake. I haven't found all the bits yet. ?

[Witterings]

Cheers for all the replies everyone ... slatted it is :-) 

 

Just in response to some of the other comments, I did think about designing one myself, where I looked at some other examples online I costed out buy the wood and it was no cheapre than buyomg one already built but without the hassle of doing it.

I then thought about a pallet log store and even went and picked a load of pallets up for a few quid in their charity box and bought them home but couldn't design my way out of a paper bag if my life depended on it so they're sitting in the garden not knowing what the F to do with them so have gone back to teh origina idea of just buying one or it'll never get done.

 

@ Vedhoggar    ....  when you say built for customers what would you charge for something like that although you're probably miles away so a bit academic but be interesting to know / compare??

[Vedhoggar]

Witterings the cost materials for log store 12' x 6' x 6' (all tantalised wood) about £155 for and then labour two persons half a day to erect (local) plus half day to source material if not in hand ... robust design made to last. Single bay stores cost less to build but will amount to more than half this cost also 12' x 12' x 12' stores built. Not looking to take on any more work at the moment as have plenty on. On what to do with those pallets I would suggest cutting them up for kindling.

 

[slasherscot]

slatted is best.....felt is a waste of time...spend a little more on metal or onduline roof sheeting....and the bigger the better......at least 6ft high  so u dont hit ur head getting some logs in on a dark wet night?

[openspaceman]

53 minutes ago, slasherscot said:

..felt is a waste of time...spend a little more on metal or onduline roof sheeting...

Or something transparent to get some greenhouse effect and hence some more solar energy input.

53 minutes ago, slasherscot said:

 

 

.and the bigger the better......at least 6ft high  so u dont hit ur head getting some logs in on a dark wet night?

Too right, that was my mistake and yes I do still bang my head.

[Stere]

vistulux clear corrugated stuff is ideal for roofing comes in 3 grades of thickness

 

 

Edited May 7, 2020 by Stere

[Witterings]

23 hours ago, slasherscot said:

at least 6ft high  so u dont hit ur head getting some logs in on a dark wet night?

 

yes .... that'd be me after a couple of beers ?