Wood Store

[Steven P]

This is just a thought

The background is that I 'killed' my neighbours wood store over the weekend, it had a 30 degree lean to it, and piling next winters logs on it has given it a 90 degree lean now..... So a job for me next weekend....

 

My thought here, if I put some fine mesh at the ends of what I rebuild, would that be enough to stop most of the rain and yet still allow an air flow through. My guess is yes, if I get the right size?

[sandspider]

I season wood in a polytunnel, which has mesh covered windows. Usually it seasons well, but I often get drips / damp patches by the windows, especially on the upwind side. Depends on if your mesh is under some sort of roof I suppose, to keep direct rain from falling on the mesh?

[Macpherson]

Hi, I've used scaffolding debris netting for this purpose, I hung it about 12" away from a 6' high covered log stack with no side protection... it worked well and heavy rain mostly ran down it and stayed off the stack, in good weather I could easily remove or roll it up.... It also comes in 3 meter widths if you needed that. 

 

A good big roll for £32👍

 

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[coppice cutter]

There's an agricultural product available called "Galebreaker" which is basically a weatherproof mesh.

 

I've used it in the past and it works well, but it is very fine and even then direct rain blown wind will still drip down on the inside, but doesn't get through any further.

 

Could be difficult to buy a commonly available commercial mesh to do a similar job though.

[nepia]

Is that what used to be known as parawebbing, used mainly for keeping the weather out of winter cattle quarters while allowing plenty of ventilation?

[htb]

Nope below is paraweb, I think originally from ICI.

 

[Steven P]

That's what I was thinking, even if some water gets blown through, it is going to hold off a lot I reckon. I'll look for the recommendations. What sort of hole size is in the mesh? couple of mm?

[Macpherson]

5 minutes ago, Steven P said:

That's what I was thinking, even if some water gets blown through, it is going to hold off a lot I reckon. I'll look for the recommendations. What sort of hole size is in the mesh? couple of mm?

 

I'd say that if you mean the scaffold debris netting and the Galebreaker which may be the same knitted product with probably  1/4" to 3/8" holes in the knit depending how tight you stretch it... at 32 squid it's a no brainer as it also has many other uses and won't degrade over a long time👍

[nepia]

55 minutes ago, htb said:

Nope below is paraweb, I think originally from ICI.

 

If you move your eyes over that picture the webbing moves!

[htb]

What have you been drinking?