Firewood store offered.

[timberbear]

 

I've been offered this old piggery to increase my firewood storage capacity for the next year. It measures six meters by fourteen. All I've got to do is tidy it up and empty all the rubbish in. I plan to take down the cement boards around the sides and replace the cladding with windbreaker or put new boarding up with one inch gaps. I'm going to remove the front door and windows and create a ten foot wide opening to enable me to get the processor in. I'll put pallets against the internal wall to aid circulation . I plan to process into one big pile in the next couple of weeks. Do you think it will dry or do you think that there will be not enough air flowing through. It's not costing me anything except the cost of a skip and some timber cladding, but will the wood (ash, syc and beech) dry quick enough.

[windfall]

Sounds like a good plan to me!

 

 

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[The Firewood Guys]

Yes i would say it will dry ok if you put york boarding up around the sides like you said,I would try to process your timber part seasoned and not rain wet either this along with good through ventilation should make good storage conditions.

[openspaceman]

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I plan to take down the cement boards around the sides

 

What sort of cement boards are they? May be best painted and left in place.

[dave fox]

asbestos ?

[pembswoodrecycling]

asbestos ?

 

Apart from the concrete pannels at the bottom it all looks like asbestos to me.

I wouldn't let that put you off too much though, Hire the appropriate skip, do it in the rain with a hosepipe running on it, wear approriate PPE (good quality dust mask) and don't go trying to break it up/saw it/ chew on it and you'll manage just fine. Pulling nails out gently doesn't make much dust in itself.

[Alycidon]

Looks like asbestos side panels to me as well.

 

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[pembswoodrecycling]

Its a shame to mess about with it, these type of buildings were commonly used as piggeries, damned good sheds for workshops etc.

[Mozza]

I'd love to use something like that free of charge, take it mate.

 

As said, if it turns out that the woods not drying too well (which I think it will) it would be a decent work shop

[timberbear]

Its a shame to mess about with it, these type of buildings were commonly used as piggeries, damned good sheds for workshops etc.

 

Correct, inside are two stone pig pens built from blocks which I'm going to remove. Behind the asbestos board is yorkshire boarding which I've now decided to replace with new timber leaving one inch gaps.