Wood store ploytunnel

[face cord]

Ideal polytunnel dimesions for wood store?

 

Am looking into of buying a polytunnel to season wood. Would be nice to have sides high enough for decnt stack height down each side so thinking a shorter & wide dimension would be better than longer & narrower one? Also the ventilation would be better.

 

http://www.firsttunnels.co.uk/polydocs/22ft%20polytunnel%20spec.pdf

 

4.6ft straight sides....

[Woodworks]

Are you looking to stack buy hand or are you loading palletised logs with tracktor/forklift. We are looking into them as well and thought the sheep poly tunnels might be good as more ventilation is provided. I know one person on here has very long tunnels and gets good results.

[difflock]

A relatively longer tunnel will possibly/probably be better, IF located on a slope as the warmed air will rise and create a draft, thereby dumping the acquired moisture.

we have 2 No. 28 foot by 80 foot tunnels here at work, used for plants, but on a slope to aid ventilation, to prevent "damping off" and other problems.

cheers

m

[renewablejohn]

I have a traditional polytunnel and one with straight sides the difference being on a 20 mtr tunnel storing 80 IBC containers as compared to 120 IBC containers in a straight side. The cost of plastic being the same for both tunnels. On a 20mtr tunnel you need 1mtr height difference from spirit level horizontal which will then move humid air out the tunnel without the use of fans. My site is very exposed so side vents are not an option as the tunnel will be ripped to shreds. Tunnel is without doors at both ends but aligned so that prevailing wind flows over the tunnel at right angles to the exposed ends. Plastic is clear for maximum heat whereas our growing tunnels are opaque with wavelength blocking to reduce insect pests.

[James]

Sorry to go off topic, but this sounds interesting - what is wavelength blocking, and how does that prevent insect pests?

[renewablejohn]

Sorry to go off topic, but this sounds interesting - what is wavelength blocking, and how does that prevent insect pests?

 

As a commercial grower we use a UV filter plastic for all crops that do not involve pollination as this controls green fly and white fly effectively in the polytunnel without the use of chemicals. See description

 

Luminal AF (Politherm) Polytunnel Cover

 

Obviously growing tunnels that need bees for pollination have a different type of plastic which is different again to the clear plastic we use for wood drying.

[Marko]

Get sliding doors if the budget will run to it...