Home made log store

[Stubby]

hello all,

 

thought id share some photos of my log store, I built it yesterday after being put off by the price of log stores.

 

In total the store cost £150, the price included all the wood which is treated, the OSB for the roof and the screws.

 

Yet to finish the roof, just need to trim and tack the sides of the felt. The store has been completed to a high standard - I like to think - and took all day 1000-1800 to complete.

 

Well happy with the result, as a store a quarter the size would have cost £170 - £200 depending on location (up north / down south)

 

Yet to measure the volume of the store, will post that up later in the day.

 

Thank you for reading, any comments / questions / criticism are all welcome, just go easy on the criticism

 

Here is mine .

[GordonRochdale]

I'd love to have a store the size of yours, but the ball and chain wouldn't approve I don't think

 

 

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[Stubby]

When you get a winter like the one we just had and the stove is going 24/7 you will need a bigun !

[welsh wood]

now that youv'e gone to the expence of treted timber remember to

treat any sawn edges,I know treated timber is guaranteed for 15 years

but as soon as it's cut all guarantees fly out the window.

[ballibeg]

Just knocked this up for my FIL.

 

4x pallets (1.5m x1.2m) free

Preservative from shed

Onduline roofing from merchant

Took 2 hours to build off ground on bricks.

 

Total cost £25

 

Just need to keep them in logs now!

 

Dave

[ballibeg]

Slightly larger scale. This is my 27m3 store. It's clear of the ground and gets lots of wind in the position it's in. I burn half each year and refill that half. Burning beech this year and it burns hot and slow so still got plenty left to share with FIL.

 

Dave

[rovers90]

Slightly larger scale. This is my 27m3 store. It's clear of the ground and gets lots of wind in the position it's in. I burn half each year and refill that half. Burning beech this year and it burns hot and slow so still got plenty left to share with FIL.

 

Dave

 

Dave, are the logs packed in touching each other or is there a gap between the rows - does it really matter how you stack them???

[ballibeg]

No gaps in stacking and I did wonder if it would dry in the middle well enough. I am pleased it does and the middle logs do reach 20% but it takes 2 years. The logs to the outside go lower MC.

 

Dave

[Ryan]

Some nice stores. I keep mine in a barn which is open at both ends and stack all on pallets to keep of ground and help with airflow. As the shed is some distance from the house I made this store based on a euro pallet. I lift it with the tractor and fill it every week or 10 days and set it back at the door again.

[Stubby]

Like that idea !