Wood Store Question - Newbie

[Burley]

Hi all.

Brand new on here, so greetings to all.

I have a question. Wanted to build a nice log store, but costs of what I wanted are a bit high at the moment, so have opted to sabotage my garden shed inot temp log store.

 

A standard T&G pitched roof shed you bung your lawn mower and junk into:biggrin:

 

I am busy drilling 2" holes in the walls, around 8" apart.

The questions is will this be sufficient to dry wood in, and store it without it going mouldy? Or should I literally pepper the walls with holes every inch apart?

 

Comments and advice greatly appreciated, had my log burner for 2yrs now and love it, but struggling to stock sufficient wood for winter

Hence the garden shed adaptation

 

TA

[peatff]

Just leave the door open. I stack mine outside on a couple of pallets to keep them off the floor and chuck a sheet over the top and they keep fine.

[woodyguy]

No, a shed is useless for drying, how every many holes you make in it.

Logs will be much happier outside with a hat on but in the wind and sun. Lift them off the ground with pallets and a couple of sheets of corrugated iron (or equivalent) on the top and they'll soon dry. Sun if you can get it but wind is most important.

[Burley]

Thanks Peatff

I have been getting in green wood, and is usually rain wet as well and having to season it myself for a year, struggle to find decent fire wood here in Northants at reasonable prices

last year had it in my garage and left both doors open as much as possible but still got lots of mould on them and was a bit worried about bringing in the mouldy stuff indoors in case putting some lethal toe rotting microbe or other into the house

[Burley]

Woody, noooooo.....

Considering I am 3/4 way through drilling holes in the garden shed already!

 

I thought if I created enough venting it would work just as well as a simple lean to shed without walls on it, but actually better as had some side protection.

 

You mean I need to cut a ton of holes to get away with this idea?

[bikewoo]

Put a pallet on the floor at allow the air to flow. If you are going to fill the shed with wood and dont care for the shed , you could remove everyother board across the back and take the door off. If the shed is long with the door on the narrow face it may still go mouldy. Another option if you have acess to the front and rear? Remove the front and back narrow sides, put a stud frame in the middle and make two stores. That way you can have wood drying and a store in use.

[Burley]

Forgot to mention, I am residential area, so what ever I put up needs to have eye appeal afraid, not only for me but to stop any neighbours having a go...

[bikewoo]

Wood stacked well will look better than a shed full of holes.

[Burley]

Put a pallet on the floor at allow the air to flow. If you are going to fill the shed with wood and dont care for the shed , you could remove everyother board across the back and take the door off. If the shed is long with the door on the narrow face it may still go mouldy. Another option if you have acess to the front and rear? Remove the front and back narrow sides, put a stud frame in the middle and make two stores. That way you can have wood drying and a store in use.

 

Bikewoo (luv the name by the way)

 

Yup - dont care for the shed, inherited it with the house when bought and it is old and uncared for, on it's way out.

Left of shed is wind facing side, back of shed 1 ft from garden wood fence, RT side open space, and front doors open to path and garden. I wanted to remove each alternating slat thoughout the shed, but neighbour helping me said shed would fall down! Besides he did not trust me with his drill and equipment, just cos I am a girl !

 

Hence the 2" holes all over as alternative. I intend on leaving doors open all the time, close only when raining.

 

Okay, so if I removed alternating slats on the 2 large sides of the shed, should make it windy enough hopefully..

[felixthelogchopper]

If you can get hold of some pallets in decent condition, scrap the shed and build yourself a log store with them and a bit of roofing felt on the top. Stack your wood nicely and the neighbours will have nothing to whinge about.