Processed green hardwood

[Aunt Maud]

It's going to sit there until summer 2017, then I'll take it down and stack it tight in the timber shed to use over the winter. It'll all come down at the same time over a few dry summer days with child labour.

 

I've made smaller ones, which were sheeted and I just picked a cubic meter out of the stack at a time and put the sheet back on.

 

It's a space efficient way for me to store firewood, as the footprint is fairly small considering how much wood it holds, looks tidy too.

[mendiplogs]

It's going to sit there until summer 2017, then I'll take it down and stack it tight in the timber shed to use over the winter. It'll all come down at the same time over a few dry summer days with child labour.

 

I've made smaller ones, which were sheeted and I just picked a cubic meter out of the stack at a time and put the sheet back on.

 

It's a space efficient way for me to store firewood, as the footprint is fairly small considering how much wood it holds, looks tidy too.

 

Hi mate they look great well done I've seen in France but not so big is that thanks John

[sandspider]

Here you go, I've got to put the roof on it yet.

 

11M in circumference and so far 3M high.

 

Impressive. How long did that take to build?

 

What happens when a child (or drunk friend etc.) comes along and pulls one log out of the bottom?!

[Aunt Maud]

I've been working on it on and off for a month, but I've had to coppice and collect all the wood in the pickup, which takes 900kg. It's all split with an axe, as I don't have a processor or hydraulic splitter, as it's just me that uses it.

 

I don't think it's taken any longer to build than any other way of hand splitting and stacking firewood to be honest, as the middle is loose fill and the outer walls are 2' pieces.

 

As for pulling a piece out, I think it should bridge like bricks do to a certain extent, and to pull it down or make it collapse would take quite a lot of effort. I do have concerned about the roof, if I go down the same route as the ones in Estonia and put a peak on it. If I do I think I'll cover the roof with a wrap of net or chicken wire, just to keep things in place.

 

It's strictly "Adgang Forbudt" though and my kids have grown up on a building site, so they know where they can and can't go.