Best sheeting for firewood?

[cornish wood burner]

I know sail material is very expensive but what do they do with the old sails when they are past it? I've been meaning to call in at a chandlers to ask this but not been close lately.

 

As Daveindales said the so called heavy duty poly tarpaulins are not a patch on the traditional style waxed canvas tarps.

[Duncansimpson]

We use heavy duty tarpaulins over split billets and leave it for a year. Sides are open so plenty of air and it dries beautifully even in wet years. We tried cheap tarps but they don't last and any hole ruins the wood below. We put ropes through every eye, it's not worth skimping and usually hang logs rather than tie down so there is some give in the wind.

[gooseflight]

A tin roof

[devon TWiG]

Erect a scaffolding shelter over the pile with a tin roof , it can all be dismantled and moved or extended and sold off when no longer required ........ At one yard we used to sling a rope between 2 trees and this effectively became the ridge pole of a tent ( large tarpaulin ) we could also work under it when wet as well , but you need a relatively wind free site ( this was in woodland )

[difflock]

I gave up on tarpaulins, simply windy up here in the NW, based on 20 years experience.

Some sort/any sort of frame and tin sheeting, however rough, & significently maximize cover by fitting sheets upside down and NOT overlapping, even leaving about a 15 to 20mm gap between the upturned edges to encourage ventilation.

Surprisingly Insignificent amounts of rain will penetrate btw.

OR

I found that if I stacked the billet bundles 4 or 5 high, only a portion of the top row got wet enough to matter, and if set aside for a few days even they too dried enough, or simply leave them out another year, lower in the stack.

But in this respect the wind is my friend, not my tarpaulin shredding enemy.

marcus

Edited March 5, 2016 by difflock

[Daniël Bos]

"ten cate toptex" is your answer.

It looks a bit like felt, let's air (and thus evaporated moisture) through, but water runs off it provided it's sloping.

It dries timber much better than tarps as air still flows, for the same reason it's much less probe to getting blown to shreds. It's really quite tough as well, and any tears/punctures don't "run"

[Two Acres]

I used some Onduline sheets I had left I've from a shed roof. You can just bang nails through into your logs. Works well. Costs about £18 a sheet.