DIY - Log store

[Tin Pot]

I'm terrible at DIY and finishing what I've started, is it's a given this will be a half assed product, but nevertheless...

I'd like to convert an old palette into a narrow log store, like this one and save myself £200.

http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homeba...orage/rowlinson-large-wooden-log-store-359310

I'm think if I cut the palette (cutting across the base supports) so I have two narrow bits, nailed together to be twice the original width...then use the left over to create three struts...the only difficult bit is creating a small roof. Then add a shelf for kindling.

It'll go out the front, make the place look a bit nice and rustic or something.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Here's mine:

Pallet base with 2 x 2 supports and a ply roof. It is strong enough for the wife to stand on. Spend a little extra on the roof covering. I had to replace a rotted out pallet this year but that's the only maintenance in what must be ten years?

 

[Markymark]

Here's mine:

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Pallet base with 2 x 2 supports and a ply roof. It is strong enough for the wife to stand on. Spend a little extra on the roof covering. I had to replace a rotted out pallet this year but that's the only maintenance in what must be ten years?

Looks great but I'd add some ventilation on the sides and make the top wider. Wood stores should keep wood relatively dry but well ventilated.

 

[Oldfentiger]

Here's my home brewed example

 

[Markymark]

.....like the one above

 

[Bonefish Blues]

[QUOTE 4930685, member: 9609"]use a bit more intelligence than the deign in your link and don't have the roof pouring water down the wall.[/QUOTE]
Indeed, that's a pretty carp design - and expensive for what it is. A batten fitted to a wall witha bit of flappy felt attached would be better than that, which is designed to wet the log from the back!

 

[Drago]

I use a green house as a log store. Cheap, capacious, and dries the wood out nicely.

 

[Mugshot]

Before I built a proper log store I used to use a large wooden crate. Like this type of thing;

In the depths of winter I'd wander out when necessary and have a dig around for fuel. During one of these expeditions I picked up a particularly hairy log. I decided then I probably needed an outside lght.

 

[Markymark]

You could tip that on its side and stick a bit of felt on top, save a lot of work?

Or even flip it 180, stick a felt roof on, cut out a door, stick it in Chelsea and market it as a 'unique bijou residence' for £1.5m

 

[Globalti]

Mine is like Oldfentiger's above. It's on a SW facing wall where it gets sun and the westerlies blasting through so it's pretty good for drying wood; no damp or mildew.

 

[Mugshot]

You could tip that on its side and stick a bit of felt on top, save a lot of work?

Yes I thought that for @Tin Pot , I thought the picture may give him an idea or two

 

[snorri]

I'd like to convert an old palette into a narrow log store,.

I doubt if a reasonably sized log store could be made from a single pallet, can you not get another two or three pallets?
Nothing would be wasted, you could saw up what's left and put it in your new log store

 

[Mugshot]

I use a green house as a log store. Cheap, capacious, and dries the wood out nicely.

I thought you had a log cabin?

 

[Oldfentiger]

The base on my effort was a surplus to requirements greenhouse staging, well 2/3rds of it was.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I thought you had a log cabin?

Must've fallen down