DIY - Log store

[threebikesmcginty]

I just have mine stacked against the wall at the back of the house.

 

[slowmotion]

[QUOTE 4931764, member: 45"]I like those. 70x70 timber is easy to get, but 40x60?[/QUOTE]
Loads of timber merchants and DIY sheds do 38mm by 63mm CLS timber. That's the finished sixe, not the nominal one.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

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Here's mine. About two-thirds of a pallet width is right for the depth of a log store because that's the limit of reach when you are stacking logs at the back then removing them, especially as the pile grows in height and you're reaching under the cover. Also a shallow but tall log store with a wide frontage exposed to sun and wind will dry better than a big cube of damp wood, especially one that's enclosed in a box.

Is that an air brick about to be blocked????????

 

[Bonefish Blues]

[QUOTE 4940853, member: 45"]After the recommendations on here I bought 4 brackets and some wood and built this. The 70x70 is easy to find, but I had to chop down the ends of 3x2 to get them down to 60x40.

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I haven't bothered to connect the tops of mine and all's still good after 8-9 years of being grossly overloaded!

 

[Globalti]

Is that an air brick about to be blocked????????

Nope. It's the vent for the woodburner which I put in even though it wasn't required by regs, because I reckoned the cold air would be better coming from beside the stove than under the door, which my draft detector wife would detect. Even when the log store is full the air still flows freely as there are gaps between the logs, innit.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Might as well show mine too.

Freestanding with no fixing to the house.

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Nice construction. Any idea what those dark coloured logs towards the left are?

 

[Tin Pot]

I found the pallet I was going to use to construct a store...maybe not then.

 

[ayceejay]

What about something like this?

 

[irw]

Do you all actually have log burning paraphernalia? Or is having a log store the secret aristocratic way to avoid posting on the 'too much class' thread, whilst still saying "I'm much classier than you lot!"?

I live in a 'smoke control zone', but maybe I'll build one of these just to be part of the CC 'in' crowd!

 

[Tin Pot]

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Some sort of pagan ritual down your way, perhaps?

 

[Salar]

Nice construction. Any idea what those dark coloured logs towards the left are?

I'm no gardener, but I think they are Laburnum logs.
The tree blew down in a storm we had a couple of years ago, landed on the roof, luckily no damage.
I've burned a few of the logs in an enclosed log burner, very slow burn.
Very hard wood, a saw or axe wouldn't touch the main trunk. I had to get someone in with an industrial chain saw to chop up the larger pieces.

 

[raleighnut]

Do you all actually have log burning paraphernalia? Or is having a log store the secret aristocratic way to avoid posting on the 'too much class' thread, whilst still saying "I'm much classier than you lot!"?

I live in a 'smoke control zone', but maybe I'll build one of these just to be part of the CC 'in' crowd!

Defra approved exempt appliance.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

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Defra approved exempt appliance.

It ain't a short list, mind - seems that unless you burn bunker oil, your appliance is on ze list

 

[raleighnut]

It ain't a short list, mind - seems that unless you burn bunker oil, your appliance is on ze list

This one required a modification kit, originally it was multi-fuel but after the conversion it is only suitable to burn wood (the vents are modified)