Build a Firewood Shed to Keep Your wood Dry and Ready
Firewood cost, either you bought it or you chopped it yourself.
Either you shelled out your hard earned money or you spent a lot of energy and time. So if your firewood gets wet or becomes filled with moisture. Your money and your efforts will just go down the drain.
Wet Firewood:
Wet firewood will not burn properly so if you live in an area where it rains and snows? Well it can be hard to keep your wood dry.
Building a firewood shed is the key to this predicament and you can be sure of having dry firewood every time you need it.
The location of your firewood shed is one of the most important decision you should make. It should be in an area where water does not pool around the shed. It should be near your home so that it would be closer for you to get the firewood.
You certainly wouldn’t want to walk far just to get some when it’s raining hard or there is heavy snowfall.
Also, try to build a raised floor so that moisture from the ground would not easily seep inside the shed. Wet wood easily gets rotten and decomposes.
With regards to the roof of your firewood shed, you should make sure in your plans that it has a high steep and is slanted.
This way, snow and rain will easily slide off and would not get inside to the firewood. This goes the same for the foundation. Making it higher from the ground and providing a slant to slide snow and water away from the shed.
Most wood sheds are built with only three sides the fourth side left open. This is necessary as this allows airflow which in turn allows the firewood to dry properly.
But because of this open side, it would also be easy for rain and snow to be blown inside by the wind.
To avoid this or to minimize moisture, it is best that the open side should not face the direction of the wind.
How to ventilate under the wood:
To further prevent moisture from seeping into your firewood. You should put a layer of plastic on the floor. To allow good airflow for drying you should stack your firewood on cut lumbers or pallets work good. You can usually get pallets for free from your local hardware store.
Most firewood shed are not really that big. They are easy to make and don’t require as much cost as most typical storage sheds.
With just a few pieces of lumber, few nails and a little time. You can be assured that you will have dry firewood ready to build a roaring fire.
Always remember that in starting any project, having plans is the best way to ensure that you will have a worry-free time when you’re in the actual process of building the shed. So get your hands on a firewood shed plan first.
