What are they built from?
Before choosing the material from which you will make the firewood box, decide on the purpose and location. Stationary and portable outdoor firewood burners are made of brick, wood, metal, and stone. Indoors, they can be stationary or portable, used for their intended purpose or be part of the decor of the room.
The raw materials from which it will be made depend on this. For decorative firewood holders, dense fabrics, cord, jute, and glass are used. They are combined and decorated with various elements. Forged firewood racks near the fireplace look gorgeous.
Metal firewood rack for a summer residence
A metal firewood holder is the most durable and reliable. It is made from a lightweight aluminum profile, but for a small number of logs. It is possible to make a portable version.
A stationary woodshed made from a steel round or profile pipe or channel will be more reliable. The frame is covered with welded steel mesh. We cover the metal with primer-enamel or a protective layer of varnish. The fireplace may have a decorative stand for logs made of forged elements.
Wooden firewood for a summer residence
Wooden firewood is the most popular. It is easy to construct from scrap materials.
Any wooden blanks (boards, pallets, timber) are suitable for its construction. Making a beautiful woodshed is not an easy task. You need to show imagination and creativity, make the walls carved with beautiful patterns.
They must be ventilated to ventilate and dry the logs.
Creating a Foundation
First you need to decide on what the foundation will be created on. Foundation columns are created using concrete, ordinary bricks, and stones. The base is installed on these columns, after which it is aligned to a certain level. The depth of the foundation is usually 30-60 centimeters.
Do-it-yourself woodcutter
Sometimes logs are placed under the base, which have a height of 10-15 centimeters from the place where the soil is laid. Such a system prevents the occurrence of dampness in the room. Wooden boards are placed on top of the joists, which are placed in the correct row.
Metal woodpiles
In order for the structure to maintain its quality for many years and not become covered with fungi, its base is impregnated with special compounds. Joists and wooden boards are also coated with special chemical compounds that have fire-fighting properties.
Peculiarities
Decorative firewood - can be indoors or outdoors. Be an additional functional and decorative element in the interior or be an element of landscape design.
firewood holder - installed indoors or in open and closed gazebos with a fireplace. They are made portable or stationary, organically fitting into the overall interior. They are made from wood, metal, thick fabric and other materials.
Types of woodsheds
You cannot throw logs randomly into a woodpile. They should be folded correctly for better preservation.
Methods for stacking firewood:
- Circular method
- "Stack"
- With stakes
Circular method
If you do not have a stationary woodshed, then you can stack the logs in the form of a barrel tower. It is necessary to drive a stake. It will serve as the basis of the structure being built.
Tie a fishing line or rope and draw a circle of a given diameter, depending on the amount of raw material. To prevent them from becoming damp and rotting, place tree bark or thick plastic film on the ground as a base.
Place the firewood on it in a circle carefully and tightly so that the structure is stable and does not sag. By laying firewood about 0.5 m high, you can fill the middle by stacking them in any order, but quite tightly. Continue laying in this way until the barrel tower is about 1.5 m high.
"Stack"
Stacking of logs is often used. This type of installation requires support. The wall of a house, bathhouse or other building is suitable as a support; firewood grate for a summer residence. When laying, strictly control the slope towards the support. If you are laying two rows, then place thinner logs on the support and thicker ones on the outside. Due to the difference in size, there will be a slope towards the support.
If your structure stands separately from the wall, then use a wooden beam as a support. The height should be small, otherwise, under the pressure of the firewood, the support beams may break and the structure will fall apart.
With stakes
If it is not possible to lay it otherwise, you can use stakes as a support. The stakes must be those that will not bend from the logs. Drive them into the ground from several sides, forming a frame.
When stacking firewood, line each row with branches. They will play a reinforcing role. Place the logs in a checkerboard pattern. The top must be covered with any covering material that does not allow water to pass through.
Criterias of choice
- Before starting construction of the firewood shed, we select selection criteria.
- Money - based on the amount, we can decide on building materials and choose an acceptable option.
- The dimensions of the firewood rack directly depend on the frequency and what you will use the firewood for.
If you live and heat a living space or a bathhouse, then you need to build a large woodpile. If you rarely use your country house and grill barbecue, then build a small woodshed. You can make a simple canopy. Installation location: - The soil must be dry. In a low, damp place, firewood will quickly deteriorate (mould, rot, become damp, and therefore burn poorly). the approach must be deft so that firewood can be easily stacked and taken.
- Accessibility - think about the location, brought firewood needs to be placed quickly so as not to carry it across the entire site, place the woodpile next to the unloading site. The woodcutter should not create shade for growing garden crops and vegetable gardens. Place a large woodpile near your house or bathhouse. etc., when using a firewood stand outdoors, it can be installed nearby. The main thing is to comply with fire safety rules, install at a sufficient distance so that sparks from the fire do not fall on the firewood.
- The surface must be flat; on a sloped surface it will be difficult to lay the logs into a reliable, stable structure.
- Type of construction. Depending on the size and location, we outline the type of structure.
- The woodshed can be made open or closed. An open firewood shed can be in the form of a frame with a floor and a roof without walls, or it can have one, two or three walls. Looks beautiful as a gazebo. A closed woodshed is a solid structure similar to a barn.
- Materials - taking into account the above points, decide on the materials.
Video. Several stylish ideas for outdoor firewood.
Any available material is suitable for the construction of firewood sheds. It all depends on your skills and imagination.
Firewood shed with a back wall made of gates
You can weld a small structure from corners and attach it to the wall of the house. This way there will be no need to cover the back wall. It will be necessary to cover such a firewood shed with a roof on top to protect it from precipitation.
A simple firewood box made from metal corners
A simple method is a frame made of wooden beams. By covering it with a roof, as in the photo, you will reliably protect the firewood from rain and snow.
Firewood shed with roof
But there is one significant drawback - the absence of a back wall, which is why in bad weather all the firewood can be flooded with water.
It is better to protect the structure with a metal shield made from a profile. If you don’t know how to cover such a firewood box, then polycarbonate would be an excellent solution. Light penetrates inside unhindered, which means the firewood will always be well dried.
Ordinary concrete rings would be a great idea for storing firewood outdoors. The approach is very non-standard, but this option looks very stylish and original on a suburban area. In order to build such a firewood shed at your dacha, you need to purchase ready-made concrete rings. It is impossible to do without assistants in construction, as they have an impressive weight.
In order to install such a structure, you need to decide on the installation location and prepare the base by filling it with gravel and compacting it tightly. Thanks to such a strong base, the rings will not be able to budge. A multi-level design will look even more impressive.
Firewood from barrels in several tiers
An alternative and very budget version of the previous firewood rack would be a construction made from simple barrels. You can take just one barrel, place it on its side and secure it securely with wooden slats. Or you can build a whole multi-level structure.
How to make a firewood shed at your dacha with your own hands
To build a woodshed for a summer residence, you do not need to have any special education. It is worth analyzing its purpose, collecting the necessary materials, making a drawing and getting to work.
What we take into account when building a firewood shed for a summer house:
-it should aesthetically fit into the landscape, in harmony with all buildings.
- logs must be protected from all atmospheric phenomena (rain, snow, sun rays).
- it must be installed in a shaded, well-ventilated area so that the logs are dry.
- place firewood on a permanent or temporary flooring (wooden or concrete base, plastic film), on top there must be a roof or temporary protection made of any waterproof material (slate, metal profile sheet, dense polyethylene film)
- the firewood must be carefully folded so that it does not fall over, so that it is convenient to take and not get injured.
Building a woodpile from various materials with your own hands is not a tricky thing. The easiest way to do this is from wood.
What do you need for this?
Materials:
1 Wooden beams and boards;
2 Screws, wood screws or nails
3 For nails, a hammer, for screws and self-tapping screws, a screwdriver and a bit with a corresponding slot or a screwdriver;
4 hacksaw or jigsaw with wood file;
5 roulette;
6 boards 250mm wide, at least 25mm thick, 3m long - 4 pcs., 2m long - 1 pc.
Construction stages
1 You have a question: “How to build a woodshed from wood at the dacha with your own hands?” We need to know the amount of firewood that we will place in it. If you only need firewood to barbecue or light a fireplace in cool weather for the season, then you will need a small firewood shed of 1.5-2m3.
This can be a free-standing structure or randomly folded blocks. If they are needed for a bathhouse, for frying barbecue, and for heating the house, then it is worth building a woodpile with your own hands, taking into account the consumption of firewood for 2-2 years. It takes from 2.5 to 6 cubic meters of firewood per year to heat a house. Only after a year does the firewood dry out well enough and produce good heat when burning.
Wet firewood (recently prepared) burns poorly, produces a lot of smoke and produces almost no heat.
2 Choosing a place on the site for firewood
Take seriously the issue of choosing a place for a woodshed. Consider whether you are ready to build it stationary or a portable option will do.
If you plan to heat a house or bathhouse, then it would be reasonable to locate it near them or make an adjacent canopy. The approach to the woodpile should be convenient; it is advisable to lay paths to it. The place itself should be dry and shaded. It is better to pave the base of the woodpile, pour a concrete blind area, or, alternatively, use wooden pallets so that the firewood does not have contact with the ground.
3 Let’s start building a wood firewood shed with our own hands
The simplest option:
1 Take two three-meter boards 250mm wide for the base
2 Cut a two-meter board into 25 cm pieces, take 4 pieces for the base
3 For vertical racks, cut 4 boards of 1.5 m each
4 We twist the boards for vertical posts and short boards together, then screw three-meter boards to them
5 We fix the remaining 25 cm of boards in vertical boards in the middle and on top.
6 It is advisable to treat the structure with an antiseptic or paint it so that it does not deteriorate under the influence of precipitation.
7 Making a canopy
If you have a free-standing woodpile and it is not possible to make a stationary canopy, use any covering material (roofing felt, polycarbonate, slate sheet, etc.)
For a woodshed built with your own hands, you can make a pitched roof.
The main function of a canopy is protection. It protects against natural phenomena and also provides ventilation for wooden chocks. It is necessary so that the logs dry out and are not exposed to putrefactive fungi.
Cover the canopy with sheets of metal profiles, colored or galvanized, slate, polycarbonate, brick, etc.
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Outdoor firewood rack for a summer residence
If the size of the barn allows, wooden logs are placed inside. The advantages of such placement are as follows:
firewood is not exposed to atmospheric conditions;
aesthetic, they are not scattered on the site;
there is no need to build additional outbuildings;
firewood can be stored for a long time without changing its characteristics;
they are hidden from prying eyes and unscrupulous neighbors.
DIY firewood shed
If the size of the barn does not allow you to place wooden logs inside, make an extension to the barn from the outside.
Advantages:
-saving space and materials;
-convenience, all buildings are nearby, no need to go far;
- additional thermal insulation of the adjacent room.
1 Install the extension on a flat surface. It’s good if the blind area is already made of concrete, brick, tiles or asphalt.
2 Make a base from bricks, concrete blocks or wooden pallets. The base is necessary for ventilating the firewood.
3 The frame can be made of metal pipes or wooden blocks. Metal pipes can be used round, profile or channel. If you plan to use the woodpile for a long time, assemble a solid structure by digging the woodpile posts into the ground to a depth of 0.5 m
4 If you use metal pipes as racks, then make the walls of the woodpile from welded mesh by screwing or welding it.
5 If you use wooden beams as racks, then the walls can be covered on one, two or three sides, depending on the design of the building. Suitable materials include slats, boards and other materials.
The main thing to remember is that the structure must be ventilated.
There is one drawback. Insects and wood pests come with the delivered firewood. Therefore, it is worth protecting the wall of the shed adjacent to the woodpile. It can be treated with special protective agents or a sheet of metal nailed to the wall.
DIY woodshed
As mentioned above, the woodpile can be stationary or portable.
They can be both inside the house and outside.
Stationary outdoor firewood sheds are often built separately. They can be in the form of a closed firewood shed or in the form of a very simple canopy. Such a woodshed can be placed far from the house and other outbuildings for fire safety purposes.
When building it, you need to fill the foundation in compliance with all the rules. Dig a ditch around the perimeter of the woodshed under construction to a depth of soil freezing of up to 1 m. We fill in layers of sand and crushed stone and compact each layer thoroughly. We pour the concrete foundation.
You don't have to fill the foundation. To do this, remove the top layer of soil, cover it with sand and compact it well. Place a base of stone tiles on the sand, on which wooden beams should be laid.
Next we install the frame. We sew up the walls. Walls can be made of logs, boards, wooden planks, metal pickets, polycarbonate. The main condition is that the firewood shed must be well ventilated.
We cover the roof with any available building material.
Drawing of a woodcutter with dimensions
Firewood holders for fireplaces and stoves
If you have a stove or fireplace in your house or enclosed gazebo, then you need another firewood rack. It can be stationary or portable.
A stationary firewood rack is made in the form of special niches or shelves next to the stove or fireplace, which fit harmoniously into the overall interior.
If during the renovation you did not think about or plan for such a niche, then a portable stand for firewood will be the way out of this situation. It can also be used in small enclosed gazebos.
Forged firewood stands are very original and beautifully made, which can be used not only for storing firewood, but also as a chair-bench.
Baskets woven from wicker are also used as firewood. But they are not durable, so they have not gained much popularity.
Housewives handicrafts sew decorative covers for woodpiles from burlap and weave from thick rope. They look very modern and original.
Using imagination and creativity, craftswomen decorate homemade woodpiles with appliques and embroidery. And you can knit or sew an original design piece.
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Methods for stacking firewood
After the woodpile is built, it remains to tag the firewood. There are several ways to lay out firewood that avoid the formation of mold and mildew. In addition, properly stacked firewood will not fall.
Secrets of placing firewood:
- The bottom layer is placed with a slight slope from the front side.
- To create a slope, the most low-quality objects with knots and irregularities are placed below.
- Then several layers of dense, powerful logs are laid.
- Evenly fill the entire space of the woodpile.
- If there are no shelves in the storage, then it is better to lay rows with alternating directions: along and across.
A wooden firewood box looks nice and cozy, but it will require periodic maintenance.
High-quality storage and careful stacking of firewood will not only ensure its safety, but will also create coziness and comfort on the site.
