Storing your logs

[Deadbudgie]

Can I ask how you store your logs for the wood burner? Looking at log stores they all seem open fronted so worried the logs will just get v wet. What’s the best way to store them tia

When I had a real fire I kept them outside in an open fronted store and just brought in a few at a time to dry by the fire.

In the shed/garage. But we use briquettes instead of logs which has meant we use half the amount (briquettes put out more heat and depending what you buy burn slower) so need half the space.

Don't buy too much and we just get a new lot delivered when we need it. Has been much easier than logs. We'll never go back to logs now.

The log stores need to open on one side to allow air to circulate. Depending on how dry the logs are, there can be a lot of moisture that needs to come out of the logs before they are burnable. If the store was closed on all sides, there would be a real build up of damp muggy air and there would be no way for the moisture to escape

Ours are in an open fronted shelter, built by my oh. The main thing is to make sure that the roof has sufficient overhang at the front so the rain water doesn't drip on the logs, also face it away from the prevailing wind in a sheltered spot. Our logs stay dry stored like this.

As pp said open fronted (and other three sides vented) with good overhang on roof. Also you prob already know but you’re best with kiln dried wood.

most important feature is to keep them off the ground so they don't draw up moisture and rot. Most of the year they are just in a tidy pile against a fence, but when winter comes I keep a piece of tarpaulin on the top to keep the rain off. Bring in a load in the morning & they are ready for use in the evening.

Our logs & kindling go in 4 places

Under shelves in lean-to greenhouse glass panels in front, fence one side, & house 2 sides).

Old Wendy house that has had 1.5 sides removed, with large overhanging roof, behind oil tank so rain has to be horizontal to get in.

An open fronted 5' tall extended roof structure up next to fence & next to...

Covered structure that was originally built as an outdoor rat cage off the ground (so mesh on 2 sides. Up next to the fence & house so no rain gets in from those 2 sides. Some perspex siding, too. I saw a good storage shed today. It was covered and between fence & house, so rain could only get in from one side & even that was still partly block by house wall.

Austria... omg. Everyone in Austrian village valleys has a big wood store. All sorts of ideas if you look.

Brilliant thanks everyone. We’re loving our log fire but been buying bags to get a measure of how much we use. Off to peruse Austrian villages now😃

I have a shed purposely built. No door but an opening for one. Narrow enough for a body to go in to stack them.