Wood Shed - How to store and season your firewood.

How to properly store your firewood and the basic wood shed design using pallets. This method has made seasoning firewood simple and easy.
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[@axemanmike4390]

Hey Mike! Just found your channel; your content is right up my alley! SUBBED! Greetings from the PNW, Oregon USA 🇺🇸 🌲 🪓🌲🪓🌲🪓🌲🪓

[@WSTMike]

Hey Axeman! Love the handle. Sounds like you’re the right demographic for our channel. We have been hiatus for a while due to “the real job” but do plan to make a comeback soon. Hope you stick around for the Wood, Sweat and Tears reboot! Take care! WST

[@FirewoodMidwest]

Hey you got a nice wood shed there brother! Wish I had something like that at my wood boiler. Probably make the little woman’s life a little easier. Oh well, guess we don’t want her getting soft!😆 Enjoyed the video Mike!Keep’em comin! 👍🏻

[@WSTMike]

Give the little woman a choice, jewelry or a wood shed. Either way it will cost you 😂 Thx for the support! 🍻 Rod!

[@toddsoutsideagain]

Hey Mike new sub #46 here! Nice woodshed set up! Found you in one of the comments on one of my sons vids on his channel @ Whackin Axes! Firewood Midwest sent you over. Thanks for your support. I really enjoy new channels. It’s great to be there and see them grow! Good luck brother! I’ll be watching.👍🏻👍🏻

[@WSTMike]

Hey Todd, Thanks for watching!! Appreciate the support. It’s a great community of firewood lovers that support each other. Take care!

[@willdavidsonakawd3062]

This is the video id been looking for cuz its a great system in my opinion. You know what your burning and you have plenty of time for wood to dry

[@WSTMike]

Hi Will! If you keep binge watching, WST, you may get invited to Thanksgiving dinner in 10 months! 🤣 I’m glad you like our system. It was just a structure with a roof when we bought the place. Having separate bays made it so much nicer and easier to prioritize what you will burn next. Plus, once a bay is emptied, you can start filling it again. Couldn’t do that before. Appreciate you watching and commenting! Take care. WST

[@aaronsyard2522]

That’s definitely a nice wood shed👍🏻

[@WSTMike]

Thx Aaron. Appreciate the thumb!

[@judge058]

I was fortunate enough to find a place selling really heavy duty plastic pallets for $5 each. Perfect for stacking my wood on in the woodshed and no more rotting pallets.

[@WSTMike]

Hi Bob. You sure were lucky!! What a great find! You’ll never have to worry about those puppies rotting. Thanks for watching. WST

[@reesegary]

Nice wood shed. Looks a little more efficient than the way I do it. Thanks for sharing Mike 👍🇺🇸

[@WSTMike]

It took us some time to figure out exactly what we needed. Everyone’s situation is different. Thanks for watching, Gary!

[@InTheWoodyard]

I just subscribed to your show! Good stuff, I see you use the proper saws too!! Good luck from across the pond!

[@WSTMike]

Wow!! Chris from In The Woodyard!! I really appreciate you stopping by and subbing. Proper saws is right. That’s how I found your channel 👍

[@OutsidewithScheib]

Nice shed bud I just have mine stacked no roof just a tarp before the snow flies I am sure keeping it out the weather dries it way faster. Keep them coming Mike.

[@WSTMike]

Yep, same idea. Thanks for watching and the support!

[@rodneysweetnam8653]

Hi Mike - it's Big Rodders in Ireland, your latest subscriber. I live in an urban setting and heat by wood only, using 7 to 8 cords a year. I have about 20 covered woodstores similar to yours but only holding a half to 2 cords each. I have a reference number on each and also record on each store the date it was filled. All my wood is mixed species, mainly softwood, whatever I can get from the Tree Service Company that I also split for. I only stack the front of each store and fill the rest by just throwing logs in. They normally season for say 2 years and I never had issues with inadequate seasoning or mildew etc. I usually empty every second store to maximise airflow if only until they are refilled. For interest, I do a monthly stock take and monitor my monthly and annual consumption. When asked for advice about seasoning I always say keep wood covered with a gap between roof and logs, get them off the ground with pallets and ensure max airflow in the sides, just like your setup. I used to process 180 cords a year including 10 for me, now it's down to 30.

[@WSTMike]

Hi Big Rodders, very interesting that you split that much wood!! Your methods of seasoning wood are not that far from what we do. We find it to be very practical and efficient. Our wood boiler runs so much better and efficiently. Thank you again for stopping by and subscribing. Mike

[@goingoutdoorswithmatt7962]

Nice system you have set up. Keeping it simple yet effective. I subscribed and gave a👍. Thanks for sharing.

[@WSTMike]

Thanks, Matt!! Appreciate you checking out the channel. As you said, simple and effective. Have a good week! WST

[@BuildALotAcres]

Good job Mike!!! New sub here. I enjoyed the content. I think burning firewood will only get more popular this coming year with rising fuel prices across the US.

[@WSTMike]

Thank you very much for stopping by. I agree with you. Burning wood is going to get really popular. Appreciate the sub

[@jimrichards8703]

Nice setup. I have a similar shed. I was just looking at trees to take down to open up my backyard for more stacking area.

[@WSTMike]

Hi Jim! I am very happy with the shed. When I added the pallets to the floor, my wood started drying a lot better! Airflow is the key. Best of luck on opening up some space. You never can have enough space to stack wood. Especially, if you like cutting, splitting and stacking! Thanks for the comment. Hope you can check out the rest of the channel. Take care! WST

[@andrewviperpingel9565]

I always want learn what other people are doing thankyou from a new subscriber

[@WSTMike]

Hello Andrew! Thank you for subscribing. I agree that we always want to know what others are doing in hopes to improve our own processes. I appreciate you and hope to see you on past and future videos. Take care! WST

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

Nice wood shed.. But the real question is it scary behind it?? LoL 😂😋👍

[@WSTMike]

😂 I’ll let you ask one of my boys that question. You won’t be surprised by the answer..... Thanks for checking us out. Much appreciated. Mike

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

@@WSTMike : lol 😂😂

[@sawsurgeon]

Nice organization Mike👍🏼 I’m planning to be a little more efficient with my next setup. Bless’ns to ya, Tedd

[@WSTMike]

All the best in the next setup. Appreciate you stopping by and for the support. Mike

[@daveabercrombie3446]

Thanks for the video. I like the shed. Have you ever noticed a difference between the dryness of the wood in the middle vs the edges? Some folks say you don't get enough airflow if you go more than 3 rows deep. I've never personally had that but my wood storage isn't covered except the top by a tarp in the winter. I need to build something like yours.

[@WSTMike]

Hi Dave, I test my wood all throughout and I get some variation in moisture, but not much. The airflow underneath and the gap I leave between the rows does the trick. Plus, I get a good 2 years before if goes in the boiler. Thanks for the comment and for watching! Mike

[@kevinmason3086]

I like that setup. I rent so I can't do anything like that

[@WSTMike]

Hi Kevin! Thanks for stopping by and commenting on the video. Are you burning wood in the rental you have? If so, that’s a unique situation. Thanks again and take care! WST

[@kevinmason3086]

@@WSTMike I use a woodchuck wood and coal furnace I also use about 1,000-1,400 lbs of coal mostly burn it with 80 percent wood at night don't burn coal during the day neighbors, but I do live the country. I subscribed to your channel I think Thursday or Friday and starting from first video and work my way up until I get caught up. I live in N.E. Ohio probably about 1 1/2 hours south or less away from Cleveland Ohio.

[@WSTMike]

@@kevinmason3086 very interesting. I never spoken to anyone that burned coal. I always thought it was used for industrial purposes. I appreciate you subscribing to the channel. Some of our videos in the beginning were so so. They get better in my opinion as you watch toward present day. Thanks again and look forward to hearing from you. WST

[@kevinmason3086]

@@WSTMike I use stoker coal sizes run about 3 inches and under and about $95 a ton

[@OntarioFirewoodResource]

Rotating stock is a great way to gauge wood use and save time. You won't have to check numerous logs and move them around all the time when you're loading the OWB

[@WSTMike]

Amen and amen. That’s what it is all about. Thx for watching!

[@michaelaffronti6289]

Great video. Thank you. I'm just building my wood stores and this has helped me massively. Do I just stack rows with few inches gap? Also logs loosely stacked on top of eachother or tightly stacked? Suppose they'll be under cover so no need to be pedantic about stacking face up or bark down etc?

[@WSTMike]

Glad the vid helped. A few inches of gap is great for airflow. Also, I still stack bark down and do not stack tight. Remember, airflow is your friend. Best of luck to you

[@highjmper87]

Hey Mike. Thanks for the video post. I enjoy your setup and process for storing and rotating through the wood. My wife and I will be purchasing a Central Boiler this year in preparation for next winter. Im looking to build a wood shed as well. I was wondering if you could let me know what the dimensions are of your shed. Total size and width of each bay. I’m thinking I would do your setup but with 4 equal bays. Is there anything you don’t like about your set up and would avoid doing?

[@Handirifle]

If you live where its cold and snows, that will work. If, like us, you live where it rains in the winter, that would be useless. Your firewood would be soaking wet.

[@WSTMike]

I agree that our setup for firewood is not ideal for every climate. As you said, it works here for our climate. Thank you for watching and the respectful comment. WST

[@highjmper87]

Hey Mike. Thanks for the video post. I enjoy your setup and process for storing and rotating through the wood. My wife and I will be purchasing a Central Boiler this year in preparation for next winter. Im looking to build a wood shed as well. I was wondering if you could let me know what the dimensions are of your shed. Total size and width of each bay. I’m thinking I would do your setup but with 4 equal bays. Is there anything you don’t like about your set up and would avoid doing?

[@WSTMike]

First of all, thank you for stopping in and supporting the channel. Very much appreciated. The rough dimensions of my wood shed is 28’ wide x 15’ deep. What I would change is to have 4 equal bays, which you already mentioned you would do. Very smart. I would also lift my pallets up off the ground a bit more for better air flow. Because I live in the woods, I get leaves and debris built up underneath. A bit more clearance may help that debris to escape? If not, it would be easier to get out with my backpack blower. Add lights for every bay also. Easier at night when you have to be out loading wood in the boiler. Also, have a floodlight that shines into the boiler. You will thank yourself. Let me know if you have any further questions. I would be happy to help if I can. My current wood shed was just a lean-too. The fact you can build one the way you want it, that’s awesome 👍👍. Best of luck to you with the new boiler. Exciting times ahead. Take care. Mike.