PEP BB dimensional.sand.rack - Sturdy firewood rack

This is where the firewood rack that I am building is going.



This is the wood that I have marked before cutting to build my firewood rack. The dimensions I made for the firewood rack to hold at least 32 square feet of wood are 9 feet 6 inches by  3 feet 6 inches. I added an additional 5.5 inches vertically on the bottom to account for a 2 inch clearance on the bottom and the width of the 2 by 4. I made the firewood rack 14 inches deep, so that 15 inch pieces of firewood will comfortably rest on it.



This is the wood after I cut it.



These are progress pictures of me constructing my firewood rack.





This is my completed firewood rack after I installed it at Allerton Abbey.



To prevent my firewood rack from falling over when a ten-year old roughouses with it, I screwed my firewood rack into the wall of Allerton Abbey.

Today, I made some firewood racks to house more wood behind the Fisher Price House. I modeled them after the ones in front if the house. To insure they don't collapse on a toddler (or other kind of mammal) I screwed the top into the house studs. Pretty sturdy.

Made my first firewood rack today! Used a bunch of scrap wood from an axe throwing place nearby. Construction was a little tricky because of the material quantity and quality, and took a bit longer than expected, but overall I'm satisfied with the result. Screwed the rack to the fence in a couple spots to secure it. Dimensions are 4' x 8' x 16"

Made a rack with some heat treated 2x4s and stuck it under the deck.  It was the closest covered place to the door and fit nicely between the two posts.  The part for logs is 54"x89" (4806 sq inches/144 sq in per sqft = 33.375 sqft) and 11.5" deep.

I don’t exactly need a firewood rack yet as we haven’t built the heater, but I know I’ll need one here, so I put one up.

ETA: Oh, the interior measurements are: 15.25" deep, 62" wide, and 78.25" tall. That's 33.69 sqft...whew!

Here is my submission for the Dimensional Lumber Woodworking Aspect - Sand for Straw - Make a Firewood Rack BB.

Wheaton Labs: While at Allerton Abbey, I dismantled part of a deck that was no longer being used so I could repurpose the lumber to build a firewood rack at the Bun Warmer under the berm shed.  The build was challenging due to the angles of the roof at the south "attic" end of the berm shed.  

The internal firewood storage space of the rack is 5'-0" tall and 6'-6' long.  Subtracting the internal 2x6 brace the storage space is 32.4 square feet - just over one face cord.  

For structural integrity, I attached the rack to the berm shed at six different locations - four at the top and two at the bottom.  I also tried to climb and tip over the unit and it did not budge.  

To show I've completed this Badge Bit, I have provided the following:
  - Location where the rack will go
  - Construction partially underway
  - The finished rack
  - Explanation of how it won't tip over (above)

Hi all, I've recently been building freestanding firewood stores. I've got one finished and another is in-progress. Each store is 2.16 m2 (23.25 sq. ft) so together they would hold more than a cord of firewood. The stores, however, do not sit up to a house (although they could) as they are sited on our land which, one day, will be our home. Do you think these stores would be suitable for this BB when complete?

That looks like it should qualify as long as the wood is exposed enough to the wind.  With the sides solid I'd hope the back is a little open to allow airflow through.

I built a free-standing fire wood rack. After my she shed project, I have SO MANY scraps of lumber and pallet wood lying around. I need a place to store it so I can use it in my she shed this winter. I used mostly pallet wood for this project, Heat-treated stuff, no chemicals. I used a pallet as the base, which will keep air flowing under the wood. The over-all rack is sturdy because I used several cross-beams to brace each side. Re-used nails and a few screws are holding it together. On top, I cut a few scraps of roofing metal so the rain and snow will slide off. With a footprint of 3x4, it will hold 36+ square feet of firewood. Not bad for taking less than an hour!

Mike Haasl wrote:That looks like it should qualify as long as the wood is exposed enough to the wind.  With the sides solid I'd hope the back is a little open to allow airflow through.

Great. The front and back are entirely open - this is to allow the wind to pass over, around and through the stacked logs (which are oriented end-grain to the wind) and dry them out. I've also stacked the logs outside for a while first to start the drying process. They are about 14% moisture at the moment.

I'm 80% done with the second log store at the moment. That one will be sited by the house for the time being. I'll take photos and submit my BB when that's done.

Ok, trying again. I made a place to stack my firewood bits left over from my pallet projects. It's made of mostly palletwood, heat treated, of course. See the blue paint on the ends? Anyways, I made it the footprint of a pallet, so it will stack more than a cord of wood. I put used metal roofing over the top, secured with self-tappers. I added wood to the sides, as suggested, so it will hold the wood in better. See how well it holds my hodge-podge?