Log Storage

[the butlers wife]

When we lived in the UK we had 2 large plastic storage boxes for our logs. They were about 4'6" tall and about 5' wide with doors that opened at the front for easy access. We have seen these containers over the dark side in the Home base shop but would like to know if anyone has seen them in the north? Our car is not large and it would need 2 trips over the dark side to precure them and we would much rather give our custom to someone here. Anyone seen these boxes here?

[ozonkoyboy]

Like you our neighbour was also looking but had no luck except as you say form the dark side, so he decided to have a brick one built, at least it will last as the builder did a proper job and reasonable to boot

[Rambling Rose]

Why is it necessary to have a special container for logs (assume you mean firewood?) in this climate.? I have a three sided concrete strucure which doubles as a tool/bicycle shed - one side open to the elements . Air circulation prevents rotting (and possibly spontaneous combusiton!!!!) which might occur in an enclosed plastic box ! Also has a washing line for wet weather. Much more in keeping and any unsightliness can be disguied with shrubs /climbers. Also remember plastic exposed to full sun degenerates rapidly here.

[Panchocat]

We made a wooden three sided log store against the fence beside the shed in the back garden. Does the job really well.

[karmels]

Why burn logs when we lost most of our trees in the big fire.?????

[Deniz1]

Maybe because there is no coal.

[the butlers wife]

Thanks for your replies, we live on a communal development and our properties are staggered so that each property has the best advantage of the views. Our neighbours bay window overlooks our rear garden and he overlooks our present wood store which we have made out of pallets. We want to move the wood up onto the roof terrace but when we had it up there, the slightest breeze and it would roll around and wake us up.
So we need something that will look tidy and contain the wood. We realise that plastic does not last as long here as in the UK but our plastic sunbeds have lasted 7 years and have still not broken and they are out on the roof terrace all year. I guess it's 2 rides over the other side then.

[Rambling Rose]

Ooch! Do watch those loungers - of course the life span depends on the quality of plastic - but I have had chairs and stools collapse after five or more years when someone sat or stood on them. Actually funny as it happened but could have been really nasty!

Sorry to be persistant but I still think it is unwise to keep timber in an airtight unventilated container in full sun, and plastic is out o fkeeping. Couldnt you do a lightweight wooden structure - louvred perhaps using the pallets appropriately painted or stained?

[karmels]

Well said Rambling Rose.

When finished they could burn it.
Save the trees.

[Rambling Rose]

Karmels: I dont think you are going to get anywhere with "save the trees" until or unless you or someone can come up with an alternative effective and cost effective form of heating. You might remember they did try a kind of smokeless coke type fuel a few years ago, but it did not catch on, and there are "logs" made of wood chips, but they burn so fast they work out very expensive - though they are useful to get a fire going if it is raining and you have a load of damp timber.

Personally I collect alll the woody prunings off trees and shrubs , except the poisonous one, and keep them in carboard boxes throughout the warm months and burn them together with other cardboard containers and books from charity stalls that have lost vital pages. Also when I was able I collected driftwood fromthe beaches. Still have to buy logs, but it is a small contribution to saving trees and reducing rubbish - plus my heating bills!

[wanderer]

OSLO — The TV program, on the topic of firewood, consisted mostly of people in parkas chatting and chopping in the woods and then eight hours of a fire burning in a fireplace. Yet no sooner had it begun, on prime time on Friday night, than the angry responses came pouring in.

Courtesy Lars Mytting
In a country where 1.2 million households have fireplaces or wood stoves, the subject naturally lends itself to television.
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“We received about 60 text messages from people complaining about the stacking in the program,” said Lars Mytting, whose best-selling book “Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood — and the Soul of Wood-Burning” inspired the broadcast. “Fifty percent complained that the bark was facing up, and the rest complained that the bark was facing down.”

He explained, “One thing that really divides Norway is bark.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world ... .html?_r=0

One thing that does not divide Norway, apparently, is its love of discussing Norwegian wood. Nearly a million people, or 20 percent of the population, tuned in at some point to the program, which was shown on the state broadcaster, NRK.

In a country where 1.2 million households have fireplaces or wood stoves, said Rune Moeklebust, NRK’s head of programs in the west coast city of Bergen, the subject naturally lends itself to television.

[Rambling Rose]

Thanks for that Wanderer, fascinating. Actually watching a fire burn is fascinating- particularly a log one which is no doubt why they are so popular among us Brits here, though I doubt I could watch for hours on TV - but why not suggest it to the BBC - it would be preferable to some of their programmes.

Seriously, referring to my last post and while I remember the name - the cuttings you must NOT burn are oleander - not only are all parts poisonous to humans and animals but even the smoke is if inhaled and you must NEVER use it on a barbecue as it even infects the meat.