Equipping a heating system that runs on solid fuel in their country house, everyone begins to think about having a firewood for a fireplace or stove. It is impossible to leave firewood under the open sky, and precipitation and adverse weather can adversely affect all stocks that were prepared in advance. It is in order for the firewood to remain dry that they think over a storage system. Of course, all firewood can be transferred to any nearby building, but in this case, this will reduce the aesthetics. But the firewood rack will solve the issue of both storage and comfort during the operation of the stove.
What should be a woodcutter for a fireplace or stove?
A firewood stand can be made from any material, but most often it is made from wood or metal. As for improvised means, concrete rings, fittings, barrels, in general, everything that can be found in your suburban area, may come up.
Everything will depend on where exactly the woodshed will be placed - in the fresh air or in the house.
Firewood can be divided into 4 types:
Most people prefer to use a conventional shed to store firewood. However, experience shows that this room is not suitable due to the fact that there is poor air circulation and the wood can become damp, which causes rotting. There is also a small chance that rats or insects may appear. Therefore, the simplest firewood rack will be the simplest and most stylish option.
Today, the market can present a large selection of stylish firewood. They can be made from a variety of materials that will help transform the overall interior. In addition, they will be able to provide not only reliable storage, but also convenient operation.
However, in any case, it is always more pleasant to create something with your own hands. Of course, without having certain skills and without having any tools, it will not work to make this product. If there is a desire to create a firewood shed with your own hands, then it is better to try to start with the simplest way to make it from plywood.
You should start by creating a stand.
This will require the following materials and tools:
These are the materials that are most needed. After all the materials are collected, you can start building.
They are as follows:
As for the fifth point, it must be done very carefully, otherwise the material can be easily damaged. If you feel that the material is cracking or not giving in, lower it again into the water.
Before making a purchase decision, decide for what purpose you will purchase a firewood stand, because this is not just a box. If it is a simple and beautiful addition to the fireplace, then a stationary firewood rack will do. For those who plan to bring firewood from the street, mobile stands may be suitable. And in the end, if you want to become the owner of a stand that will become a spectacular addition to your interior, you can purchase a room woodpile.
In order for the stand to fit well into the overall interior, it must be selected in relation to the style of the room.
If the room is dominated by country style or wooden motifs, then it is better to choose a wicker stand or its equivalent.
Well, for those who are used to giving preference to the classics or pretentious aristocracy, forged coasters with beautiful curved legs are suitable. If your room is decorated in Art Nouveau style, then the firewood rack can be purchased from metal with chrome details. All options can be seen in the photo in the catalogs of the Internet.
The easiest and most convenient way to store firewood by the fireplace is to use a woodpile. It can often be seen in a country house, where fireplaces or stoves are used as the main type of heating. Stacked firewood in a woodpile will look neat and appropriate. The fact that it is convenient, you can not even mention.
In order for the storage to become aesthetically beautiful, the edges directed towards the viewer can be painted in different colors.
Thus, the logs will become not only neatly folded, but also an original decoration.
In order for safety precautions to be observed, the woodpile must be placed on the side of the fireplace. This will protect the wood from sparks and flames. In addition, getting to the logs in order to throw them into the fire will be very simple. Of course, this method can add to the hassle of cleaning, because the installed woodpile provides for the remaining sawdust on the floor, which will need to be cleaned often.
Fireplace firewood is a modern and beautiful accessory that is a must for a modern home that has a stove or fireplace. There are more than enough models, so choosing them is not difficult. Well, if you have skillful hands, create a masterpiece yourself, and it will definitely play an important role in your interior and will delight you and your loved ones.
Does your cottage or country house have a fireplace? Then it's time to think about the proper storage of firewood. After all, you can't just leave them on the street. Unforeseen weather can easily wipe out all your winter heating supplies. Of course, you can store firewood in a garage or garden shed, but it can also get damp and spoil. In addition, in winter, it is inconvenient to constantly wear them from the street to the house. The best option would be a specially equipped storage space. It will not only be useful and convenient, but also perfectly fit into the interior of the house or decorate your summer yard.
A firewood rack is a kind of stand for storing logs. It can be made from any material, most often metal. The firewood rack or it is called a woodpile can be forged or wicker. Made in the style of minimalism or, conversely, very unusual. If you decide to diversify the decor of your home and install a firewood rack, then this will be an excellent solution and an interesting addition to the interior. Most often, woodsheds are portable and stationary. It is preferable to choose or make models of metal. As a result, you will get a reliable, convenient and interesting design for storing firewood.
The firewood for the stove is the same design as the firewood for the fireplace. In addition, for convenience, it is better to purchase mobile options for more convenient transfer of firewood. After all, sooner or later the raw materials run out and, in order to facilitate the transfer of firewood, it is better to immediately choose small firewood options that can be transferred.
One of the most popular and practical ways to store firewood is an outdoor firewood shed or firewood shed. It is a small shed. Definitely with a roof. The main function of such a firewood rack, first of all, is to ensure the safe storage of forest material. Outdoor firewood can be made of both wood and metal. It can be purchased to order or do it yourself. Most often, for the street, experts suggest opting for a firewood shed made of wood rather than metal, since metal options do not circulate firewood, so there is a risk that they will become damp and rot. A vertical firewood rack can also be an excellent option; it will look very good in a forged design. This type of woodpile in the summer can be not only a practical solution, but also a kind of decoration for your country yard or garden.
There are two types of room firewood. Stationary and portable. Of course, as already mentioned, a portable option may be more convenient for you. Most often, when buying a fireplace, a home firewood shed is included.
Indoor firewood rack will be an excellent accessory in your interior, it can be wicker, from ordinary wicker. This version of the firewood is environmentally friendly and interesting in home decor. You can also use an ordinary wooden box for storing firewood. But the most practical and successful solution will, of course, be a forged firewood rack, which not only gives an aesthetic appearance, but will also be convenient and safe to use. Home firewood is in good harmony next to the fireplace.
Stationary options for firewood for the house and the street are made of metal. Street woodpile is most often made of wood. Forged models look very interesting, which are placed not only in the house, but also in the yard. They will be a great addition to the forged brazier and recreation area.
Portable firewood models are a very convenient and practical solution, very often compact. Wicker can be used as a decorative and portable firewood rack for the home. Unfortunately, it has a number of disadvantages. Such a firewood rack is very short-lived, and also not so practical, therefore it is suitable for carrying only a small amount of firewood.
A portable metal firewood rack will not only be an excellent decor element in the house, but will also serve you for more than one year. Most often, such firewood sheds are covered with a special anti-corrosion coating, due to which they do not lose their aesthetic properties and are not destroyed.
When purchasing a fireplace, very often a firewood box is attached to it in the set. This is a very nice bonus, and quite a profitable option, because such accessories for the fireplace are made in the same style and design. Very often, such firewood racks are portable, which is also a big plus. In addition, a fireplace or stove and a firewood rack, made in the same style, will look great in the interior, they will add a special zest to it.
A vertical mini firewood rack will look very stylish and tasteful. It will become not only a stand for storing firewood, but also a great addition to your cozy home. It will look perfect next to a fireplace or stove.
When choosing forged firewood sheds, you can choose not only intricate and openwork options, but also those made in a minimalist style. The main thing is that all firewood racks made of metal will be a very good solution for your country house. Not only for aesthetic needs, but also for safety.
An unusual solution may be the choice of various abstract firewood for the house. For example, a wooden firewood rack in the form of a Christmas tree will look very interesting. Most manufacturers of fireplaces, stoves and accessories offer a huge range of different firewood. For every fastidious taste. You will definitely be able to choose what you need. And if you want to make your own individual design, then without much difficulty you can try to make a firewood shed with your own hands.
Very often, fireplaces already have “built-in firewood”. Places for storing firewood. With this option, additional firewood is most often not needed. If you are planning to lay a fireplace yourself, then it is quite possible to make a place to store firewood in its lower part.
A huge variety of different models of firewood racks will please even the most fastidious buyers. In addition, firewood and woodpile and are made of various materials. As already mentioned, wicker options are not very durable. But they are made from natural materials, so they are popular from year to year. Outdoor woodpile is most often made of wood. Sometimes you can see wooden firewood in the interior of the house, which is also a very interesting solution. In addition, this embodiment is also environmentally friendly. For lovers of something unusual, some manufacturers produce leather firewood. They are portable, quite convenient and practical to use. If you want to make a firewood rack yourself, then it is best to make it from plywood.
When arranging a solid fuel heating system in a country house, it becomes necessary to purchase or build a firewood for a stove or fireplace. The fact is that it is impossible to leave stocks of firewood harvested for the heating period under the open sky - atmospheric precipitation will quickly destroy them.
To keep them dry and usable, you need to prepare a storage place for them. Of course, you can take the entire wood supply to a barn or other household building, but the suburban area will have a more aesthetic and attractive appearance if you build or buy a firewood shed for fuel. As a result, the problem of storing firewood will be solved.
A woodpile for a fireplace or other heating unit can be made from a variety of materials, but in most cases metal or lumber is used. Also, some home craftsmen use barrels, concrete rings for building wells and other items available in the suburban area to create a woodcutter.
The choice of material and improvised items depends on the place where the device for storing logs is supposed to be placed - inside the building or on the street.
Firewood can be conditionally divided into 4 categories:
Many homeowners use sheds to store firewood, but in buildings without constant circulation of air masses, the firewood quickly becomes damp and the wood begins to rot. Insects and rodents often start up in such a structure. The firewood shed looks more attractive and stylish.
Regardless of the choice of material of manufacture, it must solve a number of problems, including:
The outdoor firewood shed looks like an ordinary shed. But its walls should not be tightly closed for arranging high-quality ventilation. The floor of the building must be made raised above the ground so that the wood does not dampen. For the home, it is better to use designs that have elegant shapes.
You can build an openwork forged firewood for a fireplace - a stove that is small in size. An aesthetic function is usually assigned to it and only a few bookmarks of firewood are placed in it. Such a stand, depending on the desire, is made mobile or stationary. To make a forged firewood rack, hot or cold forging is used.
Also, the indoor product must match the interior of the room, be stable, safe and easy to use. At the same time, a forged woodcutter for a fireplace can have an original intricate design. If desired, it can be rearranged to any convenient place in the room.
The outdoor storage of logs should have a completely different appearance. When stocking up on firewood for the cold season, it is necessary to ensure that the fuel is preserved before the onset of spring.
When constructing such a structure, you must adhere to certain rules:
You can weld a small firewood rack using corner pieces and mount it tightly against the wall of your house. Thanks to this, it is not necessary to close the back wall of the structure. From above, such a building is covered with a roof that protects from precipitation.
A simple solution would be to build a frame with a roof made of wooden beams. But this option has a significant drawback, which is the absence of a back wall, as a result of which all firewood in rainy weather can be flooded with water.
Therefore, it is desirable to use a metal shield made of a profile to protect the structure. A good solution than to close such a firewood is polycarbonate. Through such a coating material, sunlight will begin to freely penetrate inside it, and the firewood will always be well dried.
A good idea for outdoor storage of logs are ordinary concrete rings. A similar version of the woodcutter looks original and very stylish on a suburban area. In order to build it, it is necessary to purchase prefabricated concrete rings, but they are heavy. In this case, it will not work to do the work on your own; assistants will be needed for the construction.
To mount this structure, first of all, you need to determine its location and prepare a reliable foundation by filling the soil with gravel and tamping. After that, the rings will not be able to budge. A multi-level design will look even more attractive.
A budget option for arranging a woodcutter is a structure made from ordinary barrels. To do this, take one barrel, lay it on its side and securely fix it with wooden slats. From several barrels, you can make a multi-level structure for storing firewood.
Today on sale there is a large selection of original and stylish firewood for the fireplace and stove. They are made from various materials. They can perfectly fit into any interior design and provide convenient operation. But some home craftsmen prefer to make such designs with their own hands.
Of course, without having certain skills and an appropriate set of tools, it is impossible to make a woodcutter with your own hands.
To create a firewood stand by the fireplace with your own hands, you can use plywood, in addition to which you will need the following materials and tools:
Construction work consists of several stages:
Such a plywood construction is distinguished by its simplicity of execution and ease of use. It is easy to move and put in the right place.
You can make a stand out of wood, for which any wood is suitable. The only requirement for such a firewood box by the fireplace is to maintain a distance from open flames.
Usually firewood is stored for the entire cold period of the year. But, no matter how many logs are in the woodshed, from time to time you still have to go outside for the next portion of solid fuel. To make it convenient to move, every craftsman can easily make a firewood basket with his own hands.
It will also not be difficult to make a mini-firewood rack of a simple design. Even a beginner can build it, but it looks pretty stylish.
Prepare the following materials and tools:
The sequence of work when creating a firewood for a fireplace with your own hands is as follows:
The firewood shed, which is made from a waste old empty barrel, can be used both outside and inside the building.
To create it you need:
One of the budget options for arranging a structure for firewood in a summer cottage is a wooden or metal building. But a firewood rack made of metal is not able to provide the required air ventilation for firewood, as a result of which there is a high probability of increased humidity and rotting of the wood.
For this reason, the best solution is this simple and inexpensive option for assembling a wooden frame, which will require:
After preparation, proceed to the main part of the construction:
The arrangement of a compact storage place for solid fuel in a suburban area allows you to streamline your firewood stocks for several years.
Wooden firewood rack of stationary type - excellent protection of logs from any bad weather
In fact, a do-it-yourself firewood rack can be built from a variety of materials that are almost always available in the household. In this regard, there are a large number of ways to build such structures.
Material for home firewood can be:
Advice! A temporary place for storing firewood can be an ordinary euro pallet, on which logs are stacked. From above, they are covered with a plastic film, which must be securely fastened at the corners, excluding the penetration of moisture inside. To fix the corners of the film, pegs hammered into the ground or simply bricks laid on top of them can be used.
Compact portable design - ideal for a fireplace
First of all, you need to decide on the type of structure. There are two main options:
There are more requirements for the second option, since such a firewood rack must reliably protect the logs from dampness and precipitation. Therefore, such a design must satisfy the following requirements:
Advice! In this case, the walls must have sufficient ventilation in order to ensure good drying of the wood.
A firewood rack that meets these requirements can be made from:
Regardless of what material the log storage room will be built from, its arrangement should include the following steps:
Important! In order to extend the life of a wooden firewood rack, it is necessary to first cover the underground part of the beams with bitumen or resin. This will allow the building to stand on your site for at least 20 years.
If steel pipes are used, then the best option would be to concret them in the ground. To do this, dig a hole, about 70 cm deep, into which a pipe is inserted and fixed in the hole by means of brick fragments. Next, the pit is to be filled with liquid concrete.
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Advice! Some firewood sheds are equipped with doors. If we are talking about a small structure, then here you can get by with a narrow hole in the wall.
Since dirt and debris are inevitably brought into the house with firewood, it will not be very convenient to store them directly on the floor. Therefore, in addition to stationary, firewood for a fireplace is widespread, which are installed inside the house near the hearth. These are compact designs, which are often a stylish addition to the interior, so most often such a firewood container is made of metal.
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The forged firewood rack deserves special attention, the figured elements of which look especially elegant. Such a product can be made by you yourself, and from improvised means.
One of the most interesting options is a firewood rack made of thick (about 1 cm in cross section) wire. The manufacturing principle is extremely simple:
Advice! The bottom distance between the rings should be slightly less than the length of the smallest logs.
A metal fireplace wood rack can be made in another way. In this case, it is a narrow rectangular rack. The product is made as follows:
The firewood rack is a very important design for owners of private houses. It should be built in the event that you do not want to spend extra time igniting damp logs, because only with proper storage they will give off a sufficient amount of heat during combustion.
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