This past fall, I was looking to re-up the pile of firewood I keep for the wood oven. Unfortunately, that time of years is very busy in the firewood community. Lots of order for people stocking up to heat with wood. I didn't wan to get in the way of that so I made some other arrangements with someone at the office whose husband had a small firewood business on the side. They don't sell full cords otherwise I would have been buying from them. Anyhow, I was able to get enough wood to get me through Thanksgiving and several pizza bakes. I could hold off on buying a cord until spring.
I poked around online and looks at plans for sheds. The tarp system I was using is cheap and mostly effective but it does have it's drawbacks. The ground where the wood was stacked is soft so the concrete block supporting the firewood settle unevenly. I have had to stack to wood more than once because it tipped over. The tarps would also rip and were a general nuisance. For $7,, I bought some plans for a layout that looked good on Etsy.
The following construction story was witnessed by the entire neighborhood as they walked by, checking out the daily progress:
Starting just after the 4th of July weekend, we broke ground. Dug out some dirt, filled back up with compacted stone and then put down a concrete post support. We went with 6, probably could have gotten away with 4. The extra two should help prevent uneven settling.
From there, we went up. Columns and floor supports and then a coat on paint/stain.
The floor was next. Pre-painted as much as we could there. Slats on the sides.
Then a piece of plywood for the roof.
And then shingles. I've worked on a few roofs and I can say this with certainty - hire someone else to work on your roof. They will do a better job.
This time of year, when I called for wood, they asked what day and time. That was on Monday. The wood was here on Wednesday afternoon
And then here it is stacked. Should be enough for quite a few wood oven adventures. Construction supervisor in the photo looks like she approves.
The things we do for pizza...
