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261950 | James DUPRIE <j.duprie@c...> | 2017‑03‑11 | wood storage |
so in an upcoming move, I may end up in a situation where I no longer have indoor wood storage. I currently have about 400SF of floor space (10' tall) filled with stock... How do you folks store your stock if you don;t have indoor space? I'm in new england, so we have freezing winters, and hot humid summers.... Thanks -J |
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261976 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2017‑03‑13 | Re: wood storage |
> How do you folks store your stock if you don;t have indoor space? Build a roof James. Get your wood up off the ground. 6" is minimum but a foot is better. (cinder blocks are cheap) Build a roof with a --wide-- overhang all around. As much as you can manage. Make sure the roof sits at least a foot higher than the stack. Pay attention to the slope of the ground, and head off seeping rainwater. Often a simple swale (shallow ditch) will redirect rainwater away from your protected stash. If you put the wood on the ground, moisture will creep up and get you. If you try using a tarp laying on the wood, water will condense on the bottom of the tarp and eat you up from there. Plus little air circulation under a tarp will hold whatever water you have inside the wood, and promote warpage. Outdoor lumber storage usually ends in disaster. Just so you know. (I have seen many many stacks ruined from poor planning.) It takes careful pains to keep that from happening. yours Scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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261980 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2017‑03‑14 | Re: wood storage |
I made some simple lumber rack brackets that have held the test of time through tremendous loading. Easy, strong and very cheap. It uses only 1 bolt through the wall stud. Its 2 skins of 1/2 in plywood and 2 short 2X4 blocks as spacers. You set the rear block to fit the wall stud and the little block on the end just keeps everything together. http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/shop%20pix/lumberrack.jpg kind of a bad "windows paint: drawing http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/shop%20pix/lumberrack2.jpg yours Scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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261981 | Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> | 2017‑03‑14 | Re: wood storage |
Scott, I did the same plan when I had a horizontal lumber rack in the shop, except that I skinned a whole foot long 2x4 with plywood, left he ears of the 1/2 inch ply to wrap around the stud, and used long cabinet screws to secure the bracket to the stud. Eventually gave up on the horizontal rack in favor of standing the boards on end, Krenov/Nakashima style. Found I was unloading and loading the horizontal rack on a regular basis, not finding the wood I thought I had, finding other wood I'd forgotten about. Took down the 4 or 5 brackets, cut them down thinner, maybe 1 inch at the end, 2 inches where they wrap the studs, and then made a dozen of them as supports for a foot wide shelf that runs around the ceiling perimeter of my shop, about a foot, on average, down from the ceiling. Shed roof so its a foot and a half at the tall end and about 10 inches at the low end. Michael On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 8:54 AM, scott grandstaff |
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262044 | "Yarrow, Gary" <Gary.Yarrow@SDSTATE.EDU> | 2017‑03‑21 | Re: wood storage |
Scott; I'm no expert, but I used the same system that was mentioned previously. I think Woodsmith had some plans about it, but very easily and cheap. Couldn't find the exact plan, but it's shown here: http://www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/5-easy-to-build-plywood- projects/">http://www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/5-easy-to-build-plywood- projects/ But you know about all the sorts of lumber racks, however, my only suggestion is, is it possible for you to add on a "lean-to" on a garage/shop area? If you can, at least get a roof over it (and sides), and maybe even doors. If so, I used that before also in one place I lived. I eventually added a fan at one end and just left it on to get air movement. Dr. Gary L. Yarrow, Director Division of Technology & Security Environmental Health & Safety SAV 142; Box 2202 Brookings, SD 57007 Phone: 605-688-6332 www.sdstate.edu -----Original Message----- From: OldTools [mailto:oldtools-bounces@s...] On Behalf Of scott grandstaff Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:54 AM To: porch |
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262051 | "K. W. Landry" <kwlandry@g...> | 2017‑03‑22 | Re: wood storage |
This is good stuff, But, James, It's not clear to me, in the move, will you have outdoor space to build a roof over, or some space where you can build racks or otherwise? KWL |
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262055 | James DUPRIE <j.duprie@c...> | 2017‑03‑22 | Re: wood storage |
I'll have pretty much unlimited outdoor space (about 50 acres), but next to nothing inside.. -James |
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