A nice new woodstore, well hopefully

[Doug B]

Prompted by a couple of posts about storing wood, i thought i`d share a few pics & words on what i hope will turn out to be a decent area to store my wood.

After being moaned at over the last umpteen years about the state of the area i keep my timber, i finally got chance to start sorting it out last weekend.
This is what it had looked like for, if i`m honest, far to long.

Underneath some of the timber were to manholes, one of which was very large, which to my shame had not been finished for about 5 years. so the first thing after laying a few blocks to see where things were going to fall, was to form a concrete closing plate for the top of the large manhole.

The large yellow tub was just the right size for the new cast iron cover, so it was half filled with water & used as a template.
Next job was to get some concrete down, this would enable me move the the remainder of the timber as i`d run out of space to store it.

The timber was then moved & the big manhole finished.

So this evening i`ve been able to get the remainder of the blocks down, so hopefully tomorrow after work i can get the concreting finished.

Hope this is of interest.

 

[Blister]

That's one posh wood store

Very nice

Well done :wink:

 

[9fingers]

Looks very good! Are you going to add a roof at all?

Bob

 

[head clansman]

hi

bob, you beat me to it , must have a lean too roof, then all timber in the dry 8) hc.

 

[Doug B]

That's one posh wood store

senior management has told me it has to look "posh" or i`ve got to find somewhere else to store my timber [-(


As for a roof, it will have a carport type constructed roof at one end, though so far a final decision hasn`t been made because the mention of doors both ends has come into the equation. :shock:

I`ve managed to buy some sturdy racking 10` long & 30" wide, which i`m hoping to use for freshly cut timber. This i don`t want under cover (though protected from the elements) so as to allow as much air circulation as possible.

There will be plenty of wood work soon \/ , just need to get the base finished first .

 

[Paul.J]

Looking very nice Doug

 

[paininthe]

That's a good idea, too many blocks looks passé to me and too much concrete looks bland. A very nice combination.

Thanks for the idea.

 

[wizer]

Doug: Can I store MY wood in there? :lol:

 

[Max Power]

Looking really good, I would have never considered using blocks with concrete but the result is very pleasing. Looking forward to the next instalment.

 

[Doug B]

Thanks for the kind comments,

Tom you can store as much wood there as you like, any exotic perchance :lol: :lol: :lol:

This afternoon/evenings installment.

Base finally finished, i have to admit the design was more about ease of laying than looks. Each 800mm square of concrete was one full load in the mixer & the blocks made it easy to get a good fall to the drain in the center. Also my days of mixing & laying two ton of concrete in one go are way behind me

 

[wizer]

The words wifey used when she saw the latest timber haul where exotic, if that helps?

Looking good. I might do something similar.

 

[9fingers]

Mixing that concrete will loosen up that back of yours Tom!

Bob

 

[wizer]

Kill or Cure Bob.

 

[9fingers]

I sincerely hope it will be the latter Tom!

 

[stevebuk]

wow doug, that looks fantastic. I think you have done a sterling job there, hope kath likes it too.
Cant wait to come over now and check it out, so lets hope tuesday is still on.
catch you later mate. :lol:

 

[Doug B]

Cheers Steve.

Todays progress has been a little slow. The concrete has gone off nicely while i was on my travels Fri/Sat to the wood show, so this morning i went & fetched some racking.
I`ve ended up cutting the racking down a little & putting casters on it. These will be removed eventually but for the time being i need to be able to manoeuver it.

Hopefully when the racking is finished very little of the metal will be showing.

 

[OPJ]

That's looking great, Doug. Just out of interest, what did that racking unit cost you? (...I'm sure wizer is already thinking the same question!! )

 

[Doug B]

Before the progress report, apologies Olly only just saw your post, The racking cost £40 off a farmer.
I thought that was a bargain, until he showed me where it was & the fields i had to traverse to fetch it :shock: . Needless to say the van needed washing


I`ve managed to get the roof & one side on.

That`s Lurker`s Sycamore awaiting collection, the first inhabitant of hopefully a much used drying store

Whilst putting the roof on, a design fault became apparent, the brackets which form the feet of the racking to which i fixed the casters, can move inwards. Not something you want to find out whilst on top of it fixing roof felt 8-[ #-o definite brown trouser moment.
The solution was a couple of pieces of angle iron, hammerited & fixed between apposing brackets.

Finally i fitted some guttering, i don`t want my precious timber getting wet from run off, not after all this trouble.

Hopefully in the next week or two i will finish the other end, then some sort of removable doors for the front. Not yet sure about the design, as i want to allow maximum ventilation.

 

[matt]

Hmmm... looking a little beyond (i.e. next door) I see another wood storage opportunity... Quick, shuffle your fence over while they're not looking.

 

[wizer]

Scaffolding would probably be an ideal solution to timber racking actually. I'm not sure how pricey it is tho...

Very jealous of that space Doug. I do have about the same amount of storage, it's just spread out over drive, garage 2 shed and the garden. I have a very understanding Wife