| You either like open fires or you do not. Me, I am | | | | it would be the ideal solution for us. As there are |
| definitely a fan of a roaring fire on a cold day. | | | | a few of us in the locality where I live who have |
| Even more so when I am not in charge of laying | | | | wood fires, I was able to borrow a set of plans |
| the wood and trying to get the fire started. I like | | | | for firewood storage. I was really lucky there. |
| to pull up a chair close to a roaring wood fire, | | | | All I needed to do next was to price up the cost |
| especially on a bitter winters day. I can just sit | | | | of the lumber I would need. If you are like me, I |
| there with both my hands stretched out to feel | | | | try and get the best deal I can for most things I |
| the warmth of the fire on them. | | | | buy, so I shopped around to get the best price I |
| We have an open fire in our house, but we do | | | | could, and I saved myself ten percent by doing |
| not use it all the time, nor do we depend on | | | | this. It does take time doing this though, so you |
| burning firewood as our main source of heat. But | | | | need to be patient. |
| for supplemental heat, the open fire is ideal. | | | | My firewood storage shed had three walls and |
| Because we do not use the fire regularly, means | | | | one completely open side so I could easily get at |
| we need somewhere to store the firewood. | | | | the wood. The roof kept it dry, and so did the |
| Leaving it stacked up in the backyard with a loose | | | | drop down tarpaulin on the open side. |
| cover over it is not an ideal method of storage. | | | | I was glad I had the storage shed plans. As with |
| Wood tends to rot if it is allowed to stay wet for | | | | any woodworking project, an easy to understand |
| long periods of time. And, if it gets wet, you need | | | | set of plans makes all the difference in achieving |
| to try and dry it before you can burn it, so it | | | | your goal. Now that the firewood is all properly |
| makes sense to store the firewood in a dry | | | | stored, I no longer need to be concerned about it |
| location. | | | | getting wet, and the frustration it caused me in |
| I had a look round for some firewood storage | | | | having to dry it before I could use it, is now |
| shed plans, because I had seen photographs of | | | | history. |
| some in a brochure some time ago, and I thought | | | | |
