I made a convenient, but at the same time simple carrying for firewood without much expense in just 10 minutes.
Moreover, you have to constantly go after them from time to time.
Let's look at what came out of this below.
For making a carrying case
I took
two pieces of clapboard that were lying idle.
And I made markings in the center of each board.
using a pencil,
as shown in the photo below.
Then, according to the applied markings, I loosened the boards with a jigsaw.
To make a firewood carrier,
also took an unnecessary strap from an old bag and an ordinary sugar bag.
After which I proceeded directly to assembling the carrier.
I took two clapboard boards and placed them on both sides on the edge of the bag.
The strap was folded around the lining, as shown in the photo above.
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Firewood rack
As you put the pieces together, you will notice that the holes are not as smooth as before because you removed material.
Make them round. Then sand the surface. If you want the bolts to be recessed, use a thick drill bit to drill 3mm deep holes in the sides. To make carvings in the wood, use a screw head drill bit (M5) in the holes you made in the sides. The holes were drilled smaller (Ø 4.5 mm) to allow the threads inside the hole to be cut. Photo source www.instructables.com/id/Flatpacked-firewood-rack/
How to make a firewood stand from water pipes
¾" water pipes :
Photo source theownerbuildernetwork.co/easy-diy-projects/build-a-fire-wood-holder-from-plumbing-pipes/
Pipe firewood stand
Step 1: Cut out the wood pieces
Cut seven pieces 36 cm long, two pieces 51 cm long and one piece 44 cm long.
Step 2: Sand the surfaces of all parts
Step 3: Dry fit all the pieces together, trim as needed to ensure a tight fit. Here's how you should position the pieces together:
Step 5: Drill the holes
Step 6: Finish with wood oil or varnish, whichever you prefer.
Step 7: Screw on the wheels. This is not necessary unless you plan to move the firewood stand, just for convenience. The wheels are attached to the bottom of the stand; to do this, turn the stand over and mark the holes for the screws with a pencil. Make sure the wheels are far enough away from the sides so they can turn freely. Drill holes and fasten the wheels with screws.
Step 8: Prepare the pipes. Water or gas pipes are usually coated with grease, so wear disposable gloves. Remove the plastic caps and any stickers from the pipes. Use a damp cloth and Barkeeper Friend to clean the pipes. Wipe cleaned pipes with a fresh damp cloth
. Step 9: Assemble the pipes. Simply connect all the pipe parts to the turn signals and T-fittings, as well as the flanges separately from the wood base. The diagram is in the photo on the right.
By Kirsten Dunn
Photo source diy.dunnlumber.com/projects/diy-gas-pipe-firewood-holder
Firewood basket as an accessory
The firewood basket standing by the false fireplace is a purely decorative product that does not require any fire protection treatment. This accessory can be used to decorate a room along with candles, a mirror finish on the inside of the hearth and an original screen.
If a wicker firewood basket with a lid in tandem with electric coal lighting or a bluish gas flame does not inspire you to design feats, use more spectacular accessories. The walls on both sides of the hearth can be decorated with fashionable decor from log cuts , processed and fixed in a special way. Artistic stickers, wall painting, or wallpaper with a corresponding design will help you imitate a woodpile. Choose the option you like, and for new ideas, you are welcome to WESTWING!
Firewood cart
Step 2: Welding and Grinding
Weld four 10 cm nails in the corners of the arch that will hold the wooden handles, as well as two nails in the rectangle near the wheels.
Step 3: Attach the Wheels
Weld two nuts on each side. Before welding, tighten the bolt so that the holes line up.
Step 4: Make Wooden Handles
Make several identical square handles. Their total length should match the width of the main rectangle (25 cm). Sand and varnish.
The order of assembly is very important:
Photo source www.instructables.com/id/Firewood-Dolly/
What are they built from?
Before choosing the material from which you will make the firewood box, decide on the purpose and location. Stationary and portable outdoor firewood burners are made of brick, wood, metal, and stone. Indoors, they can be stationary or portable, used for their intended purpose or be part of the decor of the room.
The raw materials from which it will be made depend on this. For decorative firewood holders, dense fabrics, cord, jute, and glass are used. They are combined and decorated with various elements. Forged firewood racks near the fireplace look gorgeous.
Metal firewood rack for a summer residence
A metal firewood holder is the most durable and reliable. It is made from a lightweight aluminum profile, but for a small number of logs. It is possible to make a portable version.
A stationary woodshed made from a steel round or profile pipe or channel will be more reliable. The frame is covered with welded steel mesh. We cover the metal with primer-enamel or a protective layer of varnish. The fireplace may have a decorative stand for logs made of forged elements.
Wooden firewood for a summer residence
Wooden firewood is the most popular. It is easy to construct from scrap materials.
Any wooden blanks (boards, pallets, timber) are suitable for its construction. Making a beautiful woodshed is not an easy task. You need to show imagination and creativity, make the walls carved with beautiful patterns.
They must be ventilated to ventilate and dry the logs.
Option #4 – tire device
Old tires today have received a second life - there are many things they are used for: sculptures are carved, but tires can also be used to create carrying items. For this purpose, we cut the tire, turn it inside out, you can put plywood or a board on the bottom, and we also cut out the handles from the tire. They can be glued or secured with rivets.
Carrying firewood from a tire is the simplest and most budget option. Yes, and you can do it quickly and effortlessly. It is quite suitable for carrying a small amount of firewood.
As you can see, there are many devices for carrying firewood - fabric and leather bags, wicker baskets and carts, old tires, metal firewood boxes that can be used as portable or stationary. Among such a wide range, it’s easy to choose exactly what you need – a light bag for conveniently carrying firewood, a basket or something else.
A ready-made bag made of metal with leather straps is a convenient device for carrying and also looks very presentable. There are also ready-made leather bags. If you don’t want to bother yourself, you can choose this option
In any case, using this simple device, you will keep your clothes clean, and carrying firewood is much more comfortable this way than in your hands.
There are a lot of emotional emotions in adding wood to an evening forest fire or the firebox of a winter country house. But, besides romance, there is also an understanding that this firewood needs to be prepared and brought. It can take a lot of time to provide firewood for a barbecue, or to supply it for a home fire in the harsh winter.
A device for carrying firewood is what will help you save energy and time. Carrying firewood is very beneficial. We list their advantages compared to the manual method:
- At one time you will carry 4-5 times more firewood in a carrier than by hand.
- Your hands and clothes will remain clean.
Peculiarities
Decorative firewood - can be indoors or outdoors. Be an additional functional and decorative element in the interior or be an element of landscape design.
firewood holder - installed indoors or in open and closed gazebos with a fireplace. They are made portable or stationary, organically fitting into the overall interior. They are made from wood, metal, thick fabric and other materials.
Types of woodsheds
You cannot throw logs randomly into a woodpile. They should be folded correctly for better preservation.
Methods for stacking firewood:
Circular method
If you don’t have a stationary woodshed, then you can stack the logs in the form of a barrel tower. It is necessary to drive a stake. It will serve as the basis of the structure being built.
Tie a fishing line or rope and draw a circle of a given diameter, depending on the amount of raw material. To prevent them from becoming damp and rotting, place tree bark or thick plastic film on the ground as a base.
Place the firewood on it in a circle carefully and tightly so that the structure is stable and does not sag. By laying firewood about 0.5 m high, you can fill the middle by stacking them in any order, but quite tightly. Continue laying in this way until the barrel tower is about 1.5 m high.
"Stack"
Stacking of logs is often used. This type of installation requires support. The wall of a house, bathhouse or other building is suitable as a support; firewood grate for a summer residence. When laying, strictly control the slope towards the support. If you are laying two rows, then place thinner logs on the support and thicker ones on the outside. Due to the difference in size, there will be a slope towards the support.
If your structure stands separately from the wall, then use a wooden beam as a support. The height should be small, otherwise, under the pressure of the firewood, the support beams may break and the structure will fall apart.
With stakes
If it is not possible to lay it otherwise, you can use stakes as a support. The stakes must be those that will not bend from the logs. Drive them into the ground from several sides, forming a frame.
When stacking firewood, line each row with branches. They will play a reinforcing role. Place the logs in a checkerboard pattern. The top must be covered with any covering material that does not allow water to pass through.
Types of baskets
A large volume firewood basket is suitable for those who regularly use the fireplace and do not have the opportunity to organize storage of logs in the house, next to the firebox. Small portable firewood burners are useful if the house is heated by another method, and a live fire is lit only on holidays.
In the first case, it would be wise to choose a structure equipped with wheels so that you can easily transport a large bundle of firewood into the house. Modest sized baskets should have handles for easy carrying.
and preferably a solid bottom and sides so that pieces of bark do not spill out of them along the way.
The shape and material of firewood can be absolutely any. All of them are determined by considerations of practicality, which does not exclude their aesthetic appeal as interior accessories. On sale you can find chic forged products with openwork metal work, equipped with legs, shelves and beautiful handles. They are often sold complete with other fireplace accessories: a scoop, a poker, a broom and a forged stand. Baskets and stands made of metal are practical, beautiful and heat-resistant , but they have one single drawback - they are difficult to carry in your hands.
Wooden products are less common, although some craftsmen have adapted to using ordinary wooden vegetable boxes for carrying and storing firewood, having previously sanded, painted and treated them with fire-resistant impregnations.
Wicker baskets have won universal love
, similar to those used for flowers and floral arrangements or for going for mushrooms and berries. Such products are woven in the form of baskets and buckets, large boxes and stands with handles, from vines and jute, orotang clotheslines, including artificial ones, as well as from metal wire and willow.
to decorate an electric, gas or false fireplace ; live fire is not to be trifled with, so first of all you should be guided by safety considerations.
How to make a firewood shed at your dacha with your own hands
To build a woodshed for a summer residence, you do not need to have any special education. It is worth analyzing its purpose, collecting the necessary materials, making a drawing and getting to work.
What we take into account when building a firewood shed for a summer house:
-it should aesthetically fit into the landscape, in harmony with all buildings.
- logs must be protected from all atmospheric phenomena (rain, snow, sun rays).
- it must be installed in a shaded, well-ventilated area so that the logs are dry.
- place firewood on a permanent or temporary flooring (wooden or concrete base, plastic film), on top there must be a roof or temporary protection made of any waterproof material (slate, metal profile sheet, dense polyethylene film)
- the firewood must be carefully folded so that it does not fall over, so that it is convenient to take and not get injured.
Building a woodpile from various materials with your own hands is not a tricky thing. The easiest way to do this is from wood.
What do you need for this?
1 Wooden beams and boards;
2 Screws, wood screws or nails
3 For nails, a hammer, for screws and self-tapping screws, a screwdriver and a bit with a corresponding slot or a screwdriver;
4 hacksaw or jigsaw with wood file;
6 boards 250mm wide, at least 25mm thick, 3m long - 4 pcs., 2m long - 1 pc.
Construction stages
1 You have a question: “How to build a woodshed from wood at the dacha with your own hands?” We need to know the amount of firewood that we will place in it. If you only need firewood to barbecue or light a fireplace in cool weather for the season, then you will need a small firewood shed of 1.5-2m3.
This can be a free-standing structure or randomly folded blocks. If they are needed for a bathhouse, for frying barbecue, and for heating the house, then it is worth building a woodpile with your own hands, taking into account the consumption of firewood for 2-2 years. It takes from 2.5 to 6 cubic meters of firewood per year to heat a house. Only after a year does the firewood dry out well enough and produce good heat when burning.
Wet firewood (recently prepared) burns poorly, produces a lot of smoke and produces almost no heat.
2 Choosing a place on the site for firewood
Take seriously the issue of choosing a place for a woodshed. Consider whether you are ready to build it stationary or a portable option will do.
If you plan to heat a house or bathhouse, then it would be reasonable to locate it near them or make an adjacent canopy. The approach to the woodpile should be convenient; it is advisable to lay paths to it. The place itself should be dry and shaded. It is better to pave the base of the woodpile, pour a concrete blind area, or, alternatively, use wooden pallets so that the firewood does not have contact with the ground.
3 Let’s start building a wood firewood shed with our own hands
The simplest option:
1 Take two three-meter boards 250mm wide for the base
2 Cut a two-meter board into 25 cm pieces, take 4 pieces for the base
3 For vertical racks, cut 4 boards of 1.5 m each
4 We twist the boards for vertical posts and short boards together, then screw three-meter boards to them
5 We fix the remaining 25 cm of boards in vertical boards in the middle and on top.
6 It is advisable to treat the structure with an antiseptic or paint it so that it does not deteriorate under the influence of precipitation.
If you have a free-standing woodpile and it is not possible to make a stationary canopy, use any covering material (roofing felt, polycarbonate, slate sheet, etc.)
For a woodshed built with your own hands, you can make a pitched roof.
The main function of a canopy is protection. It protects against natural phenomena and also provides ventilation for wooden chocks. It is necessary so that the logs dry out and are not exposed to putrefactive fungi.
Cover the canopy with sheets of metal profiles, colored or galvanized, slate, polycarbonate, brick, etc.
Outdoor firewood rack for a summer residence
If the size of the shed allows, wooden blocks are placed inside. The advantages of such placement are as follows:
firewood is not exposed to atmospheric conditions;
aesthetic, they are not scattered on the site;
there is no need to build additional outbuildings;
firewood can be stored for a long time without changing its characteristics;
they are hidden from prying eyes and unscrupulous neighbors.
DIY firewood shed
If the size of the shed does not allow you to place wooden blocks inside, build an extension to the shed from the outside.
-saving space and materials;
-convenience, all buildings are nearby, no need to go far;
- additional thermal insulation of the adjacent room.
1 Install the extension on a flat surface. It’s good if the blind area is already made of concrete, brick, tiles or asphalt.
2 Make a base from bricks, concrete blocks or wooden pallets. The base is necessary for ventilating the firewood.
3 The frame can be made of metal pipes or wooden blocks. Metal pipes can be used round, profile or channel. If you plan to use the woodpile for a long time, assemble a solid structure by digging the woodpile posts into the ground to a depth of 0.5 m
4 If you use metal pipes as racks, then make the walls of the woodpile from welded mesh by screwing or welding it.
5 If you use wooden beams as racks, then the walls can be covered on one, two or three sides, depending on the design of the building. Suitable materials include slats, boards and other materials.
The main thing to remember is that the structure must be ventilated.
There is one drawback. Insects and wood pests come with the delivered firewood. Therefore, it is worth protecting the wall of the shed adjacent to the woodpile. It can be treated with special protective agents or a sheet of metal nailed to the wall.
DIY woodshed
As mentioned above, the woodpile can be stationary or portable.
They can be both inside the house and outside.
Stationary outdoor firewood sheds are often built separately. They can be in the form of a closed firewood shed or in the form of a very simple canopy. Such a woodshed can be placed far from the house and other outbuildings for fire safety purposes.
When building it, you need to fill the foundation in compliance with all the rules. Dig a ditch around the perimeter of the woodshed under construction to a depth of soil freezing of up to 1 m. We fill in layers of sand and crushed stone and compact each layer thoroughly. We pour the concrete foundation.
You don't have to fill the foundation. To do this, remove the top layer of soil, cover it with sand and compact it well. Place a base of stone tiles on the sand, on which wooden beams should be laid.
Next we install the frame. We sew up the walls. Walls can be made of logs, boards, wooden planks, metal pickets, polycarbonate. The main condition is that the firewood shed must be well ventilated.
We cover the roof with any available building material.
Drawing of a woodcutter with dimensions
Option #3 – metal carrier
A do-it-yourself firewood carrier can be made not only from fabric. Convenient, easy carrying can be done using sheet metal and metal rods. The sheet, depending on the thickness, can be bent or bent only its edges, leaving the middle straightened, and one or better two or more metal rods can be welded to it on the sides, which will act as handles. If you also weld the legs at the bottom, the firewood box will be stable; this can be used both at home by the fireplace and in the sauna.
Various options for metal carriers for firewood - forged and welded from sheet metal and iron rods. Such a device with legs will be much more convenient
Firewood box made of a solid sheet of metal with slots for hands. A practical device for carrying a small amount of firewood, perfect for use in the countryside
You can use an old mesh hammock or a long-sleeved flannel shirt as a carrier if you haven't already made a more practical bag.
Firewood holders for fireplaces and stoves
If you have a stove or fireplace in your house or enclosed gazebo, then you need another firewood rack. It can be stationary or portable.
A stationary firewood rack is made in the form of special niches or shelves next to the stove or fireplace, which fit harmoniously into the overall interior.
If during the renovation you did not think about or plan for such a niche, then a portable stand for firewood will be the way out of this situation. It can also be used in small enclosed gazebos.
Forged firewood stands are very original and beautifully made, which can be used not only for storing firewood, but also as a chair-bench.
Baskets woven from wicker are also used as firewood. But they are not durable, so they have not gained much popularity.
Housewives handicrafts sew decorative covers for woodpiles from burlap and weave from thick rope. They look very modern and original.
Using imagination and creativity, craftswomen decorate homemade woodpiles with appliques and embroidery. And you can knit or sew an original design piece.
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Carrying firewood - ideas to make country life easier
Today I would like to offer you this idea of a bag for carrying firewood at your summer cottage or country house. This type of transfer is very easy to carry out. It is enough to find a piece of thick fabric and make handles as in the photo.
An old piece of tarpaulin, a lot of which is thrown into trash cans, can be used as a fabric, and simply peeled sticks of a convenient diameter for clasping with your hands can be used as handles.
And you will have an amazingly functional firewood carrier. Such a “wood bag” will hold better and more comfortably in your hands than iron cages, and sharp wooden branches will not scratch your legs.
Pattern diagram of a similar carrying bag for firewood
The above pattern of a firewood carrying bag features real handles, and the bag itself is made with a reinforced bottom. It is best to make such a carrier not from old fabric, but from new one, so that it serves you for more than one or two seasons.
Carrying firewood made of metal rods
Another fairly simple idea for carrying firewood is made from thick metal wire. This design can also be woven from aluminum, only in this case you will need to take a braid from several wires, preferably from an electrical wire.
Metal version with wheels and handle
A more efficient option for firewood carts
Quickly - carrying firewood from a canister
If you have very little time, and you come to the dacha only on weekends in order to relax and warm up by the fireplace or stove, then you can bring firewood into the house using a cut plastic canister. Fast, convenient, maybe a little careless, but you can cut it more carefully if you wish.
Wood basket made of wicker
But this carrying firewood rack is already a real work of art. It is, of course, not easy to weave something like this, but there are probably craftsmen in your region who can order something similar. Or maybe even buy it at the market, from those who weave baskets and sell them.
General information
In all cases, the design principle of the carry is to cover the firewood and have a comfortable handle. The material for creativity is varied - it includes fabric, rods, metal, and plastic.
For example, our grandfather in the village used to use metal carriers, rectangular in shape, with a handle on top. All my childhood I carried firewood into the house like this. I loaded half of them, since they were quite voluminous. It was possible to bring in a whole furnace at a time.
The design of our carrier was simple - imagine a matchbox placed on the short side. All the edges are made of a metal rod, and on top there is another thicker rod as a handle. Convenient and practical.
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