Woodpile - the main types of structures and DIY building tips (75 photos)

A beautiful summer cottage is not only well-groomed beds, paths, an arbor, but also a garden. How tall should the trees be? There are rules to be followed when planting them, caring for them. Each summer resident needs to know the provisions of SNiP 30-02-97 and agricultural technology.

Trees can be of any height you would like if planted at the right distance from neighbors, roads, electrical wires, a country house. They can have many branches.

Someone like bonsai, but someone loves the forest. Firewood cottagers can come in handy. A stove in a bathhouse, a bonfire in a fireplace or in a courtyard, in a barbecue can always be ignited. Trees are their source. Where to store firewood? Need a woodpile.

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Firewood

Do-it-yourself woodpile is a simple task. It is perhaps harder to learn how to chop and chop wood. It is only in fairy tales and epics that the matter is debated. It’s unusual for a modern person to work with a chainsaw and an ax. It takes time to develop a skill, the appearance of dexterity.

There is also enough brushwood in the country, but it burns out quickly, it must always be thrown up, otherwise the flame will blow out in the wind or it will go out by itself. Large branches, massive pieces of wood burn longer, the wind is not a hindrance. For this they are appreciated.

The log length usually does not exceed half a meter, often less. It is additionally split with an ax into four to eight parts, sometimes more. This is done in order to dry the tree.

Freshly cut wood does not light up, smokes, gives soot, does not burn completely. It will take much longer to dry the log than to dry wood - in the inner layer, in the core, the sap of the plant circulates most actively, but does not circulate in the bark at all.

The splits are divided into several parts; the process can be accelerated by providing air access to the wettest part.

It is also convenient to stack firewood thanks to the triangular shape, square. More wood is placed in the woodpile. Logs will fall, it will be difficult to lift, toss them. So it’s better to learn how to work with an ax or chainsaw. It is not necessary to use an ax - this is a tribute to tradition.

It is necessary to chop firewood taking into account the time it will take to dry them and taking into account the life cycle of the tree. If done in the spring, they will dry in 4 months, approximately. Cut off at the end of summer, they dry for almost a year - 300-310 days.

But if chopped in July, it will take two and a half months to dry - during this period the juice goes to young branches, fruits most actively, does not linger in the stiffened part of the trunk.

The fact that firewood is easy to stack, a fairly stable monolith is formed, both good and bad at the same time. Air access is limited. It is advisable, before deciding on a woodpile, dump them in bulk, leave for a couple of weeks in that part of the yard where there is a lot of sun.

Varieties of firewood

It will take very little time for independent production of woodpile. The design is elementary. Having looked at the photo of the woodpile for firewood, you can see this again.

Aesthetics should be given a lot of attention, otherwise an important component will be lost - a decorative function. You can rely on your strengths, imagination, available materials, start creating a drawing. And you can look at those options that you definitely can’t do on your own.

Metal woodpiles, for example, can be ordered from a blacksmith, painted or varnished. They can be complemented by forging. Metal flowers, foliage, an abstract combination of geometric shapes, lines will fulfill a decorative function.

The design will be lightweight. Even a large-sized woodpile made of metal in a summer cottage with a small area will look great.

Optimum dimensions

There are different woodpiles. You can, of course, choose the most beautiful option and not worry about anything else. But it is better to take into account other parameters - height, length, width. They are selected depending on how much firewood you need to have in stock.

Firewood for the garden should be practical. Bulkiness is excluded. It should be placed in a barn, for example. If you need a little firewood, it’s better to give the extra ones to your neighbor and sell them. Perhaps the time has come to get carried away by the carpentry, handicraft, this material, learn how to make wood crafts.

In order to protect firewood from dampness, moisture in the fall, winter, spring, as little protective materials as possible should go. Therefore, the structure is usually placed near the wall of the house, on a concrete foundation.

As a result, precipitation affects only one side of the monolith of stacked firewood. They do not get wet much and do not rot due to the fact that air access is limited.

Before concrete was invented, firewood was sometimes stored on land covered with a layer of bark. However, in those days they were spent faster, throwing them into the oven, heating their house, preparing food with their help.

If the place in the barn had not yet been vacated, you could chop them up and leave them like that in the yard. When it became spacious in the shed, the new ones moved to their rightful place, so as not to rot, to be warm.

Famous fun, beautiful woodpile

Round woodpile to this day can be folded on the bark. This spectacular sight is a tower of firewood. To create it, you only need to identify the place, drive a stake, tie a rope to it and draw a circle using small wooden logs, focusing on its length.

The soil should be covered with bark and begin to arrange firewood. They can lie for a long time if they try. Wind will not destroy this structure.

Folded logs of firewood in modern man, rational will cause amazement and admiration, of course. This is a wonderful yard design element. True, sometimes I don’t want to take a place where you can create a flower garden, plant something.

In this case, you can buy a metal round woodpile, with several sectors, put it directly on the porch, for example, so that in bad weather you do not go far for firewood.

How to stack a round woodpile from only firewood on the porch? No measuring devices can be dispensed with, or you need a good eye. You can try, take a chance. The result can exceed the wildest expectations. Not necessarily woodpile, made of firewood, should be round. She can be any one she wants.

The classic and easiest option

A square log of wood from knocked-together boards is a place for storing firewood, and an additional surface on which you can put a basket with fruit, a bottle of kvass, and garden tools. Such a woodpile for firewood with your own hands is done very quickly - you do not need special skills. You just need to put together a frame.

Knowing what its length, height, width should be, it is easy to draw a drawing or make a sketch, sketching in a notebook, notebook.This will help not to deviate from the goal, reduce the risk of errors, inaccuracies. It will be easier to compare the idea and the result.

A drovnitsa for a summer residence may consist of bought or personally cut boards. You will need nails and a hammer. Later it can be painted in an interesting color, draw an abstraction in different colors.

There will be no question how to make a woodpile with your own hands, if a greenhouse was built, and there were sheets of polycarbonate. This material can be purchased specifically to create a woodcutter, evaluate its beauty, reliability and practicality, and then erect a greenhouse, build a gazebo out of it.