Stacking Wood in a Firewood Shed

Not all firewood is cut to consistent lengths. Firewood sheds cannot fit all firewood

lengths perfectly. The simple solution is as follows to get the highest capacity out of

your storage, and the most heat out of your wood:

Steps:

1 begin by stacking the back wall full to the top

(wood is flush with back edge of deck, or against back slats)

2 then a second row is stacked in front of that

(only if a third row can fully fit inside the shed area—otherwise use the two full-

stack method)

The process is generally the same for the two full-stack or three full-stack

method—wood is set in flush to both the front and back of a deck edge

3 the 3rd row of wood (or 2nd) can be stacked flush to the front of the shed floor (deck)

-right to the front edge of the shed (See photo)

4 then, if there is any space between the 3rd row and the 2nd row (or the 1st and 2nd

row), drop in pieces of firewood (laterally/sideways) to fill in any gaps

-this can be done as the front row piles up, filling in behind it

Stacking flush to the front of the shed gives a clean, finished look.

If you stack wood so that it hangs over the front edge, if will take on excess moisture.

It could be that you won’t have much space with the separated rows of firewood, but

every little bit counts

Fill the top as high as the structure will allow, right to the roof

(the number of rows of regularly-stacked firewood depends on the depth

of each shed and the consistency of the length of firewood)

Enjoy, G