Firewood storage

The tarps over the firewood seemed like a good idea until massive rain, snow and wind of winter came. The water soaked through the tarps, the wind blew them off.

So today's project was firewood storage with a roof. Pretty much think of building a basic table just the top at and angle and then some thin plywood siding and a low shelf to keep the firewood raised off the dirt.

I like to use what I have and that was two 4x4 posts and then some 2x6s for the rest. Of course all you need is 2x4s. Then I had some OSB from my neighbor I used for the roof, some plywood veneer from another neighbor for the sides and back of it and then shingles left over from my house for the roof as well.

I measured my firewood and decided on a width of 28 inches and a length of my plywood which is 8 feet. So by laying my posts on the ground I found out the angle I needed to cut the tops at was 25 degrees. I attached these four legs to the bottom of my OSB plywood roof piece that I cut to the proper width with 2 1/2 inch screws. This was a little tricky because of the angle but with Rodger holding it and me screwing it worked out.

Now I attached the back and sides with just some finish nails. I left space for air which hopefully won't let too much rain in. Moved to its actual location I needed some blocks under it to make it level since everything is a slope in my yard. Once in place I realized I needed more support so I put 2x6s across the length on top to support the roof and then some scrap boards across the bottom of the sides.

I used the narrow length of OSB that I had cut off and used it as the shelf to keep the firewood off the ground. I shingled the roof and put walnut stain and water seal on the outside of it and it now looks pretty classy.