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A firewood rack is an essential item in any house that has a functional, wood-fired fireplace. Although becoming a rarity owing to centralized heating, a fireplace still has pride of place in many houses and nothing can quiet replicate the comforting warmth of a fireplace with the sound of logs crackling in the fire. And a firewood rack is a necessary accessory. A firewood rack not only keeps your firewood dry, it also has several other benefits. You can now pile your firewood keep higher, thus packing more material into lesser space. Instead of a big pile of logs, you now have a tall compact stack of neatly arranged logs. This is especially beneficial if you live in a place where winters are long and harsh and a lot of firewood has to be stored indoors. Storing firewood outside may affect it in an adverse way, causing it to become damp and smoky. And firewood stored neatly in a rack is better than a loose pile of logs any day. These racks make your house look better and more organized.
A firewood rack also helps you keep the house cleaner. Loose splinters and bark can be swept away from under the firewood rack instead of accruing and spreading wooden dust all over the house like they do in a stacked pile of wood. Wooden dust can also be a fire hazard. Having a firewood rack stores your firewood logs spaced a bit wide apart, meaning lesser nooks and crannies for creepy-crawlies to hide in. Not just insects and lizards and rodents, but sometimes even snakes can hide in piles of wood. Having a firewood rack eliminates this problem. If you just place fumigant under the rack, the whole rack will be vermin-free. Firewood racks can be made of wood or metal. The wood ones are heavier and sturdier that the lighter more efficient metal ones. Metal racks are also cheaper that their wooden counterparts. Metal firewood racks need to have a coat of high-quality paint, otherwise loading and unloading all that wood can make the paint chip and make it look shabby. When storing firewood, make sure you store the heavier, sturdier logs in the lower levels and the lighter pieces in the upper levels. Having weight concentrated at the bottom makes structures more stable. Besides, if not storing firewood, then a firewood rack always comes in handy for storing other things.
