subject: Firewood Rack Keeps the Firewood Clean and Dry [print this page] Stacking firewood is the best way to prepare yourself and the whole family for the coming winter season. Stacking firewood ahead of time gives you dry and easy to lit woods to use. However, leaving the firewood stacked in the ground without cover gives you inconvenience of using it when you already need it. The moist ground and rain makes your firewood wet and takes time to lit. Another disadvantage of leaving your firewood uncovered is the chance that insects or even rats will make a house out of your woodpile. These factors affect to early rotting of the firewood.
So to value your effort of stacking the firewood, it is best if you have a firewood rack that will help you stack the woods in an organized manner keeping it clean and dry to use. Firewood racks help you organize the firewood properly giving you convenience every time you need to use them. Moreover, firewood rack holds the firewood keeping it in place and you can avoid clutter.
Whether you choose to make your own firewood rack or preferred to buy finished one, what matters most is the advantages it provide. There are options to choose when it comes to materials and size. There are firewood racks that are made of metal and there are also made of wood. For the size, there is the smaller one that you can use inside your house and there are the larger in size intended for stacking number of firewood outside.
One good thing about using firewood rack is that, it keeps the wood off the ground for about an inch or more. This way, the moist on the ground cannot penetrate on the woods. Another thing you should do is to cover the rack with woods inside it to totally secure the cleanliness and dryness of the woods in order to use them conveniently.
