Pallet Woodshed

You can build a firewood storage or drying woodshed from used wood pallets.

October/November 2009
By Mark Jacobson 
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Wood pallets can be used to construct a firewood drying and storage woodshed.
MARK JACOBSON
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I have built two firewood seasoning/storage woodsheds from used wood pallets and sheeting I found in free wood piles at a nearby industrial park. The used corrugated roofing is from a barn that was being dismantled and moved. I caulked the old nail holes to make the roofing waterproof.

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I positioned the woodsheds with their backsides facing the prevailing winds to keep the rain and snow from blowing in, while also providing maximum airflow to dry the wood.

Mark Jacobson
Spokane, Washington
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  • Brian Harris 11/18/2009 11:50:19 AM

    I found that if you use pilot holes, and screws , the building is olot easer than bending five pounds of nails.

  • Denise 11/11/2009 10:39:40 AM

    This pallet shed looks great & it would be great as a chicken coop too with a few additions. My double decker chicken coop was made from pallet crates; the top is all enclosed for the coop & the bottom is open to the air for all of the hanging food containers & the water dish with wings that hinge open for the day's rain cover & close at night to keep rodents out of the feed. I read yesterday that pallets were used as a quick fix for someone with flooding; pallets were thrown down in the yard to give their chickens something to walk in out of the temporary flooded area. Pallets are very useful for many things.

  • redflowerpot 10/28/2009 12:31:23 PM

    I am all for using waste wood as much as possible 35% of the waste in the land fill is wood that could be recycled. At myflowerbox we make over 80 different planters from waste wood, and have upcycled 100's of tons of wood in the last 15 years.

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