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Casper wrote:
I have two places I can store outside, one covered and blocked on one
side and the other uncovered but blocked on two sides. I had it stored
in another location but was forced to move it due to rules in my
living area. Next year I hope to expand my shed and include a better,
albiet limited, drying/storage spot. Until then it's stacked, spaced

Anything you can manage in the way of a top cover on the second pile
that's rigid will be a big help. Tarps and plastic appear to cause more
problems than they solve in the usual "draped over the pile"
arrangement, as they trap moisture as much or more than they keep it off.

The rotting, spalting and failing to dry are heavily impacted by not
keeping the wood out of the weather. I have nicely stacked piles of
"firewood" out in the weather which, due to not getting them under cover
and not getting them burned, have in 6 years turned into nicely stacked
piles of rotten wood - despite being cross stacked off the ground with
plenty of airflow. I wasn't intending for them to sit for 6 years when I
stacked them, of course. But wood stored out in the weather will rot,
unless the weather is a desert climate, perhaps. If you have wood you
consider valuable, you might want to consider renting some dry storage
space for it if your situation prevents making dry storage for it at
home. If it's not worth renting space for, it wasn't that valuable after
all...Depending exactly what constraints you are facing, sometimes an
enclosed trailer can get past annoying rules better than a shed can, and
buying one may prove cheaper than renting space in the long run.

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