On May 22, 1:09*pm, The Daring Dufas
wrote:
On 5/22/2011 2:30 AM, harry wrote:





On May 21, 9:52 pm, *wrote:
In need of creating a roof of sorts for a firewood rack. *Trying to find
that happy median between durability and cost.

At the moment I'm leaning towards 3/4x4x8 BC pine plywood. *This will be
covered by green tarps of which I have many.

Is there a different type of plywood or panel I should consider instead?

Also curious about corrugated plastic roof panels. *Anyone use them for
similar projects?

The best thing I ever had for drying wood is a polytunnel. *Dunno what
you call them in America but there's pix here. *They are intended for
horticulture.

http://www.citadelpolytunnels.com/

There is a door in each end so ventilation can be controlled and it
gets very hot inside on sunny days and drys the wood out really fast.
Also because there's a door at each end, the wood can be used in
rotation.
The plastic sheet lasts around ten years and can be fixed with tape if
it gets ripped accidently.
Best located in the sun to speed drying.

We colonists call them greenhouses for some odd reason, even though the
darn things aren't green. Some may call them hothouses because of what
happens when the structures are sealed up when the Sun is shining. The
pseudointellectual crowd may call them conservatories to impress you. :-)

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We too call greenhouses greenhouses. But the plastic tunnels on metal
hoops we call polytunnels to make the distinction. They have some
advantages and some disadvantages.
The main advantage being they are less then half the price of a
conventional greenhouse. You can get huge ones, they are about one
tenth the price.