Thread: Oops

Originally Posted by No.3

With the IBC's I cut the lid off the top of the plastic bladder tank and when the wood is stored inside it stops the dust and bark crud going everywhere. The 'lid' or top of the bladder (I cut them off at the height of the second horizontal bar down) makes a handy rain cover outside or a planting pot/garden for veges etc.

Other than that I'm of the opinion that one cannot have enough firewood at all. Although I do run out of inside storage... In the current setup, firewood means if the power goes out I have hot home heating still going, hot water heating still going, and with a small generator I can still power the household water pump. Much better than relying solely on electricery - which when the magic stops leaves you completely buggered.

When power was out for a week during Gabrielle firewood and the wet back kept the showers warm and the gas hobb kept the meals hot. We have a header tank filled from a well with a pump which was out but the tank will last three weeks or so so we had water, We do have a house pump but can do without it as one of the showers is set up for low pressure. We were very lucky.
GPM.