Good morning folks,
Somewhat getting back into the game here after a few year hiatus. I just finished building a new home, and am setting up a new/ dedicated shop space in 1 bay of a 3-car garage. Given the frequency of my woodworking/ "free-time", I'm planning on leaving this arrangement for the foreseeable future, so I'm building things out accordingly, (i.e. laying out a master plan vs a high-speed/ low drag temp setup). All of that said, I've got some ideas for space management to avoid compromising on tooling, that I'll be putting into motion here shortly, but have a couple loose-ends - namely bulk lumber storage that I'd welcome some advise on.
To complete the backstory above, I also just built a 24x36 pole barn/ shelter (roof only) for my tractor/ implements/ trailer/ etc and have a good amount of rough lumber, (~300+ bf of cedar, and ~800+ bf of WO that I had milled from trees I dropped during construction). I plan to leave this lot stacked/ stickered to air-dry under the shelter. For our construction, I also bought a 20' connex, (spent a little more and got one w/ doors on BOTH ends - an AWESOME feature), for large-lockable storage, and found it so useful, I moved it along side the barn, to keep for an enclosed yard-tool/ etc "shop", to keep that stuff out of the garage.
The room in the connex, and the fact that I have doors on both ends, has me thinking of storing any additional bulk lumber out there - say in a dedicated ~2'x8' or so footprint along one wall. The ceilings are only ~7'-6" or so, so vert storage isn't ideal, (unless I cut everything to ~7' lengths), so thinking a rack w/ long storage up high, and room to store sheetgoods laid on it's side, (supported), below.
One immediate concern is potential condensation. The contained I bought is a "newer" style, w/ more vent holes along the top, (5 ea side vs. the typical 2), and I haven't really noticed much condensation to date - with the EXCEPTION of once when I forgot to close the doors overnight, where we got some wet weather, and ALOT of condensation accumulated on the ceiling. I do suppose I could insulate the ceiling easily enough w/ the bubble insulation they use for metal roofs on a barn.
That said, do any of you folks store lumber this way pros/ cons/ different approaches I should consider?
Thanks!
HMH
Somewhat getting back into the game here after a few year hiatus. I just finished building a new home, and am setting up a new/ dedicated shop space in 1 bay of a 3-car garage. Given the frequency of my woodworking/ "free-time", I'm planning on leaving this arrangement for the foreseeable future, so I'm building things out accordingly, (i.e. laying out a master plan vs a high-speed/ low drag temp setup). All of that said, I've got some ideas for space management to avoid compromising on tooling, that I'll be putting into motion here shortly, but have a couple loose-ends - namely bulk lumber storage that I'd welcome some advise on.
To complete the backstory above, I also just built a 24x36 pole barn/ shelter (roof only) for my tractor/ implements/ trailer/ etc and have a good amount of rough lumber, (~300+ bf of cedar, and ~800+ bf of WO that I had milled from trees I dropped during construction). I plan to leave this lot stacked/ stickered to air-dry under the shelter. For our construction, I also bought a 20' connex, (spent a little more and got one w/ doors on BOTH ends - an AWESOME feature), for large-lockable storage, and found it so useful, I moved it along side the barn, to keep for an enclosed yard-tool/ etc "shop", to keep that stuff out of the garage.
The room in the connex, and the fact that I have doors on both ends, has me thinking of storing any additional bulk lumber out there - say in a dedicated ~2'x8' or so footprint along one wall. The ceilings are only ~7'-6" or so, so vert storage isn't ideal, (unless I cut everything to ~7' lengths), so thinking a rack w/ long storage up high, and room to store sheetgoods laid on it's side, (supported), below.
One immediate concern is potential condensation. The contained I bought is a "newer" style, w/ more vent holes along the top, (5 ea side vs. the typical 2), and I haven't really noticed much condensation to date - with the EXCEPTION of once when I forgot to close the doors overnight, where we got some wet weather, and ALOT of condensation accumulated on the ceiling. I do suppose I could insulate the ceiling easily enough w/ the bubble insulation they use for metal roofs on a barn.
That said, do any of you folks store lumber this way pros/ cons/ different approaches I should consider?
Thanks!
HMH
