| If you frequently use your fireplace, you need log | | | | supplied with the log rack. |
| carriers and holders for your fireplace. If you do | | | | Once you have brought the bigger log rack in |
| not store your firewood securely and leave it on | | | | your house, you cannot bring it in your room. It is |
| the ground or uncovered, it may breed vermin | | | | generally too large to pass through your door. So |
| and insects and rot. It may also become a hiding | | | | either you carry the logs in your arms daily or |
| place for bugs and rodents besides looking as an | | | | buy another smaller rack to transport the daily |
| eye sore. | | | | feed to your fireplace. |
| If you place the wood on a log rack, it obviously | | | | If you search the internet, you can easily find a |
| remains above the ground allowing the air to | | | | handy and narrow log cart that lets you haul |
| circulate over and below it. It may dry up and | | | | sufficient wood without creating any mess on the |
| cure the wood leading to a clean and complete | | | | way. It can easily carry around 200 pounds of |
| burn. Properly cured-dried- wood burns more | | | | firewood without tipping and leaning. It holds the |
| efficiently and reduces the emissions of obnoxious | | | | fire wood securely and does not let it fall even if |
| creosote in the chimney. A hotter burn also | | | | it is wheeled on the rough ground. It can carry |
| provides greater warmth during those bitter | | | | trash cans, bundled newspapers or any other load. |
| winter months. | | | | It maintains its balance and is easy to handle even |
| Another thing to note about the firewood holder | | | | on stairs. It has semi-pneumatic wheels for soft |
| is their log holding capacity which is expressed by | | | | or rough ground. It can even move on sand. |
| using the term face cord. A face cord refers to | | | | Since most big log racks remain out in the open, |
| the first row of a full cord which is 8' wide x 4' | | | | the wood stored on them remains exposed to |
| high x 18" deep. The depth of a face cord | | | | rains and winds. You need firewood covers to |
| depends upon the person who cuts the wood | | | | protect the wood from getting wet. It must, |
| logs. Most cutters cut log pieces in the lengths of | | | | however, be noted that most firewood is like wet |
| 16" to 18". A log rack which is 36" wide x 14" | | | | laundry. If it is completely covered, it cannot cure |
| Deep x 48" tall can approximately hold 3/8 or | | | | (become dry) and tends to turn moldy. |
| .375 of a Face Cord of firewood, which is | | | | Therefore firewood covers have been specially |
| approximately 30% more than similar racks. The | | | | designed to protect the wood from becoming rot |
| bed of this log rack stands 4 ½ feet above | | | | and moldy. Special firewood covers keep the top |
| the ground. | | | | of the wood in the rack dry by allowing the cross |
| Firewood log racks are usually made of heavy | | | | ventilation of air across the stack of the wood. A |
| duty 2" x 1" rectangular steel and feature a | | | | good firewood cover promotes curing, reduces |
| powder-coat finish for rust resistance. All the | | | | the incidence of mold and mildew growth. If the |
| hardware is made up stainless steel. Some log | | | | wood is properly cured, it obviously burns easily, |
| racks come with optional brackets that can hold | | | | efficiently and cleanly. |
| fireplace tools. These tools can prove very useful | | | | Firewood cover should be made of sturdy, |
| for outdoor fire pits and wood furnaces. These | | | | weather resistant fabric. It should preferably be |
| racks can be easily dismantled and assembled by | | | | of black color as it absorbs heat and accelerates |
| one person with tools and wrenches that are | | | | drying. |