How to Build a Custom Firewood Rack
Firewood racks provide an area to put big amounts of firewood in a backyard, basement, garage, or porch. The rack is easy to create and you use stock lumber to make it. This method is cheaper than buying a new rack. A firewood rack can be made smaller or bigger to fit in any space. It can even be made small enough to store some logs and can fit by a fireplace.
Things you will need to build a custom firewood rack:
- Two ¾-inch-thick 12-inch plywood board squares
- 3-inch wood screws
- Waterproof wood glue
- Table saw
- Four 8-foot 2x4s
- 42-inch 2x4
- Three 8-foot 2x2s
- Take two pieces of 2x4 lumber and cut it to 21 inches.
- Put two 8 foot 2x4s and stand them on the two inch side and parallel 21 inches away from each other. Line up the 21 inch pieces with the ends of the eight foot pieces to form a rectangle. The four inch side will be facing out. Use some wood glue and drill two three inch screws on all the corners.
- Take two 2x and six 2x2 pieces can cut them to 21 inches. Put the 2x6 pieces on top of the rectangle base with one 2x6 on each edge. Space the 21 inch pieces evenly on top of the rectangle base. These will form the crossbeams and bring strength to the rectangle to hold the firewood.
- Take the 2x2 pieces and secure them to the rectangle base using wood glue and a wood screw on each end. Join the 2x6 pieces by covering the mating areas on the wood with wood glue. You will need to put in a wood screw every two inches.
- Get four 2x4s and cut them to 48 inches. Take 8 2x2s and cut them to 21 inches. Join the four inch side of the 48 inch 2x4s in a vertical manner to the 21 inch ends that are on the rectangle base. Two should be on each side and one in each corner. Use wood glue and wood screws. Make sure the firewood racked is U-shaped.
- Join four evenly spaced 2x2s to the vertical sides the exact same way you joined the 2x2s to the rectangle base previously.
- Take some plywood board and cut two 12 inch squares. You will then have to cut them in half at the corners to create four 12 inch right angle triangles. Put wood glue on the four corners where the vertical 2x4s are on the rectangle base. Be sure to press the triangle up against the surface. Use wood screws to secure them every two inches.