What a Firewood Rack Cover Can Do For You

Having a fireplace is a tradition all over the northern hemisphere for hundreds, maybe even thousands of years, possibly dating back to the time humanity first discovered fire itself. Fire, after all, is such a blessing, especially during the cold winter months, when it seems that not even an electric blanket could warm you up. These days, however, it is not as simple as before to get a supply of fuel for the fire, so to speak: most people do not live out the fantasy of living in a log cabin with acres of wild forest as backyard, where they can freely cut down an old tree or two if and when they needed firewood. Thus, it is becoming more and more of a need for people to have a place where they can safely store their firewood; hence the firewood rack and the firewood rack cover of today.

Nowadays, it is important to be able to store firewood in a place that keeps it dry and ready for burning at any time. A firewood rack cover does this effectively. It usually comes in the form of a sheet of waterproof material such as plastic, which you drape over your firewood rack in order to keep your logs dry. In addition to keeping your logs dry and ready for burning at any time, keeping a cover over your logs also keeps any moisture in them from attracting wood-boring insects and the like from, well, boring through and ruining your fireplace fuel.

There are several considerations concerning a firewood rack cover, though, as you simply cannot put any plastic sheet you find on your rack and call it one. A firewood rack cover has to be measured to fit the rack it is meant for, in order to cover all the wood the rack holds. Also, contrary to popular belief, a rack cover is not meant to cover all of the wood, like the wrapping a Christmas present, because doing so traps any moisture that may get into the logs inside them. A good recommendation is to cover only the top and around a fourth to a half of the sides of the pile. This will do double duty of keeping out moisture and letting air circulate through the logs, carrying any moisture that may have gotten into them with it. And do not forget to weigh the sides of your rack cover down with small weights or similar objects: it is no less than frustrating to find out that the wood you worked so hard to obtain and cover simply gets ruined by a timely gust blowing your cover off and exposing your precious logs to moisture and to the elements.

These are the basic steps to keeping and using a firewood rack cover. Follow these, and you will be able to enjoy having good, dry firewood available practically any time you need it.