Project book · an hour or two

Build a firewood rack

Keeps a stack of firewood off the ground and standing straight. Four 2×4s and a bracket kit.

This fits in a car

About 109 lb of materials. Comfortably inside what a car carries (200 lb), so any shopper can take it.

Before you start

Keep the rack at least 20 ft from the house — a woodpile draws termites and pests. Stack it tight and no higher than the uprights so it cannot topple on a child.

What to buy — untick anything you have

Hardware

Lumber

Stone

Supplies

Tools — already ticked off, since most people have them

Tools

It lands in the shopping form, where you can edit anything and say what you think each thing costs. Nothing is ordered until you send it.

How it goes · about an hour or two · beginner

  1. Pick a level spot away from the house with sun and a breeze — that is what dries firewood.
  2. Set the four patio blocks in two pairs and check them with the level.
  3. Cut two 2×4s in half for the uprights and screw everything into the brackets as the kit shows.
  4. Stand the rack on the blocks, stack the wood bark side up, and put the cover over the top only.

Something else

Build a raised garden bedMulch a flower bedPaint a roomPut up garage shelvingFix a patchy lawnBuild a fire pitMount a TV on the wallCookout for a crowd

Feeding people instead? The recipe book works the same way — pick a meal, say how many, every ingredient lands on the list.

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