Building a Solar Wood Dehydrator

www.knightwithoutarmor.com - Last spring I built this solar wood dehydrator to house the wood for our wood stove. After the epic snows of last winter here in Maryland, I wanted a place to store a lot of wood safely without fear of it getting wet or covered in snow. I decided to create a shed not just to store the wood, but to dry it out as well. I faced the slant of the roof south and covered it with old greenhouse plastic. The front and back were left open all summer for ventilation and only closed this autumn. The shed has been a dream so far this winter and the wood burns exceptionally well.

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[sshorn1]

Do you have any plans or the sizes like front height back height and maybe a wood parts list that you used please let me know thanks Scott horn64@ptd.net

[aralby]

@sshorn1 Just posted some plans on my blog: knightwithoutarmor [dot] com/?p=1151

[aralby]

@davettalashley Thanks! I just finished wrapping it up for the winter, and was a bit tidier about it this year: cut a tarp to fit across the front and got a clear heavy-duty tarp for the roof. For some of the wood, the moisture meter doesn't even pick up a reading because it's under 5%. And after last winter, the wood had burned so cleanly our chimney didn't need to be cleaned.