If you own a wood burning stove, then now is the season where you’ll be starting to light it more, welcoming the warmth it fills your home with as the temperature becomes increasingly chillier. Of course, in order to fuel your log burning stove, you’ll need to keep a supply of timber kindling and fire logs.

A log store, then, is the perfect place to store this fuel. Read on below to see the top three reasons why you should invest in a timber log store for your kindling and fire wood.

1 | Save Space Inside the Home

It’s important that firewood stays dry in order to be effective when used to start and feed a fire. As such, like many, you may choose to keep your kindling indoors to ensure it stays dry with no chance of absorbing any moisture from the outside elements.

The downside of this is that keeping a pile of logs in your home can take up a large amount of space. This is especially a hindrance if the room you keep it in isn’t generous in size and could be better utilised for another purpose.

A log store, then, is a great way of keeping your firewood protected whilst allowing you to store them outside, thus freeing up the space inside your home to use for other means.

2 | Shelter Logs from the Elements

Log stores are made to store your logs outside yet still offer them protection from the outdoor elements – particularly rain and snow. They are often made using machine cladding and felt roofing, allowing them to withstand all weather conditions and offer the necessary protection.

A weatherproof cover or tarpaulin can be used to place over the log store during storms or periods of particularly wet weather, to further ensure that your logs stay dry.

3 | Encourage Airflow and Avoid Moisture

The way logs are stored in a log store, along with the fact that they’re located outside, helps to encourage airflow to circulate around them. Proper ventilation and airflow is important for helping the wood to dry out, allowing it to then be used to fuel a fire.

Logs stores also keep logs off the ground, which they can otherwise absorb moisture from. This is yet another way that they help to prevent logs from becoming too wet to be used for fires.

Household Kindling & Log Stores

If you’re yet to invest in a log store, then you can change that by purchasing one of the timber log stores we have available here at Hales Sawmills. We also offer a range of household fuel, kindling and fire logs to keep your supply of firewood high ready for the cold season ahead.

Browse our products today to see which are best for your needs.