Your daughter is precious. So helpful. Love to see her working with Dad. Great memories being made. I did with my Dad and loved helping and doing things with him up till he passed away 2 years ago. I miss that special time with Dad.

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

That is so sweet! Thank you so much for sharing that! :)

@babion9479

5 ай бұрын

When she placed the piece of firewood sideways on the top, I expected you to distract her for a second "Hey look, a unicorn!"

My little girl just moved to Florida she was my helper time go's fast so you love that kid .

I am humbled at the simplicity of this. Glad I found this vid, it is just what I needed.

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad it was helpful! Thanks! 😆

The daughter Is why I stayed. Adorable with a lesson. Thank you for sharing!

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😄

Great job and have pretty much the same. As a 70 year old Grandpa I just about teared up to see your Daughter helping and Supervising the Build.

"This firewood rack looks like a fantastic solution for keeping firewood organized and easily accessible! I love how simple and straightforward the design is, making it perfect for DIY enthusiasts of all skill levels. Plus, the use of basic materials and minimal tools means it's budget-friendly and can be assembled in no time. This would be a great addition to any backyard or outdoor space, especially for those who enjoy cozying up by the fire during the colder months. Thanks for sharing this easy-to-follow tutorial!"

@SimonSaysDIY

24 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! I’m glad to hear it.

Works great if your fire wood is all the same size! Great idea!

Your ingenuity is only surpassed by your parenting skills. Your idea and the suggestions be others make a lot of sense. I can attest to the importance of empowering your daughter and giving her great positive feedback. My father-in-law did the same. He also told her she could do anything she wanted. She took him to heart. She's a nurse practitioner and a nurse midwife. She ended up going back to school to get her PhD and is now a tenured professor and director of a nursing school. I'm forever indebted to my father-in-law for his love and encouragement of his daughter.

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😁 That’s amazing! Thanks so much for the encouragement!

My husband and I needed a solution for firewood storage and we found several options but yours seemed easy enough for even us two old people to make and way less expensive. We have a lot of wood to buck up so we built two just like you've shown here and they're working out great! 👍😁❣️

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

So happy to hear that! Thanks for letting me know. I’m happy my video could help! :)

I love it! It was easy and simple yet elegant. Your video length was perfect and your helper precious. Great example dad!

@bultacowally

Жыл бұрын

who the hell cares about elegant when it comes to stacking firewood??? You must be rich city folk....

@ahorseman4ever1

Жыл бұрын

@@bultacowally no I'm a rancher who lived in a wall tent for 3 years while I built my own cabin. Simplicity and efficiency are things of beauty to me. You don't have to be rich or city folk to enjoy the finer things in life.

You are a good father letting your daughter learn while helping 😊.

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

You are so kind, Thank you! She really loves working with me on projects so I try to soak that up for as long as it lasts :)

So glad you took the time to demonstrate this, was at a loss as to how to store in our small yard. Love this!!

We're old! We had wood delivered recently and the man stacked it so terribly, it fell the next, and we had a MESS to pick :(. Your plan is ideal for us! And, it's easy peasy for two old people to build and enjoy! Thank you for taking the time to film and explain clearly. :) ♥♥♥

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad the video was helpful! My father in law also built one of these after he saw mine and he really likes it so far. :)

Kudos for the help.Never stop a little one from helping.You are making lifelong memories

LOVE the little helper and her wheel barrow... such a cutie!

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😁

Your little helper (daughter?) is adorable. Nice to see her learning and being active. Stay safe.

What is nice about this design is that it is easy to alter if you use more wood or stack higher or have longer pieces...all you have to do is alter the lengths of the wood and add a few more cinder blocks - very practical and simple!

Just made this today after doing lots of research on different diy ideas. Absolutely love it. Thank you!!

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!! 😀 Glad to hear it!

Your lil helper did a great job!

Glad this showed up on my feed this morning. We have been using the old kennel area where the previous owners kept their dog (mine was a large couch potato, not outdoorsy unless i was out there with him 😂) so we left up 2 sides of the kennel fencing, put in plastic slats on them (for the neighbors sake), repurposed a bunch of HD beams and laid them on top of the paver made floor and stacked 1/2 a maple tree and covered the top with a tarp. Not as nice looking but its doing its job. When we use it up for the winter we may tweak the system. I like the visual appeal of your setup much better but we have to work with what we have to be functional first. Definitely keeping this design in mind if we change anything up.

Great video. Love how your daughter is helping. She is adorable.

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! it's so fun working with her :)

Best wood rack I have ever used. Was planning on building something more permanent but these racks are so flexible, I no longer see the point.

@SimonSaysDIY

7 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! Thanks! 😁

So simple! I have been wondering about what solution im going to have to stackup my wood for several weeks now till the next year. Finally seems like have found a solution! Simple, easy and cheap.

Your a great Dad!! The most important job you have!!

Well done. Clever thought. And so cheap. This is very sufficient. And when the kids are helping, It halves the needed time. Thanks for the upload. Greetings Dirk Belgium.

The cutest video, your little helper stole the show.😊

@SimonSaysDIY

7 ай бұрын

😊 thank you

That is a very good idea. Thanks for the video. That is an awesome little helper you have there. Cute little kid. Reminds me of our granddaughter.

@SimonSaysDIY

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😄

love your little helper.You are truly blessed.

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😁

Really like the idea thanks for the video. Instead of stapling the tar paper on top, I saw another video where a guy would just put a couple pieces of split wood on top to hold his covering down.

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😃 that’s actually what I ended to doing through out the winter when I was slowly using the wood and covering it back up to keep dry.

Great idea! I lover your cute little helper. She's got a great work ethic!

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😄

Great and simple build , on the ends if you want you can fill the holes with fast set quikrete. Also a wonderful helper you have.

Made it with 12' 2X4s and it works and looks great. Wood is up off the ground..........Thank you for the idea.

@SimonSaysDIY

2 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! Nice work!!

Absolutely great video... I will be using this style next season!! Thanks for sharing...

I just bought materials and built this exact structure in one day. I wish I could show you guys! But now I need to be able to hold more wood! Thanks guy!

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😀 So happy to hear it!

100% the correct way.the air under the rack is the most important point.👍👍😄😄🇩🇪

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😁

Straight forward and to the point. Thanks!

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😁

Nice job and great little helper 😊 here in Finland we make long stacks too with no piles at the end. For start we stack every layer across so the stack stands itself and same thing to the other end. Now you can stack rest of the firewood in between 😊😊😊

Just built this. Super easy and works great. Thanks for the video 🍻

I am going to use this idea. Thank you!! I had an ash tree taken down because it was sick and dying. I need a quick and easy place to store firewood until we can use it in our new firepit. ❤ Thanks 😊

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad I could help!

Good job on the wood rack! It always helps to have a good apprentice!

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes it does :)

Excellent idea !

Excellent! Thanks for sharing. Your little girl is adorable!

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!! 😀

What a great helper she's doing all the work 👏

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, haha. Thanks! 😄

Good job, boy Your daughter is so helpful and nice 😊 Hello from France 🇫🇷

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Hello! And thanks! 😄

Your little cutie helping is something amazing 💖🧚

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😁

You have the best helper sir

84.00 and an hour and it was done. Thank You for Idea and the Video. I have a cord and a half on the exact rack you designed..

@SimonSaysDIY

7 ай бұрын

Excellent! Thanks ☺️

OMG!! I miss having a lil helper! So cute. Gonna build this later today

Seen a couple of these … gonna make one for myself…. Great helper too!!

@SimonSaysDIY

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Good luck with your build!

Awesome thank you

Awesome helper there

Great idea! It is very helpful to me. I use your idea for my firewood storage. Thanks!

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

So happy to hear it! Thanks so much! 😁

looks great and super easy construction! Ma have to use this!

@SimonSaysDIY

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😄

Omg this is genius 👏👏👏. Great helping hand you got too 🤗

Hi, its a great quick Idea. Thx.

Nice, thanks from France

Love this so much! Especially your helper!

@SimonSaysDIY

11 ай бұрын

So glad! Thank you! 😁

Thank you. Its great idea.

@SimonSaysDIY

Ай бұрын

You are most welcome!

Great video. Will use this as inspiration for my own project 😀 Thanks!

Best construction ever! Thank you!💯

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it! 😁

Good idea!

Great idea simple works

@SimonSaysDIY

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😄

Sometimes the simplest solution is the best; this looks like a great, simple idea. Esp. like the way the 2x4s sit in the concrete blocks at just the right to stay in place.

Cutting your rounds to the right length is key for this setup. Thanks!

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is. If it is too short it will fall through the bottom rack and if too long it will throw off the stack behind it. Thanks! :)

Awesome, I'm going to try this, thanks, much appreciated!

@SimonSaysDIY

7 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it! Good luck 😄

Great idea. I will try it.

Thanks for this tutorial! I just made this and it worked great and looks good at the back of our yard. Thumbs up!

@SimonSaysDIY

3 ай бұрын

So glad to hear it! Thanks 😄

I'm using very similar racks. Two seasons now with these racks in my covered wood shed on concrete slab floor. Very stable, conveniently modular, very happy. An issue I had this winter with my new additional racks outside for extra "back stock" wood laid in for a couple years out is tipping. One of the 5 racks even fell over. The issue turned out to be unrelated to the racks themselves. On some of the late winter warmer days, with above freezing temps and some sunshine, the side of the racks that got the most sun had thawing of the soil under the cement blocks. But the backside stayed shaded by the firewood, so the ground on that side stayed frozen. So the blocks sunk into the soil just a little bit on the warm side. That little bit magnified the lean as it went up the 4ft height, creating some sketchy leaning racks. My plan this spring is to knock the remaining racks down, re-level and really tamp the soil down hard. Then I''ll put down three 16" square cement pavers as broad foundations for the cinder blocks. I think the narrow edges of the blocks just didn't have enough surface area, and dug into that melting soil. Will take a year to see if my plan works. LOL

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips! 😁

Congrats on having a very mature intelligent helpful little trainee.

@JuniorFarquar

7 ай бұрын

Presumptuous, aren't we? Not enough evidence to come to that conclusion. Just messin' witcha...

A great little helper you have..!

@SimonSaysDIY

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!! 😊

Cool idea!! Thank you!

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😄

Worked great - just put it up. Thanks!

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Thanks so much! :)

Excellent. Thank you

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! :)

Just found this video. It’s the perfect solution for us. Thank you!

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it! Thanks! :)

@GGCGAGSG

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimonSaysDIY Built 4 of them and have them filled. Couldn’t be happier! Thanks again!

Great little helper ❤️

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😄

Daughter is wonderful, my son was my little helper.

@SimonSaysDIY

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! :)

looks great and will work

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!! 😁

Génial. Merci .

Loved to watch it. Reminded me when my kids were small and "helping" out when handling the fire wood. 😀. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪.

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😁 I appreciate it!

@DS-ll5fn

Жыл бұрын

@@SimonSaysDIY 👍😍

Easy, Fast, & Efficient...Nice.🙂

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

👏 thanks for sharing👍

@SimonSaysDIY

10 ай бұрын

No problem 👍 thanks!

Thank you

@SimonSaysDIY

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome! 👍🏻

I love it, great idea. Thanks for sharing

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Great job 👍🏻 👏 👍🏻 👏

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!! :)

I made an atv trailer that holds a pallet.. Added open sides to the pallet. Fill with wood in the forest, slide the full pallet off near the house. Only handle firewood once.

Excellent!

@SimonSaysDIY

7 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

this is great for a temp situation...which most of the time...thats what a wood rack is...temp until empty.

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Haha love this! “Temp until empty” Thanks! 😁

Thanks mate. Works for me in Australia.

@SimonSaysDIY

11 ай бұрын

Good to hear! Thanks! 😁

What a great helper………..👏

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Yeah she’s pretty great! Thanks! 😁

Nice job! i’ve been burning wood since 1990 the dryer the wood the better it burns keep it off the ground good job!

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😁

Nice job.

Really like this, much easier and cheaper than a full blown wood shed. There is another style very similar to this I had seen before and actually built 6 of at my last house, instead of a 2x4 base on top of the blocks it used 2 landscape timbers, I like the way you did it alot better cause the base is screwed together and is much less likely to move around as your getting the first 2 layers of wood on it unlike the landscape timbers.

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😁

Awesome idea!!

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😄

Pretty good idea.

@SimonSaysDIY

7 ай бұрын

Glad you think so! 😁

As a housing inspector I wish everyone stacked their firewood this way

Great job

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it! :)

This is great!!!

@SimonSaysDIY

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!! 😁

Awesome 👍

I’ve seen similar designs to this like you mentioned, but I like the bracing you do at the bottom of yours. One things I’ve been wrestling with is, putting spacing between the racks. Last year, I just threw down pallets and stacked a couple rows across. But I feel like there wasn’t good enough light exposure or air movement to the inward facing parts of the rows. I like the compact look of two rows, but I want to make sure it’s dried out well before tossing in my burner.

@SimonSaysDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I did think about spreading them apart a bit to help with the drying but the ground I was building this on wasn't very stable and on a bit of a hill, so I was worried that they could tip over. Two rows together added more stability but less air flow. Thanks!

B.O.S.T.O to everyone listening and I need a log holder like yours 🕊🇬🇧

@SimonSaysDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😄