[beelzerob]

Through our auction addiction, we've acquired quite a bit of lumber. We put what we could under the outdoor shed and the rest is in our basement.

I need to arrange the wood in the shed because it's basically taking up all of the floor space. It's in 3 large piles now on top of pallets/beams.

For stacking the lumber, do I really need to worry about stickers? The vast majority of this wood is air-dried and was covered for years and years. Using stickers will cause it to take up more space and I don't know where I'd acquire that many stickers either.

If I build a shelf at about 4' high so it's not just one huge stack of wood, about how far apart should I put supports for the lumber...every 2', every 4'?

Ideally I'd like the wood to be nicely stacked, but still relatively accessible.

 

[beelzerob]

A good many of them are too long, but probably most would fit ok on their end. That's a good idea, breaking the storage area into standing and laying sections.

I take it that as long as it's standing mostly upright, then bending/warping shouldn't be a problem? And I guess as long as it stays dry?