Bo, I know it's a bit of a hijack, but - how much wood do you like having on hand going into the heating season? Face cords/full cords/cubic feet. I'd like to compare what it takes to heat your place and ours.
We use about 9 full cords to heat everything -- that's 27 face cords or 1152 cu. ft.
We're building an addition to the shed, which is now 12x16x8. The completed shed will be 22x16x8, of which about maybe 2,500 ft. cu. - 19 1/2 cu. ft. will be useable. Gotta leave room for access, you know. Our shed is covered and completely sided and has a 4' walk door.
Rick, the guy down the road that does our firewood work, says he likes to have his customers store at least two winters' worth of wood. Last year we had a very cold winter - to the point that most folks ran out of wood (or other heating fuel). We stayed toasty warm through the entire winter, and we've still got plenty of wood to get us at least to Thanksgiving - and that's before the addition. It costs less than $500/year all told to heat our house, garage, and hot tub. Do you buy your wood or make it from your own property?