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For smaller spaces, or households that don’t burn as much wood, a compact unit like the Easipet Wooden Log Store will keep logs dry without taking up too much space. Due to its inexpensive price tag, it’s also a great budget-friendly option.

Its 2 m³ capacity is the largest on this list, making it one of the best log stores for households that burn through a lot of wood. The last option is particularly interesting. Supermarkets don’t specialise in logs and briquettes, so their quality depends solely on their supply partners. Some of us have also had pleasant experiences with supermarket logs, and many others have had bad experiences. If you have an occasional fire during the evenings in winter, a small store will be sufficient. These normally have a capacity of less than 1 m³. You should aim to place your log store in a south-facing direction, out of prevailing wind, where there is still a draft. You’ll want to base the size of your log store on how many logs you have. For up to 300 logs, a small store measuring around 150 x 150 cm will be sufficient . These stores will have an internal capacity of approximately 1 m³ and are ideal for a small garden. A larger log store, with a capacity of 1.5 m³ or more, will be better suited to a large garden and will hold at least 450 logs.Although it isn't a traditional axe, this wood splitter does the job just as well, and once we'd tried it we had to include it in our wood splitting axe review. Forged from a single piece of recycled cast iron, this well designed and simple tool has an upturned axe blade set within a safety ring. It’s super easy to use, anyone can have a go - you simply need the strength to lift a hammer, and there are no safety concerns or worries. For these reasons we awarded it a BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy for safety. A log store with a 1 m³ capacity can hold approximately 300 standard logs. Therefore, a store with 0.5 m³ of space will hold roughly 150 standard logs, and so on. This Normanton Hand Made Wooden Log Store fits around 450 standard logs, yet is still fairly compact and can be placed in easy-reach of the house.

Ideally you want to find the balance between the wood store being as open as possible, but protected from the elements! Pressure-treated wood is protected from rot as well as insects such as woodworm. In many cases, this wood has been seen to last for around 15+ years (of course, environmental factors also play a part in its life potential). As a result, it’s a great material for a log store.This way the logs will be dried by the warmth of the sun and ventilation from the draft, but they won’t have rain blown directly on them when the weather is bad. At Surefire Wood, we are one of the Largest Producers of Kindling in Europe. We have over 30 years’ experience built up as a family business supplying large supermarkets and shops throughout the UK and Ireland including Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Spar, Home Bargains, Homebase and Sainsbury’s to name but a few; as well as many Fuel and Coal Distributers throughout the UK and Ireland. The frame of the store should be constructed from sturdy posts, with the sides made from either slats or feather-edge panels. Keeping logs dry is no mean feat, especially in certain parts of the UK where the wind and rain can be somewhat relentless. Fortunately, this Large Log Store from The Garden Supplies Centre is a great medium-size log store that won’t let a squall or a flurry permeate its walls.

When it comes to protecting the logs inside, there is good ventilation provided by the raised, slatted base and gap out the top. The roof has a reasonable overhang on all sides to prevent rain from getting too near the logs as well. Winner of a BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Best Buy award for the best axe for all-round wood splitting, this is a premium, quality axe. Beautifully made and well-designed, it’s very comfortable to handle and use, with a perfectly balanced weight. This, coupled with a relatively light weight of 1.3kg and a mid-length shaft of 50cm, mean this axe is large enough to be used two-handed for splitting logs up to 20cm in diameter, while also being small and light enough for more accurate precision work like making kindling. So, the higher cost of this axe is balanced out by its versatility – there’s no need to have two separate axes for two different jobs.

For smaller spaces, it can help to look for a taller wood store that will keep a few more logs without expanding on the unit’s footprint. There’s nothing more comforting on a dark, chilly night than a warm, bright fire…and there’s nothing more frustrating on a dark, chilly night than trying and failing to light a fire. Brazier is a CPL product as is Homefire and I have read that it is the same as Excel but at the moment I am sitting outside and my neighbour is burning Excel and it stinks like burning plastic whereas the Brazier I am burning doesn't have the same reek to it. So I'm not convinced its the same. Brazier seems to have different sizes ovoids in the bag which looks a bit like a mix of phurnacite and taybrite to me. I'm no expert but its definitely not as good as Homefire in my stoves... If your logs are close to hand in a log store, you’ll find it easier to prepare your log-burning fire or stove and keep it burning. It can be very easy to just keep a small supply of wood by the fireplace, but once it’s been burnt you might be tempted to pop the heating on. A log store will allow you to store more firewood close to the house, so you won’t have to go far to get more in.

You might normally buy/cut wood and then just leave it out in the garden, elevated on pallets or simply resting on the floor. This can work ok for a bit, but if there’s any bad weather, or just general humidity (we do live in the UK after all!), these logs will get damp. Whilst it’s certainly not the smallest wood store featured here, it does strike a good balance between capacity and size, which might make it a good choice for households without much space who burn quite a lot of wood.This wood has an attractive silvery finish, and doesn’t discolour as much as pine wood. It’s also been pressure treated, so doesn’t need any further treatment against rot for the first few years. The dimensions are 150 x 127 cm and it will hold 0.9 m³, which is approximately 280 standard logs. If you’re burning a fire for a couple of evenings a week, this will likely be a good size.