Anybody else have an insect ecosystem in their sheds

No, but my garage looks like the barn in the movie Arachnophobia, but only smaller.

I don't have a shed, but I have an "under the porch". No ecosystem though.

Dave

Borax sprinkled around the shed keeps them out

If they are living in your shed then there is wet wood around

vinny11950 said:

i got earwigs, spiders, spider eggs, spider webs, crickets, beetles, and big ants.

the earwigs freak my out when i lift a bag of pellets only to find a colony scrambling away.

it made placing 20 bags in the shed a trying experience.

i don't want to kill any of them as long as they don't mess with the stash. i am hoping most will leave when winter comes.

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Is your shed insulated and air tight with 3 tons of crushed stone under it?

Funny, you carry pellets from your shed to your house?
I carry pellets from my house to burn in my shed! LOL

I use about a bag per week because I do not run it very late at night.

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Folks, here you discover that people on this site do strange things.

Usually it is the house that they try to keep warm not the shed but there is always at least one in every group who does it bass ackwards.

Don2222 said:

Is your shed insulated and air tight with 3 tons of crushed stone under it?

Funny, you carry pellets from your shed to your house?

vinny11950 said:

i got earwigs, spiders, spider eggs, spider webs, crickets, beetles, and big ants.

the earwigs freak my out when i lift a bag of pellets only to find a colony scrambling away.

it made placing 20 bags in the shed a trying experience.

i don't want to kill any of them as long as they don't mess with the stash. i am hoping most will leave when winter comes.

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I carry pellets from my house to burn in my shed! LOL

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I have snakes that keep warm under the tarp covering wood behind the shed, spiders, and some lovely white faced wasps that decided to take up residence in a nest under the shed eaves. The wasps and I Lived in harmony until 1 decided to sting the top of my head. He signed the nest death warrant.

I have an ecosystem of sorts in my teenage sons room......dishes go up, never come back for weeks....when they DO come back, they look like they came from an underground tomb or something....have to bleach them to get them clean.....

I've had powder post beetles in the wood I store in the garage over the summer. Moved the wood in there to make room elsewhere. This year I sprayed some ant stuff on the stack and, judging from the dead insect bodies on the floor and lack of activity, I think it did some good. I think I'll do that again if I store in there during the summer. I think I'll probably always store wood in there over the winter because it's just too darn convenient.

My wife's been 'bugging' me about doing something about the giant spiders around the place. I think most are wolf spiders, but she said there's one that's partly yellow and huge, but I haven't seen it yet. Gonna try the ant stuff on them too. Thing I don't like about those big spiders is they crap all over the siding and it's darn near impossible to remove.

But, pellets?

velvetfoot said:

Thing I don't like about those big spiders is they crap all over the siding and it's darn near impossible to remove.

But, pellets?

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Nope, I haven't seen one crap yet.

If they would crap pellets, now that would be a different story.

My shed ecosystem consists solely of orange wasps whose sting will bring instant tears to your eyes. I show no mercy to those buggers. They will attack you as soon as they see you. I believe they came here when the equipment was brought back from Iraq.

Spider repellent recipe.............

http://www.ehow.com/way_5410696_homemade-spider-repellent.html

Keep them away from this

vinny11950 said:

Don, i thought you lived in your shed. That place is better built than my house. Better structure. Better electric and insulation.

Alas, my shed is too close to the ground and i have to raise it a bit. Just another project to add to the list.

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How close is too close? My shed is on 4" tall (16"x8")solid cement blocks.
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...word=cement+blocks&storeId=10051#.UCw9dbJadmg

Defiant said:

Keep them away from this

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Joe you got spider problems too???

Defiant said:

Keep them away from this

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Oh that's just creepy!

vinny11950 said:

Yeah, Don, the guys who installed it used only 2 pavers at support locations. I wasn't there when they did it, but it is way too low. Plus, I cheaped out and did not get the treated pressure wood for the floor and floor studs. There might be some rotting and a termite fiesta going on under there.

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Oh, yes pressure treated down there is very important! I used pressure treated 2x8x10s for floor joists and 3/4" pressure treated plywood for the floor. Before putting the plywood down for the floor, we installed 2" foam board with foil on both sides for a little insulation. The foam board also blocks all the joints in the plywood floor so a little insect cannot crawl through it!

I put 1 paver in the middle of each side (total of 8), but Usually the pavers are installed in each corner, that would be 4 pavers?

Hello

Thanks for the compliment. I put a lot of thought into the design up front.

Here are some pics of the foam board. You may want to consider that to keep out the dampness and stop the rotting.