48' Wood shed Mod

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bogydave

Minister of Fire
Dec 4, 2009
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So Cent ALASKA
Adding a 19" front eve to the wood shed (wood port)
Had 8" of front overhang now I'll have more. Maybe enough for another row of splits :)

Got all the ply wood on, last 2 were in the rain.
Got 2 rolls of roofing, 1/2 price at HD for 2 damaged rolls. I need just over 48'. One roll is 32'.
Hope my wife likes the color
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My house is only 48 ft long, really<> but I do have 90 ft of wood stacked in the field, not counting the barn:)
 
Once again, thanks for humbling the rest of us, Dave. Moose antlers really finish it off.
 
Wow!

I never realized just how big your wood crib was. The wide shot gives a better idea and the ladders really put some scale to it.
Hope my wife likes the color
I hear birch is the hot colour this year ;)
 
Looking really nice Dave! I am starting to work on the wife and soften her up a bit so I can put another shed sort of like yours......I already have my first one filled between wood and equipment and now I want the whole thing for equipment storage! :)
 
On outstanding shed gets even more outstanding. Nice job
 
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damn...

almost looks too nice to burn
 
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You don't have any problems with the wind lifting that building? We had a building similar to your wood crib at work for storage equipment/forklifts and the roof was ripped off when the wind got under it.

I don't know if maybe you don't get winds like I do? I have recorded 85mph gusts on my weather station.

I have all my wood stored along the back property line, 5 (I think) racks that hold about 4 cords each. I have room for roughly 5 years worth of wood.
 
Thanks all
1 reason I'm adding the eve to reduce the wind signature though it's held up with 90 mph winds we had in 10/11 winter
1 section is for winter use it gets emptied thru the winter,
2 sections are full all winter, being full helps reduce the winds effects.

Looking for a location/place/way to put the moose antlers back up, they may fit under the eve.

Roofing will have to wait, today it's not supposed to rain & we're
Off to the AK state fair :)
 
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Should swing by the house and say hi, I'm just across the road, out behind Web Bob's tire trailer

Thanks all
1 reason I'm adding the eve to reduce the wind signature though it's held up with 90 mph winds we had in 10/11 winter
1 section is for winter use it gets emptied thru the winter,
2 sections are full all winter, being full helps reduce the winds effects.

Looking for a location/place/way to put the moose antlers back up, they may fit under the eve.

Roofing will have to wait, today it's not supposed to rain & we're
Off to the AK state fair :)
 
Very nice woodshed...guess you would need a large one up there thou... I hope to visit Alaska sometime...never enough time to do it thou...:(
 
Actually not all that cold here, most winters we get down around -25* and that's it. I grew up in northern Maine and winters seemed to be colder there... and much more snow too.

I burn about 3.5 cords a winter and heat the house just with wood.

Did give some thought to take an ISO container, the 40ft ones, cutting out one side and making that into a wood shed. Would hold about 10 cords.
 
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Great shed! my buddy just moved up to Fairbanks, gotta get up there sometime.
 
dave, that's almost exactly what I was planning to do to mine. I think I'll take off the fascia first and sister some 2x into the existing though, then maybe a little bracing and put the fascia back up. I'll need a few 2x, some OSB, 15lb. tar paper, and some shingles.
Keep the pics coming. Always interested in how folks build their stuff.
 
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That looks great Dave.

Is that where you put the wood right after its been split or is that wood thats been stacked somewhere else for a year or two?
 
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Great shed! my buddy just moved up to Fairbanks, gotta get up there sometime.

I said the same thing , got here & never left over 30 years ago.
Fairbanks (though) is a whole different game in the winter. -30°f might be their high temp in January.
That looks great Dave.

Is that where you put the wood right after its been split or is that wood thats been stacked somewhere else for a year or two?

I have it out back in double rows in the open , seasoning. Will put it in the shed this fall (soon) for 2 years before burning it.
& then start cutting to get a new batch out back seasoning.
In Sept , the shed will have 12/13, 13/14, & 14/15 wood in it. Center section now, is this years wood, left side 13/14 & will fill the right section for 14/15 winter with the stuff out back.

you can see the wood shed in this pic, in the background just above the row on the right:
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How many cord in there?

When full now just over 15, with the new eve I can add another row (1 cord +) to each section. 18+ cords total.
17" splits, each section 16', 7-1/2' high average 4 rows now (to be 5) 3 sections
1.4 X 16 X 7.5 X 5 X 3 ÷ 128, (less some side overhang)



dave, that's almost exactly what I was planning to do to mine. I think I'll take off the fascia first and sister some 2x into the existing though, then maybe a little bracing and put the fascia back up. I'll need a few 2x, some OSB, 15lb. tar paper, and some shingles.
Keep the pics coming. Always interested in how folks build their stuff.

I toe nailed on some 15" 2X4s on the face every 24" , then 12' 2X4 end plate (4) then added some braces up from the header, every 6'.
Added 19" wide 1/2" cdx. Nail gun a great tool ;)
was strong enough to hold me so should handle the snow & wind load.

Wife says now that it's done, it needs painted. (have to put on the roofing yet)
Told her to go for it. Glad I got supper at the fair :eek:
 
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looks great Dave. Now, get them damm moose antlers back up. Even if you have to mount them on a post in the middle of the shed. It just ain't the same without 'em!
 
Wife says now that it's done, it needs painted. (have to put on the roofing yet)
Told her to go for it. Glad I got supper at the fair :eek:
Put a couch in it Dave, it will make a great doghouse too:p
 
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Rolled the roofing out, had just enough good stuff from the 2 rolls.
Headed out to nail it down, Got a short break in the rain.
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