Wood Shed Build Thread

I posted a few pictures of my newly constructed wood shed on the "Show me yours" thread, I was going to post a few pictures of the build but I didn't want to take up a bunch of space. So here goes...

Footer dug and poured, posts in...



Roof framing...helper 1 on ladder. Its built on a serious slope, thus the two levels.


Roof up...



There are some mini collar ties not visible on the opposite side of those roof rafters.





Helper 2 checking out the work...



Gravel Floor in...



Time for wood...



Split...kind of...and into the trailer. I go this hardwood block real cheap, it doesn't always split easy and its anything but uniform. There will be no pretty stacks here. I guess if it burns thats all that matters, but there certainly is something to a nice stack of firewood. I do have some stack envy after seeing some of the stacks you guys have.



And the journey begins! My wife asked me while I was splitting wood yesterday "do you like this?" I said "yeah...don't you like being warm?"

That was my thinking...do it now, get it out of the way. I had to make it at least decent looking since its close to the house and visible from the back of the house. I floated the idea of a "wood trailer" that I would pull up from the back yard for the winter...wifey no likey so I went this route.

Auzzie Gumtree:

I am expecting, based on what folks around here say, 1.5-2 cords will be plenty for me for a season. My original plan was for each section to hold two cords, and if I got ahead with wood I would stack in the back yard somewhere and maybe even add on to the shed at some point.

The inside dimensions of each section ended up being around 6x7.5-ish. The 4x4 posts are inside of that space so you lose a little there. The height at the lowest point ( the rear ) is a little over 6'. Depending on how close to the front I stack it, I can get can get a full 256 cubic feet in each section. The way the one section is stacked now I am probably closer to 1.75 cords.

The wood is on gravel right now. I had consider pallets on top of the gravel but because they didn't fit neatly I just stacked on the gravel. 57 stone is used as a drainage layer around here so I figured that 2-3" of that will work for now. If it sinks into the hard compacted clay below, I can always get more next year and top it off.

The only regret as of today, is that I did not extend my beams supporting the roof further out to each side. I think a 1-1.5' overhang on the side would have looked nice and been more functional. Adding on to the shed directly would have been easier as well because I could have brought the next section roof under the existing as I am going downhill.

Where in oz are you located?

midwestcoast said:

Nice shed. That thing is not going Anywhere! Beefy framing .
I've been dreaming of a similar designed roof over a concrete patio & incorporating a woodshed in one portion of it.
Questions: how did you make the connections from the 4x4 roof braces to 4x4 posts? Mortise & tenon?
Are those deck boards used as the wall slats?
What gauge corrugated is that & is that the max it can span? Looks like 16"?

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No, no mortising happening here! The 45's are actually (2) 2x4's screwed together with two screws every 12" or so. They are secured to the 4x4's with first a screw to hold them in place and than I used 3/8" lags to tighten it down. Where they meet the header/beams I used screws and than a single carriage bolt.

The walls are 2x6, with a 2x4 on the interior running vertically every 24" or so. I had another plan for the walls, but I ended up using what I had after framing the roof. I had to buy more 2x6 but it saved me from returning anything.

I don't know the guage off hand of the roof, I want to say 29, its the cheap "utility" panels at the orange box store. I started with a nice brown metal roof on my cart, than I realized I would need to cut the panels length-wise and get trim for the sides so I just stuck with this stuff. The rafters aer 16" O.C., and the purlins are closer to 24" O.C. I could have went 16 but from what I read 24 should work, I guess we will see.

Its still a pretty stout little shed, my concern was that with the blocks I was splitting that they would not stack neatly and ultimately need the walls for support. I am hoping that its strong enough, I'd hate for it to start leaning.

Auzzie Gumtree said:

I live near Melbourne - but up in the Hills - they call it a mountain - but its a hill by your standards

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Are you in rainwater catchment land?

I ask because I have been doing some reading on rainwater harvesting and it seems a lot of the information comes from down under. That, and the permaculture folks all seem to come from there.

JohnKoP said:

Very nice ! You will enjoy having it for a long time.

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Thanks, I hope so!

bogydave said:

Nice shed & wood hauler
Good job !

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Thanks!

The trailer needs a coat of paint, even with throwing a tarp over it when rains coming that plywood wont last long!

Oregon aloha said:

Nice job. When I built mine, I used the slope as my roof pitch. The gravel floor works fine for me too as with the slope there is no problems with it draining. The floor is always dry.

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Good to know the gravel works, I was wondering how it was going to hold up.

By the math I should be able to get 4 cords in there. Right now I only have around 1.75 in the first section.

The pictures make the "land" look bigger. We only have 1.93 acres. I say only, but I moved from a rowhome, so its a nice upgrade for sure. I would have loved 5 or more acres, woods, etc...but thats some serious coin here in Maryland. We had to move out to the edge of the ex-uburbs to be able to afford this place. Its nice though, mature neighborhood, no HOA ( cant have that ), farms around us. I cant complain.