Converted wood shed progress

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JTRock

JTRock

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So yesterday I pulled the walls off this old shed out back. Changed out some of the rickety old frame work, Reinforced it.

Just have to re-roof

Not sure if I want to put slats all around or use lattice, any ideas?

Hope to hold at least 3 cord
 

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The lattice will only be for looks. If you opt for slats it will provide some rigidity and sure up the structure. Just leave some gaps between the and you will be fine. Did you peak under the floor to see how the joist are? There will be close to 6,000lbs in there.....now is the time to sure up the footing and make sure the base is in good shape. You can't fix it after it's full of wood. Looking good so far.
 
Yes I'm going to take a peek on Wednesday, for nothing other than something crawled under there and died lol! Smells bad
 
Great. What's the dimensions?
 
12 ft sides, 16 ft front and back and about 8 ft high
 
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You could hold twelve if you packed it floor to ceiling 12x16x8
 
Thanks for the dimensions.

CTFIRE said:
You could hold twelve if you packed it floor to ceiling 12x16x8
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Yeah I was thinking about capasity rarther than drying.
 
When Rossco asked for the dimensions, I was thinking . . . who cares? If it is dead and stinking, you're not gonna cook it . . . I hope _g.

And then it dawned on me he was talking the size of the shed. Okay, guys, feel free to laugh 'cuz I sure am (and if I can't laugh at myself, I can't laugh at anybody else!)! I'm a bit overtired at the moment, can you tell? (No, I am not blond either!)

Still, I can see a lot of work has gone into revamping that shed. Out of curiousity, is the wood you removed burnable or can you flip it and use it for slats?
 
Looks way better now! It'll look even better filled with firewood!
 
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I would add some diagonals between some of those posts to give the structure more stability. Also, I second the notion of making a careful evaluation regarding how much weight the existing floor can handle. Very few shed floor are constructed so that they can hold the type of weight firewood is going to produce. You can probably beef up the structural strength of the floor by strategically placing some cap blocks on the ground with cinder blocks or bricks with shims.
 
jillybeansisme said:
When Rossco asked for the dimensions, I was thinking . . . who cares? If it is dead and stinking, you're not gonna cook it . . . I hope _g.

And then it dawned on me he was talking the size of the shed. Okay, guys, feel free to laugh 'cuz I sure am (and if I can't laugh at myself, I can't laugh at anybody else!)! I'm a bit overtired at the moment, can you tell? (No, I am not blond either!)

Still, I can see a lot of work has gone into revamping that shed. Out of curiousity, is the wood you removed burnable or can you flip it and use it for slats?
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Haha! On the dimensions of the rotting animal..

Know the wood from the walls is rough. I'd rather hall it away to the town dump than fiddle around trying to cut it up and burn it outside
 
Nick Mystic said:
I would add some diagonals between some of those posts to give the structure more stability. Also, I second the notion of making a careful evaluation regarding how much weight the existing floor can handle. Very few shed floor are constructed so that they can hold the type of weight firewood is going to produce. You can probably beef up the structural strength of the floor by strategically placing some cap blocks on the ground with cinder blocks or bricks with shims.
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Good sound advice on the floor, I'd hate to have to tear it all up and see but I don't wanna have a floor collapse either

The floor is the only thing that's going to hold me up now. Which sucks because I wanna start stacking
 
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