What I have is a 16x20 deck off the second floor of my home, and permission from the wife to store our seasoned cord wood under it. No time left to build a "shed" under there this year, but I have a flat pad about 11x20 with 4" of gravel on it. Bottom of the deck joists are about 10 vertical feet off the gravel pad.
Last year I was out in the driveway getting my boots stuck in between pallet boards and snow down my collar off the tarps. So I am free of the tarps this year, I can expect an inch or two of snow accumulation under the deck with 2-3 feet out in the driveway and yard. That's a plus.
Thinking about flooring. The quickest thing to do would be lay pallets on the gravel, load my wood and go with it. I think there is enough room under there (I have seven seasoned cords to go under the deck) that I could lean empty pallets on one of the deck posts and mostly walk on gravel without having to walk on pallets.
Ultimately I would like to lay down railroad ties, perpendicular 2x6 joists and then either PT3/4" plywood or 5/4 x 5 inch #2 PT deck floor boards.
I can't think of an intermediate flooring system to use this winter, except maybe bringing in the RR ties to get the pallets up off the gravel.
Ideas? With such a small amount of snow on top of the piles are pallets really not that bad a floor option? Pallet floors suck when there is a foot or more of snow on top of the tarps.
Thanks.
Last year I was out in the driveway getting my boots stuck in between pallet boards and snow down my collar off the tarps. So I am free of the tarps this year, I can expect an inch or two of snow accumulation under the deck with 2-3 feet out in the driveway and yard. That's a plus.
Thinking about flooring. The quickest thing to do would be lay pallets on the gravel, load my wood and go with it. I think there is enough room under there (I have seven seasoned cords to go under the deck) that I could lean empty pallets on one of the deck posts and mostly walk on gravel without having to walk on pallets.
Ultimately I would like to lay down railroad ties, perpendicular 2x6 joists and then either PT3/4" plywood or 5/4 x 5 inch #2 PT deck floor boards.
I can't think of an intermediate flooring system to use this winter, except maybe bringing in the RR ties to get the pallets up off the gravel.
Ideas? With such a small amount of snow on top of the piles are pallets really not that bad a floor option? Pallet floors suck when there is a foot or more of snow on top of the tarps.
Thanks.
(looks like about a cord of wood but it's only 3 feet high to the top)
