My shed

Someday I hope to have the same. For now though I'm also stuck covering with a tarp. Nice setup. Looks very clean.

Due to a heavy snow load and poor planning, I am shedless. My wood is in a nice open sunny / windy area, but it is still exposed to the rain.
When I had a shed, I too enjoyed admiring the dry stacks, especially during a nice rain shower.

Glad you're enjoying the fruits of your labour!
Happy burning.

Nice work Haybale. I might caution you on enclosing both ends though. As it is, wind can not get through the stack so it will no doubt take longer to season, unless you season it before storing in the shed. If not, then I'd for sure not enclose the ends tight. Leave air spaces between the boards so it can breath.

I'm betting that will hold a lot of wood too! You'll like that come winter for sure.

Very nice Haybale, I see the way your stacking it you should be able to rotate a few years in and out of it too.

Nice set-up bud. i have to tarp my wood this winter ;( the farmers almanac is calling for a long winter for the New England area.

Perfect shed. Similar to mine only yours is much larger. Mine is just a roof off the back of my tool shed, but it holds three cords, which is what I average if it is all hardwood. I need to build another one so I don't have to restack. You will not have that problem with the size of that shed.

Well I guess I get to be the one to piss on the parade.

Haybale,

While you obviously made a pretty admirable effort, I see a few things there in the details of the construction of the shed that should cause you real concern.

First would be the overall size & pitch of the roof in conjunction with the size, span and bearing of the support beam and rafters. Think heavy snow & ice loads...

Second and most significant and the problem you are most likely to actually encounter is wind uplift. The way the shed roof sits on top of the garage roof is wrong for several reasons but mostly because wind uplift in a storm is likely to tear it right off as it is configured. You should have bolted a ledger to the side wall just under the garage roof, bolted into the garage's wall studs. In this same regard, are the outer posts holding the beam secured into the ground in any way? Also, you should have hurricane straps or other metal plates holding the rafters to that beam.

Lastly, think about the path of water coming down your garage roof and hitting the shed roof.

Don't mean to be a critic man but I've spent my life building and inspecting houses and though it may not happen for a while, you've got a recipe for a real problem there.

I see a huge problem, the shed ain't full of wood!
Nice Dead BTU shed btw........

WoodButcher

I just finished a shed for my Fall and late winter wood ( a bit out of the way and not real accessible when we have lots of snow)

My enclosed shed for my winter wood is fully enclosed but I have always regretted not being able to access from all directions to get to dry wood.

This new shed seems to solve the problem: 25 feet long and 4 feet 'wide' by 6.5ft (average) height. This is three rows and I can always get to the
dry wood and have not concern about covering dry wood with fresh cut/unseasoned wood. Pitched roof with and raised floor keeps the wood dry
and off the wet ground.
note: I had piles of 2x6s for the floor from an old boat dock. These are across treated 4x4s to stay dry. and the 4x4s are over leveled gravel.
If I didnt have the old dock boards, I would use large gravel for the floor to get good drainage

Pretty simple and I think I will have about 13-14 face cords --- done with the tarps and stacking between trees with the piles falling over
tc

Thats a beaut.
That is a great looking piece of property you got there bud.
Happy Burning

Looks like a nice spot you have there

Looks very substantial.
Nice job.

Nice job, looks like it will hold a lot of wood. Where are you in upstate? I'm also from upstate in the Binghamton area