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  1. stejus Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 29, 2008
    1,175 posts
    Central MA
    Putted around all summer thinking about building one. Finally said I'm doing it. Started in Oct and finished loading it in mid November. Here's my journey shown in pictures! PIC HEAVY!

    Before clearing the spot. Plenty of land, I just had to find enough room without freakon bolders!
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    Rear posts
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    Tarped wood piles are eventually going into shed.
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    From the rear side.
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    Roof going on. More pics to come... hit the 10 pic limit.
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  2. stejus Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 29, 2008
    1,175 posts
    Central MA
    More... I forgot to mention. It is 14' long, 6' deep, 6' high in back, 7.5' high in front. All PT wood except T1-11 and trim.
    Just to show shed, it's right behind the drying stacks. I wanted it like this so the load process didn't take long.
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    Put a few coats of stain on to T1-11
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    Framing detail of overhand.
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    Loaded.
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  3. Pallet Pete Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 27, 2011
    3,162 posts
    Ovid MI
    Very cool nice job !

    Pete
  4. bogydave Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 4, 2009
    7,715 posts
    So Cent ALASKA
    Look like it'll handle a big snow load. Very stout build !
    Like the hurricane clamps for the roof trusses & the vertical posts anchored down to the sona tubes.

    You'll wonder why it took so long to build a shed now.

    Beautiful shed & even more so full of wood ! :)
  5. BucksCounty Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 11, 2009
    264 posts
    Southeast PA
    That is sweet. I am going to go ahead and say I like your shed a hell of a lot more than mine. Wish I would have seen before I made mine. Oh well. Very nice shed.
  6. Gasifier Minister of Fire

    stejus. Congrats on that build man. Good work and should keep that seasoned wood dry. Have a good burning season.
  7. stejus Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 29, 2008
    1,175 posts
    Central MA
    Too funny about the Hurricane clamps. We had some pretty serious winds with Hurricane Sandy. The shed didn't budge but my fence did!

    Attached Files:

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  8. lotawood New Member

    joined: Dec 11, 2011
    23 posts
    montana
    Nice shed. Will be less tarps to fight with.
    Good beer in the shed too.
  9. dougand3 Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 16, 2008
    531 posts
    North Alabama
    Super nice shed!
  10. WellSeasoned Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 25, 2011
    1,673 posts
    Eastern Pa
    Great looking shed! How much will it hold?
  11. Blue2ndaries Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 17, 2011
    599 posts
    Oregon
    Great shed and nice work! I put clips all over my shed as well. Build nice/right , build once!
    Scotty Overkill likes this.
  12. davmor Member

    joined: Oct 24, 2010
    196 posts
    Northern Michigan
    Nice job.
  13. stejus Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 29, 2008
    1,175 posts
    Central MA
    I did the math on the dimensions and came up with roughly 4.56 cords. The wood I loaded in at was 4 cords and there was still another section to take more so 4.5 cords is about right. The coldest winter with the stove so far was 2010/2011 and I used 4.25 cords and I based the size on that.
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  14. wishlist Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 28, 2011
    516 posts
    Corunna, Michigan
    Looks great stejus. Reminds me of bogydave's just smaller and without the moose antlers. :)
  15. Tramontana Member

    joined: Oct 23, 2012
    196 posts
    Wheat Ridge, Colorado
    Nice looking wood shed stejus, thanks for sharing the build.

    Cheers!
  16. WellSeasoned Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 25, 2011
    1,673 posts
    Eastern Pa
    Well it sounds perfect then! Congrats!
  17. Scotty Overkill firewood hoarder

    joined: Sep 24, 2011
    6,761 posts
    central PA
    Fantastic job, Stejus! Nice job on the footings, the notched posts, the hurricane ties, the T1-11 siding, everything looks great. Great job with the tutorial and photos, too.

    Just how I like a job, lots of OVERKILL....did I mention that I'm jealous?!?
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  18. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,095 posts
    Michigan
    I have to agree. Nice job Stejus.
  19. weatherguy Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 20, 2009
    2,716 posts
    Central Mass
    Nice looking shed Stejus, I keep saying Im going to build one but I dont, after messing with tarps today that may have pushed me over the edge, Im going to print pictures from this thread as a guide, thanks for posting.
  20. stejus Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 29, 2008
    1,175 posts
    Central MA
    Weatherguy, this is what did it for me. After a few years of messing with tarps, I said I had enough. Not only that, I don't have to call home and say "cover the wood before it gets wet!" and listen to the bla bla bla. Priceless :)
  21. Tramontana Member

    joined: Oct 23, 2012
    196 posts
    Wheat Ridge, Colorado
    For me, the defining need is based upon municipal zoning regulations.

    I can have only "two cords, neatly stacked exposed to view of the public". A shed will allow me to increase my storage to provide for several years of capacity.

    Can't wait to build mine.

    Cheers!
  22. Cross Cut Saw Feeling the Heat

  23. metalsped Member

    joined: Jul 24, 2011
    144 posts
    Hardwick, MA
    Nice looking shed! It looks a lot like mine... speaking of which, maybe I should post up the shots of mine finished for the forum (only gave teaser shots a few months ago)
  24. timusp40 Burning Hunk

    joined: Feb 3, 2010
    232 posts
    Lake Orion, Michigan
    stejus,
    You have constructed a totally awsome woodshed. I would love to have one, but judging by the time, material and labor invested in it, I could never afford it. One of the nicest homes for fuel I have seen yet. Congrats!
  25. raybonz Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 5, 2008
    5,944 posts
    Carver, MA.
    Congrats Stejus excellent well made and designed wood shelter! I like the short roof in the front and wish I'd done that too.. You're gonna love having that shelter I know I do!

    Ray

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