White Trash Wood Shed

[Cutter]

I needed another place to cover some wood piles. So from concept/design to completion it took all of 60 min. It looks like hell but it will work for now. I had five 20' sticks of 1/2" rebar. I just stuck four of them in the ground (both ends) and took the fith for a ridge board. Then two shorter sticks for some bracing. The cover is a lumber wrapper wired on. I was concerned about wind. But it blew like a son of a gun this last week and it held up. So I guess I will haul out a big blue tarp and put it on instead of the wrapper. It gives me just about 6'-4" head room inside.Nine feet wide and about twenty feet long. I have no neighbors to look at it so This will due for extra wood.

 

[LLigetfa]

Nice redneck ingenuity. You could also use poly pipe for the hoops and PVC sewer pipe for the ridge.

http://www.northerngreenhouse.com/ideas/how_to/rebar.htm

 

[Dune]

Yep, thats almost dunebilly worthy engineering there.

 

[Duetech]

Hopefully that is not the best he can do as I think mother nature is going to give him a high winds dynamics lesson. What's with the pole barn in the background?.. the neighbors?...

 

[ROBERT F]

guess ya dont get much snow in them parts, i reckin?

 

[m0jumb0]

Nice redneck ingenuity. You could also use poly pipe for the hoops and PVC sewer pipe for the ridge.

http://www.northerngreenhouse.com/ideas/how_to/rebar.htm

I think one of these would make a great solar firewood kiln.. just leave both ends open and orient so the prevailing winds can blow through

 

[westkywood]

Something to throw at ya. That tarp wont last long. Call a roofing company and ask if they are tearing off any rubber roofs. I did that and got about 3 truck loads of perfectly good rubber. It's last for many years and wont flap in the wind. I use it to cover the top of my wood.

 

[rphurley]

I think an old bathtub and a greasy transmission on the lawn will complete the look! LOL :lol:

 

[rathmir]

I have a transmission sitting on my living room floor...

My wife is not amused...

I need a bigger garage!

 

[pybyr]

I have a transmission sitting on my living room floor...

My wife is not amused...

I need a bigger garage!

and she hasn't actually left yet?

she's a keeper!

My ex left me for merely having transmissions "under surgery" in the cellar and barn!

[and I have not looked back in regret]

 

[pilot-werx]

For $10 you can get black plastic sheets at the hardware store that will last a few years.

 

[Cutter]

I have two rolls of rubber roofing in the shop. I just can't seem to be willing use it because I will need it someday on someones roof. Too many dollars worth of material. I replaced the lumber wrapper with a blue tarp last week. Besides rolls are only 10' wide and it takes 18' X 24' to cover it all seamlessly.

 

[mtnmizer]

Just built a tarp shed yesterday for the shop wood pile. The snow
gets very deep here and just covering with a tarp makes a igloo shaped
pile..that you have to dig down to get out the wood.
The shed is made of 3 cattle panels of 4'x16' I bowed, then fence stapled them
between two 6" x 12' logs. Fir sapling ribs were lashed with bale twine inside each end and at
where the panels join. Bale twine and staples hold down the tarp. About
$100 for the panels and tarp. I used the heavy silver hay tarp and it will
last for quite a few years. This one will hold 4+ cord easy.

White Trash? ---- MM