So I am tired of screwing with pallets and tarps going in to my 5th season and am looking to build a permanent shed.
I don't want to spend the money to pour a concrete pad so I am thinking about building a deck to store the wood off the ground. I am planning something in the neighborhood of 20' x 20', a lean-to type roof and being able to stack somewhere around 10' high or so. It will have divided stalls to separate wood by year.
So, figuring wet red oak weighs around 45# per cubic foot or so and stacking 10' high would yield in the neighborhood of 450# square foot for floor loading.
I am looking for some mechanical engineer type to tell me what size joists and spacing I would need to support such a load and have some design margin built in.
I only want to do this once.
Thanks,
Mike
I don't want to spend the money to pour a concrete pad so I am thinking about building a deck to store the wood off the ground. I am planning something in the neighborhood of 20' x 20', a lean-to type roof and being able to stack somewhere around 10' high or so. It will have divided stalls to separate wood by year.
So, figuring wet red oak weighs around 45# per cubic foot or so and stacking 10' high would yield in the neighborhood of 450# square foot for floor loading.
I am looking for some mechanical engineer type to tell me what size joists and spacing I would need to support such a load and have some design margin built in.
I only want to do this once.
Thanks,
Mike