New woodshed started today

[thinktwicez71]

Here is my progress with 2x10 all pressure treated flooring and 2x6 pressure treated rafters , good amount done today , still got more floor reinforcing to do tommorow . 8x16 is my dimensions

 

[NordicSplitter]

What are you thinking for sides? Slat wood or maybe lattice sheets? Be nice for air to blow through it. Unless of course all the wood for the shed is already seasoned..With those dimensions//Looks like it can hold 16 face cords..

 

[thinktwicez71]

I planned on leaving the sides open just Some boards to be able to stack the wood against , metal roof or Shingles. The lattice idea sounds good tho

 

[Tyler]

How many cords are you planning on being able to store. I'm thinking on building the same size wood shed

 

[thinktwicez71]

I would like 10-12 cords to fit

 

[Tyler]

I would like 10-12 cords to fit

How tall are you making it

 

[thinktwicez71]

7.5 foot front , 6.5 foot rear

 

[brokenknee]

I would add joist hangers to your floor trusses.

 

[tigger]

Before the floor goes in consider throwing some cinder blocks under the floor joists. You are looking at 5,000+ lbs in each bay. They will need the support. You may want to consider notching out the header also. There will be a lot of weight on the roof also. I know from experience that the way your is set up may not withstand the weight......

 

[thinktwicez71]

right , I planned on majorly reinforcing the floor all the way down the center with more blocks . that is why the floor isn't down yet , I would rather go overkill on the reinforcement than to have it sag of fail from not being reinforced enough.

so the concesus is to add the joice hangers to the bottom ? even with 5 big nails in each one and 4" lag bolts on both sides ? and knowing the center will be fully supported down the middle ? I have no problem doing it if I needs to be done , but if I don't need to spend the 100 on those hangers I wont.

 

[thinktwicez71]

Another picture

 

[thinktwicez71]

Well I got the 20 hoist hangers for the bottom going out to install those and 8 more blocks to reinforce the middle of the bottom .

 

[thinktwicez71]

Hangers in

 

[BruceNorEast]

Nice work, and thank you for sharing. I may do something similar next year.

 

[tigger]

Nice job. That one of those things that takes 1 hour now, but would be a world of hurt if you finished and the needed them then. Here is my progress on mine I started on Saturday. The only joist that isn't supported with blocks is the first row. More for visual than anything. I am hoping to finish next weekend.

 

[bigbarf48]

Looking good. I think youre looking at more like 6-7 cords though, not 10

 

[weatherguy]

Tiger, you're an expert on wood sheds now, should have you throw one up while you were here.

 

[thinktwicez71]

(broken image removed)More progress for today

 

[thinktwicez71]

One more

 

[thinktwicez71]

I'm thinking of going rough cut Amish wood for the back and 2x6's for the sides with some gaps for air movement. The sides being stronger because they would be holding a load in from pushing put. And Amish rough cut on the floor . What do you guys think about what I should put on the floor ? And leave a gap or nice and tight together ?

 

[tigger]

I went with 1x6 for the sides. I spaced them with about 2 inches in between each one. Most of the weight is downward. I think the 2x6 is a bit overkill on the sides. You will see that the sides strengthen up the structure a lot. I did 1x6 on the floors also, but yours it taking what 3 or 4 cords per bay, mine is 1.5 per bay. I gapped the floor also about 2 inches.

 

[NCPABill]

I'm thinking of going rough cut Amish wood for the back and 2x6's for the sides with some gaps for air movement. The sides being stronger because they would be holding a load in from pushing put. And Amish rough cut on the floor . What do you guys think about what I should put on the floor ? And leave a gap or nice and tight together ?

I'd think that for the price of rough cut, I'd go 2x material. Get hemlock if you can, cheap and weather resistant - most old barns had hemlock siding. Watch the splinters though - they burn like no other splinter!

Looks nice.
Bill

 

[Berner]

Nice job. That one of those things that takes 1 hour now, but would be a world of hurt if you finished and the needed them then. Here is my progress on mine I started on Saturday. The only joist that isn't supported with blocks is the first row. More for visual than anything. I am hoping to finish next weekend.View attachment 137546

I like your shed. What are the dimensions of each bay? Also curious why you did solid floor in the middle bay and spaced flooring on the ends?

I am going to build one hopefully by this winter but have to deal with sloping terrain. Looks like your deck will solve this problem.

 

[tigger]

The bays are 6x6. 1.5 cords per bay. The center bay is going to be a shed for tools and stuff. Trying to clear out the garage a bit. I'll finish the sides first then frame out the door.

 

[firefighterjake]

I'm thinking of going rough cut Amish wood for the back and 2x6's for the sides with some gaps for air movement. The sides being stronger because they would be holding a load in from pushing put. And Amish rough cut on the floor . What do you guys think about what I should put on the floor ? And leave a gap or nice and tight together ?

My woodshed is a bit different since I built it with a lot of left over lumber from a camp I tore down so it has some 2 x 4 walls . . . albeit I beefed things up quite a bit so in reality there are a lot of 4 x 4 posts (two 2 x 4s cobbled together) holding things up. I went with regular boards on the wall, arranged vertically (Backwoods would have been so proud of me) with an inch or so gap between the boards to allow enough air to continue to circulate, but not enough to let in much, if any, snow. Since I stack back to front I crib the ends so there is no weight against the back of the shed . . . and in the front there is the cribbed ends.

For the floor I went with rough-cut hemlock 2 x 6s or 8s . . . I forget which. Figured this would be holding up a lot of weight. I kept things nice and tight.