Wood shed thread

[GibsonJ45]

I'm a newbie but have been lurking for some time now. This forum has been very informative for me and given me great ideas for my new wood shed. So, THANK YOU to all of you wood geeks out there!

So, with the help and information I gathered on this site, I finally finished my new shed. It's 12x6+ and should hold just over 3 cords when full. I don't have any flat ground on my property so had to build a deck. I used a thick black creosote type stain that I hope will reduce bugs.

 

[Enzo's Dad]

I'm a newbie but have been lurking for some time now. This forum has been very informative for me and given me great ideas for my new wood shed. So, THANK YOU to all of you wood geeks out there!

So, with the help and information I gathered on this site, I finally finished my new shed. It's 12x6+ and should hold just over 3 cords when full. I don't have any flat ground on my property so had to build a deck. I used a thick black creosote type stain that I hope will reduce bugs.
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I built a 12x7 recently I am curious where did you get the metal roofing, and how many sheets did it take?

 

[Woody Stover]

Welcome J45. Nice shed, looks like it will breathe well. I can get by without a shed in this climate, but it sure would be nice to have one. I've been thinking of slapping together a pallet job; Wish I could find that recent thread with Hogwildz' pic of his. I need to get probably close to two cords in there, and I'm thinking of making the sides about 6' high, with a nice overhang like yours has. I've got some metal roofing lying around but probably need more.

 

[TimJ]

You've raised the game in the woodshed department Gibson....................not many are stained so nice.

 

[GibsonJ45]

I got the metal roof panels from a local building supply company. the shed is 12' and a bit long, and the panels are 26" wide, I needed 7 panels all together.. be sure to account for the overlapping you need to make it water tight. The stain I picked up at a farm supply store. It's a fencing/barn stain for $12 a gallon (very cheap but good) ... I know... I probably put more money into this shed than I wanted to, but it's near my house (I can carry the wood straight into the garage!) and the wife wanted it to look nice. And I got tired of grabbing wood out from under wet, snowy tarps!

 

[Enzo's Dad]

I had a similar design but built it on pressure treated pallets courtesy of tractor supply. I spaced the studs on the side to line up with the middle of each row of logs. It is 80" deep so I have room for overhand in the front and back with an 8 ft panel I was planning on the same 7 panels at 26 inches. I was going to lay it out on the ground to figure out the overlap. And I need twom more rafters. I went with hurricaine straps bucause I got to lazy to make the cuts.

 

[GibsonJ45]

Looks good! And I did the same thing with the straps. Made hanging the rafters much easier.

 

[Ashful]

Wish I could find that recent thread with Hogwildz' pic of his.

I suspect you're talking about this thread:

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/show-us-yours-wood-shed.88203/

Happy hunting.

 

[Woody Stover]

I suspect you're talking about this thread:

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/show-us-yours-wood-shed.88203/

Happy hunting.

No, but that will do nicely, thanks. I'd forgotten about the granddaddy of shed threads; If Hog's isn't in there, I'm sure there will be several similar, made of pallets. Not looking to spend much and would like it to be sturdy, yet easy to tear down and move if I want...

 

[privatejoker75]

My plan this year was to level out the ground inside of it. Right now it's like a 5% grade front to back and a huge nuisance trying to walk around in it. I also want to add a partition so i can stack neatly and higher. Right now i'm a lazy stacker and just toss into a huge pile as I split

 

[PSYS]

Lazy or not... it's still an awesome photo to me. :D

 

[GibsonJ45]

privatejoker, that's a great shed, and location!

 

[privatejoker75]

privatejoker, that's a great shed, and location!

Thanks, I was planning on putting another one right next to it for all of the equipment this summer but haven't gotten around to it

 

[captjack]

I have two of these - 20w X 10d X 9H Holds around 14 cords each Built cheap I think I only have a few hundred in them

 

[jillybeansisme]

Really nice shed. I think I'm developing shed envy. . .

 

[tigger]

 

[jillybeansisme]

I'll probably never have a shed that nice because I will not have the room . . . but it sure it fabulous.

 

[Ashful]

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I've been debating shed options for a few years now, and one like tigger's would work well for my space. My primary plan had been several 50 foot long x 4 foot wide roofs, covering each of my double-wide rows:



This plan is an inefficient way to store 30 cords (3 years) of wood, but it's very conveniently accessible by tractor for stacking / un-stacking, and I could season my 3 years directly in these long "shed rows."

I wonder, if storing this amount of wood under roof in tigger's configuration, multiple rows deep... could wood be seasoned in the shed? I hate the idea of maintaining both outdoor stacks AND a shed, moving wood more than once, given the volume of wood I'm processing.

 

[begreen]

My plan this year was to level out the ground inside of it. Right now it's like a 5% grade front to back and a huge nuisance trying to walk around in it. I also want to add a partition so i can stack neatly and higher. Right now i'm a lazy stacker and just toss into a huge pile as I split

I need to add an extension to our shed for the splitter, cart and mower.

 

[superbee69]

I keep adding these quick and dirty sheds. When full should be about 6.4 cord.

 

[Enzo's Dad]

I have the roof on ... And I started to fill it

 

[Lumber-Jack]

My humble shed.

 

[JP11]

Can I still call it a wood shed after my solar panels are installed?



48- 255 Watt panels going on just as soon as they can get here. Contract says done by sept 5.

Won't even see it from the house. Going grid-tie. No batteries, just selling back. In Maine, you get 12 months to use it or lose it (the power you produced)

JP

 

[Ashful]

My humble shed.

"Welcome to my humble house."

 

[privatejoker75]

Can I still call it a wood shed after my solar panels are installed?



48- 255 Watt panels going on just as soon as they can get here. Contract says done by sept 5.

Won't even see it from the house. Going grid-tie. No batteries, just selling back. In Maine, you get 12 months to use it or lose it (the power you produced)

JP

Just make sure they don't have any plans to tax you for selling it back. That's the new thing going around, they need to raise fees to pay for "improvements to the infrastructure caused by selling solar power back" aka "we need to make up for the money we're losing"