Hi All:
I have been reading here for quite a while and enjoying all of your posts. I have been a wood burner for the last 40 years. I just bought a new EPA stove and have a renewed interest in the woodpile. I built a poorly constructed woodshed about 25 years ago and finally got around to making a new one this past weekend. A large amount of wood that needs to be stored for a couple of years forced me to attack the job. We built the woodshed with PT lumber and didn't think about how heavy the green hardwood is. The floor is 2x6 floor joists with 5/4 decking on top -- the joists run the long way. The outside dimensions are 8 x 16. It looks great, but the floor joists are not sitting on the ground - they are lagged into 4x4 posts. After filling up one side one of the rim joists broke and dropped about 2 inches -- that prompted me to look up the weigh of green wood -- holy smokes - about 5000 lbs per cord ! We have removed the wood to repair and support the floor, one idea is to pour a footing on the ground under the joists at both ends and in the middle but I still feel it would be nice to give it more support. Another thought would be to pour the 3 footings and then fill in the rest with gravel of some sort? Any suggestions? I really don't want to rip it all apart. The 8ft 2x6 on the left side is the one that broke
Thanks in advance
Glenn
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I have been reading here for quite a while and enjoying all of your posts. I have been a wood burner for the last 40 years. I just bought a new EPA stove and have a renewed interest in the woodpile. I built a poorly constructed woodshed about 25 years ago and finally got around to making a new one this past weekend. A large amount of wood that needs to be stored for a couple of years forced me to attack the job. We built the woodshed with PT lumber and didn't think about how heavy the green hardwood is. The floor is 2x6 floor joists with 5/4 decking on top -- the joists run the long way. The outside dimensions are 8 x 16. It looks great, but the floor joists are not sitting on the ground - they are lagged into 4x4 posts. After filling up one side one of the rim joists broke and dropped about 2 inches -- that prompted me to look up the weigh of green wood -- holy smokes - about 5000 lbs per cord ! We have removed the wood to repair and support the floor, one idea is to pour a footing on the ground under the joists at both ends and in the middle but I still feel it would be nice to give it more support. Another thought would be to pour the 3 footings and then fill in the rest with gravel of some sort? Any suggestions? I really don't want to rip it all apart. The 8ft 2x6 on the left side is the one that broke
Thanks in advance
Glenn
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