Show Us Your Wood Shed

[Ashful]

what harm can befall if any scab fails? it's just wood :-D

The threshold to sanity is when he starts figuring the actual volume of the shed itself, in his CSS'd cords calculations. Burn the wood, then the shed!

 

[ctreitzell]

The threshold to sanity is when he starts figuring the actual volume of the shed itself, in his CSS'd cords calculations. Burn the wood, then the shed!

the fasteners alone ...they we prolly freebies too

yeah, me too
got some sheds to build...and best consider building a barn
but I'm a carpenter
allergic wood stretching

 

[Garbanzo62]

90% of that wood came from the power equipment company down the street. They get mowers, tractors, snowblowers etc shipped in crates. Most of the wood seems to be Oak. Real PIA to hammer stuff into. Had to drill pilot holes as I do not have a nail gun.

 

[Ashful]

allergic wood stretching

Agreed. Time is money, and scarfed joints require a post beneath. I won't hate on anyone working with the materials they have, but I'd rather save my time (and support posts) and just buy the lengths I need!

 

[ctreitzell]

90% of that wood came from the power equipment company down the street. They get mowers, tractors, snowblowers etc shipped in crates. Most of the wood seems to be Oak. Real PIA to hammer stuff into. Had to drill pilot holes as I do not have a nail gun.

I pilot EVERYTHING

I use screws so much more often than nails

It can be expensive, BUT we always buy a big Trade box of Reisser cutter screws when they are on sale

 

[Garbanzo62]

Agreed. Time is money, and scarfed joints require a post beneath. I won't hate on anyone working with the materials they have, but I'd rather save my time (and support posts) and just buy the lengths I need!

The wife already thinks I spend too much time and effort on 'Wood'. So saying I am going to drop a couple of hundred on Materials for a wood shed was a non-starter. Sure I would have loved to have brand new materials that I could cut to length, but it was either this or just continuing to stack on pallets. The problem with the latter is I was running out of places to put pallets to stack on. So a shed where I could stack higher without the potential of a collapsing pile was in order. It has stood up to an 11" snowfall and a wind storm with 40+ MPG gusts. I will admit that I did buy a tarp to cover the wood on the roof. (I know not ideal but it only cost me $30 for it and the materials to fasten it)

 

[BillBurns]

I find nothing wrong with using tarp. Is it a pain the neck to using tarps, yeah sometimes, like winter. But for those with limited money, resources, and space, you gotta do what ya can.

 

[Ashful]

I find nothing wrong with using tarp. Is it a pain the neck to using tarps, yeah sometimes, like winter. But for those with limited money, resources, and space, you gotta do what ya can.

Agreed that you gotta do what you gotta do, for now. But if burning wood for heat is going to be a fixture in your life, the end goal should be a shed. One of the most common posts on this forum, is members who finally built their own shed, hating themselves for not doing it sooner.

 

[Eman85]

I guess I have to have a shed after almost 40 years of not having one.

 

[stoveliker]

And that's what folks say who haven't experienced one.



Of course not. Your choice.

But we don't see folks who did build one "well, shoot, this sucks and was not worth it". Instead it is the opposite: "wow, fantastic, totally worth it, should have done this 49 years ago".

 

[Garbanzo62]

Just for clarification, since my shed is made from scrounged pieces, the roof was not leak proof. The Tarp is covering the roof of the shed to help keep the water out. Have other piles with tarps, and yes it is a PIA to keep them on while still providing access to the wood. Last year I cobbled together what could be best described as wood bins. Bottom pallets with Side/Back pallets added.Tarps still used as covers, but I will slowly start to add roofs to these.

 

[Garbanzo62]

Filled the shed. Still have some room, but since all of this wood was CSS approximately the same time, will leave it as it. Sun hits it at about 8:30 AM and should be on it most of the day.

 

[ajzzara]

I just started my shed, which was my first time building anything like this. It's going to take some time as I only live there part-time. When finished, it will be 6x16.

 

[Garbanzo62]

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I just started my shed, which was my first time building anything like this. It's going to take some time as I only live there part-time. When finished, it will be 6x16.

What is your roof angle? You want to make sure you don't get a big snow buildup in the winter?

 

[Garbanzo62]

Had some leftover materials from building the Frankenstein Shed, so I decided to put a roof on one of the other wood bins. It is basically 3 pallets nailed together with pallets for sides and separator. The back was strips of lumber nailed to vertical posts attached to the pallets. Now I have a mini-shed. Figuring it will hold about a cord. Since the roof is cobbled together pieces of shipping crates a $10 Tarp from Harbor Freight is providing protection from the rain.

 

[ajzzara]

What is your roof angle? You want to make sure you don't get a big snow buildup in the winter?

I am at about 8 degrees.

 

[ajzzara]

Wood shed is all finished!

 

[ajzzara]

Also had 2 cords of wood delivered this past Sunday so I can start filling it!

 

[BillBurns]

My wife, of all people, wants to build a shed with pallets. I may this summer. I still use tarps, getting old , BUT it works for the most part. One thing I know for sure.....wind is the enemy!

 

[Ashful]

I could see using pallet slats for the siding. But the framing members are awful short for framing out a shed. Scabbing together shorties rarely works out, for anything that has to hold up to this sort of stress and weathering over 30 years, etc.

 

[Garbanzo62]

I could see using pallet slats for the siding. But the framing members are awful short for framing out a shed. Scabbing together shorties rarely works out, for anything that has to hold up to this sort of stress and weathering over 30 years, etc.

I concur.. Have built two using pallets for floors/walls and separators, but you need 2 X 4 or 4X4 for the frame and roof support.

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

I could see using pallet slats for the siding. But the framing members are awful short for framing out a shed. Scabbing together shorties rarely works out, for anything that has to hold up to this sort of stress and weathering over 30 years, etc.

My wife, of all people, wants to build a shed with pallets. I may this summer. I still use tarps, getting old , BUT it works for the most part. One thing I know for sure.....wind is the enemy!

Whipped this up today in a pinch cost about 3 bucks in screws. The roof is the plastic from IBC totes which I have been using as my primary storage. Not going to last 30 years but good in a pinch.

 

[Ashful]

Whipped this up today in a pinch cost about 3 bucks in screws. The roof is the plastic from IBC totes which I have been using as my primary storage. Not going to last 30 years but good in a pinch.View attachment 327628

That'll work fine. My comment about pallet wood sections being too short was more with regard to building something with a roof above head height, and trying to scarf together shorter lengths to make height.

For several years before building sheds, I stored my wood on cribs almost identical to yours. The main difference was I did not have top stringers, but instead used 45-degree gussets for the book-ends, so I could stack un-impeded to 6 feet height. But I have a good roofing material, like you seem to have, just using heavy black plastic sheeting each winter.

Old photos:

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

That'll work fine. My comment about pallet wood sections being too short was more with regard to building something with a roof above head height, and trying to scarf together shorter lengths to make height.

For several years before building sheds, I stored my wood on cribs almost identical to yours. The main difference was I did not have top stringers, but instead used 45-degree gussets for the book-ends, so I could stack un-impeded to 6 feet height. But I have a good roofing material, like you seem to have, just using heavy black plastic sheeting each winter.

Old photos:

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Smart love the dog tag idea for dates going to use that I agree on not using pallets for high sheds.

 

[Ashful]

I still use dog tags on the new sheds, the only real way to keep track with my bad memory. Now I have teacup hooks on the soffit of each shed bay, and just hang the tags from those:





Another observation: I end up going total Tetris on filling these sheds, stuffing the top splits up into the rafters, and tight up against the soffit. These photos were taken in fall 2023, so after 4 years of drying, and you can see how much the stack height decreased due primarily to loss of moisture. Just eyeballing, the stack dropped maybe 8". I don't remember exact height of stack, it gets deeper as you go back, but maybe 6' 8" at soffit.