Spent last summer building a two car garage at the cottage. As part of the building permit and to stay within lot coverage zoning, I had to tear down the old carport.
No big deal as it was in the way and the posts holding it up were starting to rot. Can't locate any pix of what it looked like as standing, but the pic gives an idea of what I'm talking about, it was 12 X 20.
Took it apart board by board and salvaged everything I could, planned to use it to replace an old sheet metal garden shed, and I mean old. My father bought it from Montgomery Wards when I was a kid. That's it in the second pic. It was still in pretty good, shape, had been repainted and was still weather tight, big problem with it was entry door and inside clearance, hit my head more than once. Anyway, unbolted it, lifted it off the slab. Put it out by the road and on Craig's List for sale, for $100. And I got that for it!
So, I used the existing slab and the materials salvaged from the carport and leftover from the garage project to build a new 9X10 storage shed. Shingles were a mix of leftover garage and leftovers from a neighbors cottage which he gave me. Windows also came from a neighbor that put in new ones. Spent maybe $200 or so on treated lumber for the sill plates, nails, screws, some other hardware, paint. $100 of which came from selling the metal shed. Ended up with this, so nice not to bang ones head on the door jamb or ceiling.
No big deal as it was in the way and the posts holding it up were starting to rot. Can't locate any pix of what it looked like as standing, but the pic gives an idea of what I'm talking about, it was 12 X 20.
Took it apart board by board and salvaged everything I could, planned to use it to replace an old sheet metal garden shed, and I mean old. My father bought it from Montgomery Wards when I was a kid. That's it in the second pic. It was still in pretty good, shape, had been repainted and was still weather tight, big problem with it was entry door and inside clearance, hit my head more than once. Anyway, unbolted it, lifted it off the slab. Put it out by the road and on Craig's List for sale, for $100. And I got that for it!
So, I used the existing slab and the materials salvaged from the carport and leftover from the garage project to build a new 9X10 storage shed. Shingles were a mix of leftover garage and leftovers from a neighbors cottage which he gave me. Windows also came from a neighbor that put in new ones. Spent maybe $200 or so on treated lumber for the sill plates, nails, screws, some other hardware, paint. $100 of which came from selling the metal shed. Ended up with this, so nice not to bang ones head on the door jamb or ceiling.