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Building a Woodshed....Update
Horse Plains Drifter
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Finally finishing a woodshed that actually got started 10-12 years ago. I'm a pro at putting stuff off.🙄
It is all Douglas Fir that was supplied by a neighbor who I did some welding for. The rafters are rough cut 2X6 20' long. The container is 27' long, and the wood area is about 10' wide. The container leaks so the roof goes over the whole thing. I have 12 sheets of 36" X 20' roofing metal that came off a sawmill building in town 25+ years ago.
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You're going to be really glad you got it done.
HPD, I'm thinking about a similar project. How did you attach the knee wall to the container at the top right?
I put down a 2X6 sill, and used 1/4" self drilling/tapping bolts at 18" intervals to attach it to the outside lip of the container.
Damn ,,,,,,, I’m thinking a getaway cabin in the mountains ,,,,,,,, 😊
yeah, I've seen houses around here not that nice.......
Just don't forget to paint it. I think that's the biggest downfall of most of these projects. It's an hour with a rented sprayer and the cost of paint and it makes it last longer and look good.
And I should mention I like the materials you're using for this!
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Nice project and it looks like you are coming along fine HPD!
Your topic reminds me of our own ole "Woodshed" the turkey call fellow. Hope he is doing well!
Good job on the roof.
You are going to stack wood in a shipping container. Will the wood be dry already?
No wood in the shipping container. Just "treasures" in that. Wood will be in the open air area.
nice, kinda looks like mine
Awesome!! So many plans around here get burried in the "have to fix it" plans that we have lost total track of anything we actually wanted to do to this place and we're just glad everything is working (most of the time.)
"I'm a pro at putting stuff off"
And, like me, pretty good at re- purposing.
Looks good.Whenever I build a project like that,soon as I start putting stuff in it I find out I didn't build it big enough.
I don't see a building permit anywhere... OH MY GOD! You didn't put up a structure without the express written permission of the King's planners, did you????
Would you pipe down?!
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Finish closing it in.. and rent it out for farm help.
I see two tires to the left of the shed... they need burnt for a brush fire
"I see two tires to the left of the shed."............actualy 3, used 1 for that already 😉
"I'm a pro at putting stuff off"
I tell my wife, "You don't have to remind me every six months, I will get it taken care of."
I've been meaning to form a group like that.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I was born with the attitude of a procrastinator. It's been a good excuse against all those who have called me lazy! 😁
Looks good. I am jealous building a wood shed had been on my agenda for too many years.
Pretty much have it finished now. I have more screws to put in the roof metal, and I want to close in the area above the container to keep as much rain out as possible. But it is ready to have wood put in. I have about 8 cords coming from a few people in payment for mechanic work, or welding/fabrication work I did for them.
for what it is worth, I did a front porch just like you did the lean to side. metal right over the rafters. On cold frosty mornings after the sun came out, the underside of the metal dripped and sweat, and at times almost seemed like rain. Not sure if it will get your wood to wet to burn or just be a minor nuisance.
Although it wouldn't bother the wood, I put moisture barrier under the metal to eliminate that issue. It can be seen in the second picture from the bottom.
Nice job, eight cords with give you almost 24 face cords. Plenty of room.
I would imagine it's so that he has something to stack the wood against that will allow the wood to breathe and dry out. Just a hunch.
It looks really good, Randy!
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Randy, I'm curious about how this is adjoining the other roof. Here it looks like this would be a snow jam. I don't think you get much snow there though.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
If any of y'all boys want to take a walk on the wild side, build the woodshed that I invented. This shed is 12 x 8 feet and is completely enclosed. No ventilation. It works on the principle that water vapor will pass through the walls of non painted or non stained wood. This shed sets in the sun all day, and gets 10 degrees warmer, at 3 pm, than outside temp. I am drying green white oak to 14 percent moisture in 8 months, three times faster than a conventional woodshed. In 8 months, thousands of pounds of water vapor will pass through the walls. Four stacks, 7 1/2 feet long and 7 feet high, the little guy holds a lot of wood.
KenK.....Mr. P nailed it. It's field fencing to stack the wood against, but to allow maximum ventilation.
Mr. P...The two roofs are about 8" apart. That roof is a wood addition to my metal shop, all of which were there when we bought the place in 1991. It is also a one way shed roof, but runs perpendicular to the wood shed roof.
Allen....Interesting concept for drying wood. It doesn't seem like it would work very well, but it apparently works wonderfully.
I posted the story of my non ventilated woodshed on the wood stove forum five years ago. It goes against the grain, as they all go for massive ventilation of the woodshed. And that works great of course. But my woodshed works a lot better.
We get river fog up here 5 nights a week, completely envelops the house, and that is 100 percent moisture. River fog does not contact my wood. We get windy rainstorms a lot here, and no raindrop ever lands on my wood pile.
None of the wood stove guys believes my story and none have tried to copy me. They think I have gone off the deep end.
"...AND THEY SAID I WAS INSANE!!!"
Thats a different concept for sure. Do you see any mold on the wood? I have a similiar type shed in addition to roofed storage, but my shed has open windows on three sides.
I get little, if any mold. It remains dry as a bone in my little woodshed.