Well today was my birthday and I’ll do what I want to! Kidding, it’s just another day but I do like to take the day and get something done for myself. Last year I left the house well before sunrise and spent the day hitting all my favorite fishing spots. This year I finally got started on a woodshed build. Have all the lumber from an old deck I took down when I moved in. At least 30 2x8’s from 10-14’ and a handful of 4x4’s. Got the area cleared land the dream built. Hopefully I can finish it up within a week or so. It’s 30’ long by 5’ deep. Deep enough to hold some ibc totes if I ever go that way. Probably going to run one joist through the middle of each bay for extra support. I’ll take more pics as I go. Roughly jotted a sketch down of what I wanted but mostly free-styling it.
Belated happy birthday. Looking good so far. Build it big. Wishing I did on mine. Built mine out of repurposed, reclaimed, scrounged materials as well. Planning a couple additions soon. Far right bay getting replaced as it wasn't part of the original build. Shed Build
Built it as big as I could in this spot. 30x5. Have another spot close I can build another down the road. My buddy gave me a leftover “hog fence panel” that he had from a project. Think I’ll incorporate that into the shed. Maybe use across the back and sides instead of banding it all with wood. It’s 16’ x 50”. I’d have to buy 2 more at 30 bucks a piece. I’m trying to be as frugal as I can with this but may go that route, think it would look good and let a lot of air flow in.
My build was 8.5x20' with 6.5' for head clearance with it a foot or so off grade. It is more or less a big pallet with a roof. Access from both sides so I can easily rotate inventory. The far right bay was an old tree fort turned into a shed that I filled a couple years ago prior to building the shed. Ill rebuild that so it will be 10' wide. Each bay holds roughly four cords. I use this for the bundle wood I sell. One bay emptying, one filling and the other drying. I will also build a 5x8' add on to the left that will hold another 1.5 cords. The floor framing was reclaimed landscape timbers and framing lumber. Floor is reclaimed 5/4 cedar decking. "walls" are scrounged/reclaimed 2x4's as is roof. More cedar for roof strapping. Metal roofing was all scrounged and former stack covers.
Looking great and happy birthday for sure. Honestly being able to what I call "play out back" is truly a birthday present to me. Wife and kids leaving me alone to chuck wood and organize my stash makes me happy (also smoking ribs), can't explain it but I know you all know what I mean or you wouldn't be here Enjoy!
Added one joist in the middle of each bay. Should be strong enough, especially considering I’ll most likely use 2x8 for the floor. As far as I hit before the rain started.
I was referring to the floor joists and not the floor itself. In my build it was 4x6 joists on 24" centers. Taking shape nicely though.
How wide between 2x8s and base dimensions again I think it’s under built in my mind if I read it 30 feet long 3 bays 10 foot wide? you want more than 5 foot on center to hold wood!
