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Pallet woodshed build

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    I recently married a gal with a ½ acre property, a great little Vermont Castings woodstove and a dwindling supply of CSS poplar stored in a ramshackle wood shed. Time to fix that! I added what I had scrounged in the past few years and what had landed on the property after a major ice storm 1-½ years ago. Together we have about 2 full cords of shoulder and winter wood. But the aberration of a wood shed needed to be torn down and re-built. I am pretty frugal and have a few sources of pallets available, so I planned this:
     

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    I am air nailing the pallets together and reinforcing them with 2x3' and 2x4's inside. The top two are the outside walls, the third one down will be the centre wall and the bottom two will be the roof. The floor deck is made of 6 pallets and is 12'x 80". They are all 48"x40" pallets.


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    For a foundation I used Pylex helical piles. The middle supports are shallow deck blocks cause our septic bed lines run underneath the shed and I didn't want to risk cutting into a line.


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    Great repurpose. :thumbs: Just me mind full as the pallets age even if well protected. They do break easily if you step in the wrong place.

    Be sure to post pics as the build progresses.
     
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    Sounds like your batting a thousand. Mazeltov and can't wait to see the final build.
     
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    Thanks rainking63 She's one in a thousand too.
     
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    Here are the beams and blocking mounted on the posts and blocks:



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    Lugging the floor deck into place. Bit of a struggle, I'm 5' 4" and a walloping 154 lbs.




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    At the tipping point:




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    Made it. In place and locked down:




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