Here's what I have been doing - building a woodshed

Keep the suggestions coming.

W/ respect to the floorboards, they are 2x8x8's. I did put in a few floor joists (is that what they are called?) - see attached pic - taken when the front-to-back joist was in and 1/2 of the side to side one was in. The long side-to-side joist also has footers attached to concrete ground pads every 4 feet. Seems solid when I (230lbs) jump up and down on the completed floor.

I will add a 2x4 board along the underside of the purlin ends to tie them all together. Also I plan to add 2x4 center boards on each end and in the middle so as to simplify stacking.

Also - good catch on the fact metal roofing should not be in direct contact with Pressure treated lumber - I'll put 30Lb felt paper on first.


Gpsfool.

 

I have no experience with wood shed building. It looks nice!

What concerns me is if the floor will have enough support or not?

What are the spans of the floors compared to other member's wood sheds?

 

I know my avatar photo is small and hard to see, but I don't have a floor in mine. It's a bed of wood chips and then pallets on top of that. Some of the pallets have been in there for 4-5 years and just starting to show some decay. Mine is 8' front to back and 16' side to side and facing south as you see it. Metal roof and all the lumber is rough sawn pine off my old sawmill, no PT stuff at all. It sits on concrete blocks about 2" off the ground. No rot in the posts. It's not going to blow over either, although it could theoretically take off like a sail if a strong wind from the south (like 80-100 mph) came through.

 

Shed looks great man got room for the cords that's for sure.. nice job

 

If u put 2 to 3 cords in er that's about 8000 to 12000lbs. Wind can't touch that. Tornado yea but...... 6 tons weight of a f150.

 

You gotta buy a lot of truck to get one that heavy!
That's the weight of 2 or 3 f-150!

 

After my first year of stacking E/W in my shed i realized n/s was the way to go. Yes you use more end posts but i just screwed them to the floor and roof joists and removed as needed.

 

This is how I shadow boarded the ends and placed the "stack stops". I loosely throw uglies in between the stacks.

 

I don't know I go for the over kill theory my deck holds 12 cord. 2 by 10 doubled 16 oc joist hangered are with 2 by 12 tripled at half way point to carry weight. here's a pic of joist above deck...


That's 16 feet high engineered to hold 7000 lbs live weight whirl pool.. the strapping you see if to pit pitch on plastic roofing so so it shedS water..

but eventually want to build another like ashwatchers

 

Good looking work there Canadian border VT-can't have enough bracing-it's not overkill, just good sense

 

I pulled several oak "uglies" from between that stack during the few cold snaps we had-the expanded metal grating is invaluable and the key-you should seriously consider it-my estimate is it virtually cuts drying time near half-(i.e. oak ready in 12 mos. as opposed to 24)-I will be furnishing fresh split MM readings to support this contention, same for locust and hickory-It's all about air and positioning...

 

Time for an update - the Woodshed is essentially done - Since last update I have done:
A> Added bracing
B> Installed the metal roof panels, used 30lb felt paper between the purlins and the roof panels.
C> Added additional floor bracing between joists & ground.
D> Attached the four corners of the shed to 30" long screw-in ground fasteners - this shed is not going anywhere.

Town is coming over later today to inspect.

Attached are a few pics - showing the completed shed, details of roof from inside, and 4x4 posts connection to ground screws

I'm still not sure which way I'll stack wood - n/s or e/w. As I have two 8" bays in this shed I may do both - e/w on one side and n/s on the other. I have some time to experiment.

 

that's a fancy woodshed. $$$$$$ you should have that one for as long as you want or need it.

 

That's a nice looking shed!!!! I was going to suggest cross-bracing from a lower corner to an upper corner to resist racking however, the corner bracing you just installed should be plenty. You have lots going for this shed: the weight of the structure; the concrete footers for the post; and the tie-downs. It should resist just about any wind load. When the wood is stacked that shed wont be moved by an F5.

 

Now to get it filled up!

 

Nice job for sure great looking shed , next up :stacke::stacke::stacke:

 

Load it up with wood and it's not going anywhere...Looks very nice by the way!!

 

Nice & stout !
Full pictures soon ?

 

Time for an update - here is a pic taken in August - shed full. Right side is 3 cord 18-24 month old CSS wood for use this winter. Left is 3 cord of newly CSS for burning two years from now. I got another 6 cords stacked in various places in the yard. Good to be three years ahead.

Gpsfool