I've got about 18" overhang in the back and it's just on the other side of the fence. So any run off should stay way clear of the wood.
Here's my plan, please feel free to make suggestions, I don't have telephone poles and even if I did I couldn't get them in the ground where this is going since it's ledge. I'm going to use 4x4's on concrete piers spaced 8' x 16' so I have a bit of overhang, I'll probably also overhang the metal roofing sheets a bit too. I'm not a carpenter by any means but I think with some guidance I can make this, What do I need for headers? also should I be tying the 4x4's on the sides? I have 4, 40" wide 10 foot pallets and one 3" wide 10 footer for the roof like smoking did with metal sheets for roofing. What do you guys think?
4x4's will work fine for the corner posts - just stay away from the box stores(nothing against Lowes/HD but the lumber is lacking in anything but moisture) Try your local Ace or other lumber yard Grossmans doesn't exist up there anymore if I recall correctly. The Yellawood down here at Ace is primo and moisture content is a whole lot less If your header spans to the 4x4's are over 8' you want to got from 2x8 to 2x10 for 10-12' span(both should probably be doubled for snow load) If you try 16' span prepare for sagging and 2x16's - preferably doubled with lagging/screws. You can laminate a sheet of plywood between 2 2x16's with carriage bolts in a "z" pattern and make a good homemade laminate beam but the cost associated is just easier to drop another 4x4 in the center...just in case a dump truck falls on your woodshed
mine is going to be about 8 by 20. i used old crossarms which are more like 4 by 5 give or take a little. i buried 3' in the ground and spaced them 10' apart on the front and back. the headers are also 10' crossarms. it is definitely overbuilt but by the time i am done i should have about $50 in the whole thing and thats cause i bought screws.
Thanks Basod, I live near a lumber yard so I always get my stuff there since its less than a mile from my house, I did plan on putting center posts front and back. I'm trying to do it cheap but then again I want it to last.
Sometimes cheap and last don't go real good together. If you have a sawmill close by you could try for locust post and oak headers waterseal them yourself before putting everything together. I would think it should last indefinitely with proper care. I went with crossarms because I could get old ones from work. Decided against pole pieces only because I did not have enough and got impatient and did not want to wait for decent ones.
If you had to go with concrete piers for 6x6's you could make your own. just figure out your dimensions and make your own little forms.
Around these parts 4'x4' or 4"x6" on an 8" center, nailers on 2' center, rafters on 2' center or 16"(some guys go 4' on center for rafter),purlins on a 2' center and I prefer a 2"x8" header, for a shed.
Edit: that would be an 8 foot not 8" center on them posts,,,I should proof read my post more carefully,,,
Started filling her up yesterday! I think im gonna get more in there than i originally thought. Still gonna have to add a section on once it's filled. View from the roof aint bad either! I might build a ladder up the side and throw a few lawn chairs up there
Yea, i havent decided on what im gonna use yet. Either gonna throw a couple 2x4's across the sides and some uprights to stack the ends against. Or i'll just drive some stakes along the sides.
"View from the roof aint bad either! I might build a ladder up the side and throw a few lawn chairs up there " Don't forget the grill and a cooler.......full of your favorite beverage, of course. Come to think of it, if done right, this could double as a deer blind too.
Looking good I have a "X" on the ends of mine, & cross stacked ends. Has been pretty stable, even in a few minor earthquakes
