I can get this 12x24 shed from a friend for $200 and a local shed moving company quoted me $350 to move it. It's a little rough looking on the exterior but the floor, studs and roof sheathing are all in good shape.the interior is also very clean. I wasn't really in the market for a shed but the mrs wants to build or buy a shed style playhouse for baby piney $$$$$. She also would also like her own work space for crafts and other projects as she doesn't always like working in the shop since it's more of a "guys area". I thought about building an interior wall and making the back half a play house for baby piney and letting the mrs use the front half for her work shop. Then the also crossed my mind about cutting the shed in half to make two separate sheds. Just wall in each cut end of course. Any thoughts?
It appears to be one of the ones built with shed "trusses". They are probably 2 foot on center, pick one and cut it all the way around and build 2 new end walls, wallah 2 sheds. Might want to build the walls inside the end a little to maintain roof overhang
For $550.00 you got more than that in materials. I would just partition and add another door on the back side. Steal!!!
Yea i know even the materials for a small playhouse would be closer to $800. This is way bigger than i even thought of looking at but for the price it's hard to pass up. I'll probably just leave it whole but figured I'd see what everyone's thoughts were on cutting into two. I've got the room for it, just need to find the right spot. Really don't feel like moving it twice.
I like this idea as the footprint would be smaller than two separate sheds and Mom wouldn't be far from lil Piney. You then could install a heat source common to both sides.
For now I'm just going to have the shed mover set it on some treated 4x4's laying crossways to keep it out of the dirt. If i decide to keep it where it is we'll lift it from both ends with the forklift and backhoe, pull it out of the way and spread some stone. That's what I'm leaning towards. The girls could have their own space. I'll stay in the shop
Well the shed is here in its new home. Turns out that I know the shed mover guy from 10+ years ago. We didn't realize that speaking over the phone. Boy his equipment sure made the job easy. We had it lifted and back to my place in no time. I was suprised to see the underside looks almost new! It has 12" on center floor joists and they must've used the good pressure treated wood back then because there's no rot at all except for a small spot on one of the 4x4 runners. Best part of it was he only charged me $160 to move it! Here's a few pics.
Wow, what a deal you got there. You are not going to be sorry you bought that building home. I can't imagine that going for $200. Would have been over a grand easily around here.
Great Deal R u going to put it on cinder blocks with 1/4" stone under it to keep out dampness or mold?
That's a heck of a deal. If you're even slightly inclined to fix/patch the t-111 end rot. I had success attaching a rip fence for the width of a PVC 1x6 or 8" to the siding and setting my circular saw depth to the recessed groove rip the length of the siding, chisel/hack off the laminations and attach the trim board with a good bead of caulk on the top edge.
Trim up that t 111 then use a drip edge slip it up under the siding then add the PVC trim. The is no amount of caulking that prevent leaks and rot after a few seasons. The drip edge will last longer than the building.
Thanksfor the ideas guys. Yea i plan on cutting out the rotted t111 and adding some sort of trim piece in its place. savemoney that drip edge looks like it would work great.
