Thursday 12 more yards of sand fill was delivered. I moved about half of it. Friday a friend came over and we moved a bunch. I eexceeded the footprint of the shed by 2 feet in finished grade. Im still going to go another 6' or so before shed build, but that will be a week or so if I get a bit of work in today. Question for those more experienced: The base of the wall here at the pictured end, (below) sits on about 18" of stone. To finish that, I was going to bring in topsoil to cover up and hold the stone in place. Grass to hold the soil in place....is there a better something other than soil and grass?
I don't think you will find anything better looking than soil and grass but I've seen "chickenwire" anchored down over rock retaining walls to keep it in place. Guess it depend on how much you want to maintain vs finish look
Got lotsa work done on the shed today, including a trip to HD for more lumber, and installed some of that. Will finish the back wall tomorrow, maybe get some roof installed. Goal get it ready to stack wood by next week.
Looks great Dave That's gonna be one sweet setup, all said and done. Nice and close to the house will save you (literally) tons of extra work. Perfect week weather-wise to be outside building too, and the cool down next week will be great for filling the shed up. I'm sure it's an awesome feeling seeing it all start to come together.
Im looking forward to bringing and keeping wood up by the house, and bringing it up as we have time in the summer.....vs a seasons worth in the fall. Im betting we stash 2 years worth in there too.. roughly 11 cord, but jammed to the rafters might make 12 cord. Enough sleeping, time to hit it!
She is pretty much done. The far wall, where the ladder is, will stay open for now to allow me to keep working on the retaining wall out that side. The back of the shed will stay open for now, so we can chuck wood up from below. I want to close those 2 sections in, so the neighbors dont have to see my wood, and possibly to keep my wood from falling out. I might make the top sections hinged, so we can open them to load the shed from the back, then close to keep it all in. 10x24. 6' tall at back, 7' at the front. I have some tinkering with the level of the ground inside, to be finished with stone, then wood can be tossed in. 3hrs of daylight left, wood will be stacked today.
Quite the project and something to be proud of every time ya look at it! Nice work. Can’t wait to see it full.
Did some fiddling around, tidied up, and finally.started chucking wood into the shed. With rain tomorrow, I'll stack after work. Ill add a peg for a lantern.... Maybe a shelf on the ceiling for kindling... i want to.add Y braces to keep it from twisting And, when the wood is dry, Ill paint it brown. And maybe plant Clematis so it will grow onnthe shed... Now I can join ranks with those who have huge wood sheds! Looking up from the wood pile, back side.
And enjoy the benefits of.... Wood close NOT under plastic 2 years worth Don't have to stack it up under the porch close to the house Dont have to take excess wood back down to the stacks because it cant stay up next to the house all summer. And this project has been a couple years in the making. The wall has cost maybe $2K, the shed custom for the spot, maybe $1K. Stoked.
I ran an ext cord from the house (to me coiled on a peg in the shed), and put up 3 work lights. I think a radio would work well out there too. Stumpy helped me stack the wood I chucked up yesterday. Got the first row up to the rafters....just to see what it would look like.
I purchased a 6 light contractors string for my pole barn. When needed, all I do is run an extension cord from the house and plug it in. Lights stay there.
I did the same. Except the lights were the clippy ones, They can be moved as I need the light....a good move so far.
I took about 60 Myrtle cuttings and have planted most of them, two to a void. I watered them with rooting hormones or whatever, and then another watering with 10-10-10 dissolved in warm water. As much as Clematis sounds like a VD, I saw a variety of Clematis in OH that doesn't need to be cut down every fall, reuses its own vines in the spring. I kinda think I'd plant those around the base of the shed, and let them grow up the shed. Clematis for the shed, Vinca and Myrtle for the wall. I didn't realize the Myrtle showed up in post #30.
So Stumpy and I and my dark brother, tossed and stacked all 3 cord of wood off one stack out back, into the shed today. There are two more stax, 6 cord together, then a couple cord I left at a friend's house. Then I'll pillage and plunder from another stack here,to top off the shed. Stumpy Doggo
I suppose it might, but this is seasoned wood going in there... Im loose packing the stacks in the shed, but 5 or 6 rows deep (back to front). I think some circulation would be good, but notsure how much it will get. I'm hoping the wood will continue to season out whle stored though.... Or how much vines would slow that down.
