Woodshed wood idea- need some help

Well, get to thinking about it...my "metal carport" woodshed has the roof panels running "east/west", still works fine...the water just runs off the end instead of the side of the shed (my shed is not perfectly level)

Like this...

 

the skylight are not used for sun to dry wood but to let light in and be a roofing material. Nothing Worse than the box you can’t see into so accomplish light without electricity. Panels are 30” by 12’ or 24 sq. Feet of coverage for less than $30 or roughly 1.25 a sq. Ft

 

See if you can sell that steel to someone and pay for exactly what you want.

 

How many of those panels do you have? I would build a simple lean to shed type roof, open on all sides for maximum air movement. Accessible from two sides so wood can be easily rotated. Crib the ends. No sun as Backwoods Savage stated. Air flow will dry the wood fine.
It'll hold about 9 cord stacked 4' high.

 

I have 6 and with the overlap, that’s 18’ of coverage. So plenty for a roof. Just would be east/west vs north/south

 

This is what I was thinking cut it in half. Run it the correct way. The shorter panels will be lighter to handle and fit better.
You could fill in with clear polycarbonate panels for light if you don’t have enough metal. You could also install the metal panels from the right and left toward the center having room in center for a couple of the polycarbonate panels in middle.
The polycarbonate are very strong and will hold up well.

The only real challenge would be how to handle the overlap of all panels to make it watertight.
Good luck and have a build thread!

 

I went back and forth on my design a bit before deciding on that. Ultimately it acts as an overhang which shields my dry stacks a little better from driving rain. If I didn’t have it and went with the straight pitched roof I would stack right up to the threshold of the bays. This way I can still maximize floor space and I also have about a two foot overhang (maybe it’s only 18”—I forget) which keeps the worst of the rain out. I get some pretty intense winds at certain times where I live and I have noticed the ground will be wet under the overhang but dry right up to the threshold to the shed (and my stacks). So very little water but lots of air movement. I don’t know if I’m explaining it very well or just being confusing but my other answer is just I like the way it looks and it was more fun to build.