Lovely warm weekend here, more June-ish than April.
I dragged everything out of the busted tin shed and then set about demolishing the thing. Got all the roof panels off by dint of whacking them loose from the rusted-solid screws with a crowbar. As for the walls, I reckon the easiest thing to do is drill into the screw heads until they fall off and then smack the panels apart. It’ll take me a while, but what the hey.
Next-door neighbor built himself a wooden shed/workshop a few years back, so he has been giving me useful tips – such as, if you keep it under 108 square feet, you don’t need a building permit. He downsized his plans to avoid the hassle.
So I decided to drop the planned 12X10 to 12x8, which will make the floor construction simpler as well. (The tin shed was 10’6"x9’, on patio blocks and the floor got wet every spring; I’m going to mount its replacement on deck blocks to get it off the ground.)
Have to cut down three lilacs to accommodate the 12’, but lilacs are easily replaceable.
I figure if I build it to housing standards (2x4 studs on 16" centres), it should last a while.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/Plants%20on%20the%20RGS/rgs006.jpg)
Mine’s 16’x16’ on a concrete slab. Down here if it’s built as what they consider permanent(such as on a concrete slab) you need a permit. But if the neighbors don’t complain you can get away without one. The shed is now in it’s 30th year and had vinyl siding placed on it 2 years ago. Makes a handy catch-all after the garage get’s full…
My shed is 12x16, post and beam construction, on concrete footings. Came as a kit of precut beams, and a big pile of siding and plywood for the floor/roof. Took about 3 nights, and one Saturday morning to put it up. Around here, anything over 80 sf needs 1) a permit, and 2) frost footings. 1/3 of it is train storage, the rest is, well, everything else.
(http://zbd.com/photos/Houses/Littleton/PineHarborShed/DSCF0089.JPG)
I’m guessing you have a wood burning fire place or something from the looks of the wood pile.
Geoff George said:Or something. The man runs live steam.
I'm guessing you have a wood burning fire place or something from the looks of the wood pile.
Chris Vernell said:Cool. You will, however, need a bigger buck than me to sling those logs into the firebox.Geoff George said:Or something. The man runs live steam.
I'm guessing you have a wood burning fire place or something from the looks of the wood pile.
How did they do it?
madwolf
Bob McCown said:I'm thinking along similar lines to your shed (smaller, of course). Cycle storage at the door end, workbench/train area at the other with windows for light/air, everything else stacked in between. Won't be a kit. I'm not impressed with the kits I've seen hereabouts. Got the tin shed down today when daughter's boyfriend came over and we resorted to main force to break the thing apart. He says he knows a scrap metal dealer who will be happy to take the wreckage. I hope he speaks truth. I sawed the lilacs down to stumps. Reckon I'll trim 'em off to ground level and cover them with something unfriendly to plant life; no way I'm going to be able to dig out those root systems. Looks like I have my free time taken up for quite a while.
My shed is 12x16,
Chris,
I’m seriously considering a pre-built shed myself. The neighbor did that several years ago now and no Permit needed as it was hauled in on a truck and can be hauled out the same. He did place his on a concrete pad but again it’s not a permenent structure. I’ll not go the pad route but will likely have some concrete for stability on the resting points. I can do that myself instead of getting someone to pour a pad for me.
Chas
I wasn’t wild about 99% of the kits I found, either. These guys are great. REAL post and beam construction (4x4, 4x6, 3x6) and everything (well, 99%) is precut.
(http://zbd.com/photos/Houses/Littleton/PineHarborShed/DSCF0088.JPG)
Only thing I had to cut was the siding around the windows and doors.
So share the brand/source Bob?
Chas
We went the Tuffshed route with our new garage, I got to see alot of their garden shed product, its very solid stuff, well put together.
Too far away. Darn.
Back to the Amish then…
Thanks!