Build An Heirloom Garden Shed
Anything but typical, this handsome outbuilding can be built by one person in about a week
A backyard shed is a handy repository for all manner of tools and implements for gardening and lawn care. While most of these structures are utilitarian buildings, they don’t have to be. In this article, FHB Project House editor Justin Fink shows how to build an attractive, stylish garden shed that would be a showpiece for any backyard. The shed starts with a basic floor that rests on concrete blocks upon pads of compacted gravel. (If your site isn’t adequately level, you will need to do preliminary site work or consider poured-concrete piers.) After the floor framing is complete and secured, the walls go up. The wall assembly consists of 4×4 top and bottom plates, 4×6 corner posts, and 4×4 wall posts. Next comes the roof; while the roof is more of a challenge than the floor and walls, a handy layout jig (instructions included) makes the work easier. With…
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Is all lumber in this build pressure treated? or just the base?
Thanks.
The link to the sketchup model is broken
did you prepare a parts list and cut list for this project? That would be extremely helpful!
rjwood view the pdf
Thank you so much for making this available! I lost an old 12 X 16 outbuilding to tornado damage and want to build a replica. It was an 1800's small train depot in my rural community, and I felt heartsick that it was ruined. The framing was almost identical to this, including the floor, so this gives me great guidance. Also, I was able to have a lot of my tornado-damaged trees turned into 4 X 4's, 1X's, and 2X's, so I should be able to make use of this lumber! So strange that this crossed my path just when I was trying to figure out what to do........