Thought I would ask the greatest body of building knowledge on the web for ideas on a shed for the backyard.
I am looking for plans for a 8×16 or larger up to 16×24 shed. Planning on building it on piers similar to the small shed shown on this months FHB mag. I would like to go with a sloping roof around 10′ in front down to 8′ rear. and am planning to attach to the side a covered fire wood storage area. I know this is fairly simple but a set of drawings or plans that are cheap or free would be within my budget. A link to where to purchase would be great.
I have seen lots of plans for the standard truss A style roof but not much for a single slope. I will shingle the roof and use T-111 on the exterior. Sliding or double front door and a single door on one end.
Thanks
Jim
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Rez knew I could not resist doing this...
Here is a shed catalog again...
What's to plan, look around the scrap pile, what goes together to make a shed??
Have not take a pix yet of the old car hood collectin shed roof<G>, but think VATom has one of those.
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The idea is to use your imagination!!! You don't have to spend anything over about $20.
Examples and price list:
757 shed - basically free, used roofing, a set of old 757 body section cradles turned upside down - see the arch?
Tractor shed - basically free, probably <$5 total, and that was for diesel fuel frunning the tractor, gas for chain saw and welding rod. Mostly bolted with free scrap 3/8" lags, logs of own land, free plywood off pallets, neighbor gave me his 2 old 7 ft by 10 ft garage doors and made on taller one (installers of new wanted $80 to haul them off), roof is scrapped out old formical kitchen counter tops, etc. Floor is vinyl tile over steel, got a bunch of scrapped steel computer room floor panels (2ftx2ft), wleded them together.
Ivy shed - mostly held together by the ivy, 100% made from old pallets, even recycled nails, roof is license plates and recyled asphalt.
Use your own imagination and do your own plan or just build as you go. Watch craigslist for free old deck boards or similar. You really do not have to spend anything for a shed, you can even make one look good like a couple in the collage if you spend a little more time cleaning up scrap lumber.
Treat your time as recreation, don't pay to build for free if you don't enjoy doing it.
Make your piers high enough and there is added storage underneath.
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How about [URL="http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct.php?810"]New Yankee[/URL] from Norm? I do, however, like the other suggestions provided thus far.
Edited 4/22/2008 4:45 pm by homohabilis
Edited 4/22/2008 4:45 pm by homohabilis
Talisker,
Here's a 12-ft. by 16-ft. shed I built on my own property. It's in an older neighborhood, with houses built in the 1940s and 1950s. The houses nearby are small but well-built. About half the houses in the neighborhood are brick and those that are sided have brick foundations. Because I wanted the shed to fit the house and the neighborhood, I used brick for the foundation. I'm a bricklayer, so the labor was not a problem.
One thing I've noticed around here is that outbuildings usually fail because the wood frame sits too close to the ground. They rot or subcumb to termites or both. The frame of my building is 8-in.--three courses of brick--above the floor. The floor is concrete.
I wanted to make the building hard to break into. The windows are fixed lexon, which is unbreakable. I used a steel door and put both a dead bolt and a knob lock. I set the sill of the door flush to the floor to make it easy to roll a lawnmower into the building.
I also wanted to make the shed as inaccessible as possible to mice and bugs. In this respect, the concrete floor is much better than a wood floor. And the pre-hung door unit is much better that a site-built plywood door.
Mudslinger, that is beautiful. Looks like no expense was spared.
A great addition to the value of your property.
Jim
Thanks, Talisker. I enjoyed building it. Sheds can be an investment. When I built my parent's house in 1980, I attached an 8-ft. by 8-ft. storage area. We poured a concrete floor and I bricked the exterior as I bricked the house.
The house is five blocks from the Atlantic Ocean and it has appreciated greatly in value. The shed appreciated along with the house. When my mother had the house appraised a few years ago, the shed was valued at $20,000.
Wow Mud, some shed. Doubt that I will see that kind of appreciation but if/when the gas pipeline comes about will undoubtably see a modest gain.
Thanks
Jim
Jim,
Try this web site:
http://www.backroadhomes.com/
oldfred
Guy's, I knew I could count on you for inspiration. Junkhound I think although the sheds are functional I think I would run afoul of the city planning and zoning board not to mention my homeowners board. Reminds me of the sheds we had on the Homestead.
Thanks again for the ideas.
Jim
Try this site. http://www.pplans.com/books.html
Look for this book.
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Thanks Pick, will look for it.
Jim