Shed build

[allinon72]

My tiny garage is filling up with lawn tools, so I decided to make a small 5x5 garden shed to get them out of the garage. Here is my progress so far.

 

[TheNerd]

Looking good, I am going to have to do the same thing soon.

 

[pop pop]

You gonna be able to paint that wall behind it?

 

[tfreer85]

What's your cost on this so far? I'm in the great debate of buy or build for a small shed. Thanks, looking good.

 

[allinon72]

You gonna be able to paint that wall behind it?

No. I call it cost savings

What's your cost on this so far? I'm in the great debate of buy or build for a small shed. Thanks, looking good.

So far I have $226 in it. I went thru the same debate...I just wanted to build something that would be a lot stronger and look better than a resin shed. I still have 3 sheets of OSB that I haven't put up yet and enough 2x4s to make a door. I also have all the roof materials. I'm trying to keep the whole thing under $400 but it'll probably be more like $450.

 

[71flh]

I suppose its too late now, but I would have framed the base so I could put the concrete things completely under the shed. The first joist on both sides would be in something more than half the width of the concrete footer.

Makes me think I should revisit the idea of making a compressor shed. Maybe without a concrete base...

 

[littletoes]

Boy, I need to do the same thing, except that shed is wayyy too small for what I need....shovels, lawn tools, wheel barrows, mowers, you name it.

The worst is all the kid's bikes...eight of them, and boy do they take up some room. Every time I store them anywhere, I have to get them out so the kids can rife them.....sheesh.

 

[Lunker]

Nice build. I need about the same size. Looking forward to seeing the final product

 

[machine_punk]

Cool...pretty much exactly the same footprint I was going for, but I need to keep it out of site from the front yard, so I'm going to build it just tall enough to wheel the lawnmower in.

Looking good so far...for the same $400 as the 'resin shed,' you end up with something much nicer.

 

[rvr6000]

That's gonna be a nice shed. Always hated keeping yard equipment in the garage.
What are you planning for the outside?

 

[allinon72]

I suppose its too late now, but I would have framed the base so I could put the concrete things completely under the shed. The first joist on both sides would be in something more than half the width of the concrete footer.

Makes me think I should revisit the idea of making a compressor shed. Maybe without a concrete base...

I thought about that but given the small footprint of the shed, I wanted the pylons out as far as possible for stability.

That's gonna be a nice shed. Always hated keeping yard equipment in the garage.
What are you planning for the outside?

Right now my plan is to use the 4x8 paneling that looks like hardie plank. Unfortunately due to the dimensions, each side requires 2 sheets in order to avoid having a ton of seems.

 

[LoRollinLS]

Nice little shed my friend! That will be great for what you need. You can cram that thing FULL. As organized as you are, I'm sure you'll have shelves and hooks everywhere in there. Glad to see your going to get the garden and lawn tools out of the garage! Also, it ***** how you can dump that much money into something so small so fast huh? lol

 

[allinon72]

Got the roof up and the OSB on today. What is everyone using for finish materials? I am looking at LP SmartSide, but it will blow up my budget.

 

[Justanoldguy]

Is all that under floor timber and flooring treated?

Here in NZ we can't build anything closer than 12"
to the ground that is not "ground treated" timber.
Unless there is a full concrete slab of course.

 

[allinon72]

All the wood is treated except for the OSB.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Got the roof up and the OSB on today. What is everyone using for finish materials? I am looking at LP SmartSide, but it will blow up my budget.

Probably anything is going to blow your budget. Even a close matching vinyl siding would kill it big time after buying 4 outside corners alone.

 

[allinon72]

Yeah I'll need 6-7 sheets of Smartside, at $24/sheet

 

[Hotrod1959]

This is exactly what I am going to build at my sons house. I reclaimed most of the material for free off craigslist. I just scored 3 sheets of like new plywood, a 2x6x10' and a bunch of smalled 2x4s. You shed looks real good.......

 

[allinon72]

I just found out that Smartside is structural and I could have used it instead of OSB....oh well.

 

[KPSquared]

Just spray it with a good exterior paint. Then when you have some extra cash, cover it in whatever.

Great lookin little shed!

 

[allinon72]

Pretty much finished, just needs paint.

 

[JimVonBaden]

Looks good.

What was the final bill?

Jim

 

[Aaron P.]

great little shed man....love it, what are the concrete bits called the frame is sitting on???

my kids want a tree house n this looks like the perferct job to copy.....

 

[NUTTSGT]

Looks good, I see you matched up the lines on the siding.

Although the sheathing should keep the door from racking, I think I would a couple of diagonal braces on the inside before it tries to sag.

 

[ADaughen]

what are the concrete bits called the frame is sitting on???

4-way post pier
http://menards.com/main/building-ma...-4-way-post-support-pier/p-1722735-c-5647.htm

Ran me ~$8/pier on my shed.

aka deck pier.

Although the sheathing should keep the door from racking, I think I would a couple of diagonal braces on the inside before it tries to sag.

Either diagonals or another sheet of ply on the inside. That outer sheeting is not that thick.

 

[allinon72]

The door is sheathed with 7/16th OSB plus 3/8th siding. I don't want to add too much more weight to the door as it weighs a ton already.

 

[Hardware]

Nice job!

 

[allinon72]

Looks good.

What was the final bill?

Jim

Around $500

 

[JimVonBaden]

Around $500

Not bad, especially for good quality materials!

Jim

 

[allinon72]

Looks good, I see you matched up the lines on the siding.

Although the sheathing should keep the door from racking, I think I would a couple of diagonal braces on the inside before it tries to sag.

There are no horizontal seems anywhere...the black line you see on the front is a pencil line.

 

[Kevin54]

There are no horizontal seems anywhere...the black line you see on the front is a pencil line.

I think he was talking about lining up the door seams to the wall seams (vertical seams)

 

[SuperSocket]

Nice little shed.


One thing that you should have thought about (maybe you did, I don't know) is to look at the local Amish builders for sheds. I have found their prices ridiculously cheap, basically my cost of materials and they deliver it finished. The quality is great too.


But you're done now so that's water under the bridge, but just something to think about in the future if you decide to upgrade (a man can never have enough storage space).

 

[allinon72]

Nice little shed.


One thing that you should have thought about (maybe you did, I don't know) is to look at the local Amish builders for sheds. I have found their prices ridiculously cheap, basically my cost of materials and they deliver it finished. The quality is great too.


But you're done now so that's water under the bridge, but just something to think about in the future if you decide to upgrade (a man can never have enough storage space).

I like to build things myself. That was half the reason for this project

 

[dare23]

Nice shed! Good job lining up the door seams with the wall. I admit I probably wouldn't have thought of that.

 

[SuperSocket]

I like to build things myself. That was half the reason for this project

I do too, but when I factor cost vs time vs savings, then I give in

 

[allinon72]

Nice shed! Good job lining up the door seams with the wall. I admit I probably wouldn't have thought of that.

I knew that was critical in making it look good...for that reason the front panel cuts took me about 2 hours.

 

[Ford52PU]

nice shed, might copy it to put my compressor in. Good Job!

 

[gordon_gjs]

Boy, I need to do the same thing, except that shed is wayyy too small for what I need....shovels, lawn tools, wheel barrows, mowers, you name it.

The worst is all the kid's bikes...eight of them, and boy do they take up some room. Every time I store them anywhere, I have to get them out so the kids can rife them.....sheesh.

- you said it. It seems like once you put the kids bike up out of the way that is the day they want to ride it, then you have to take it back down agian!

But this build inspires me to start building my shed in the back! It will need to be much larger then this.

 

[allinon72]

And here is the finished product. Even though I spent a little more money than I would have on an ordinary resin shed, it's built exactly how I wanted it, by me. Now I can refocus on the garage.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I think he was talking about lining up the door seams to the wall seams (vertical seams)

Yep, Kevin caught what I was talking about.