loribt
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Before I start asking questions, thought I should let you all know that two women that are going to try and build a horse run-in by ourselves. My friend and I are going to attempt to build a horse shed 14' x 14', 3 full sides, front 7 foot opening. I have alot of used 2x8's that I am selling to her cheap because she needs a new horse run-in, and I offered to help her. Here's our plan. The 2x8x8 treated lumber is what I had previously used for some horse fencing that was taken down, so we plan on cutting off the ends where the old nail holes are and making them 7 foot long so that's why the building will be 14 x 14 if that makes sense. So, she bought 8 4x6x12 treated posts and is having her neighbor drill the holes. We plan to set the front posts so that that 9 feet will be out of the ground and the back posts so that 8 feet will be out of the ground for the slope back. Now, we plan on spacing the posts 7 feet apart, so how deep should the center posts be set so the slope back will be correct? I was thinking probably split the difference and have them 8 1/2 feet out of the ground. Then we plan on using 2x4's to tie the posts together, right? Next we will nail the support boards starting at the bottom, level and as low to the ground as possible all the way around (maybe even dig down some into the ground) and start nailing on the boards working our way up. Also plan on putting a temporary support board along the top that we may have to replace depending on if there is a gap once we get to the top. Does my plan sound like I'm doing this right? When I get to the roof, that will be another issue, but I think we can figure that out by looking online and asking more questions. Thanks for any input or advice. We are woman, hear us roar, lol......