Implement Shed

[piller]

Very nice. I need to build something similar as a run-in shed for our horses. Also need an implement shed, but that's lower down on the priority list.

4 hours! That's amazing.

One question about the structure. It looks like you have a plate running across the front and a plate running across the back that are used to support the rafters and roof. How are the plates attached to the posts? I have a shed and the posts are notched to help support the plates. Just curious.

 

[Lloyd_E]

Thanks guys for the support.

All limber is band saw milled and true to size: a full 2"x6", 2"x4", 2"x8" etc.
The posts are a full 4"x4". We air nailed together to hold and I re-spiked with longer galvanized spikes/nails.

The plates are air nailed and spiked to posts. Personally I don't trust air nails(3.5") with true dimensional lumber - but, they do help to put things together fast or hold in place when you don't have enough hands to hold the lumber, nail and hammer at the same time! There are/will be double 2x6 on either side of the 4x4 posts for strength - at the base, mid section and top plates. I tend to over build things.

We made one bay wall on the ground - squared and trued angles and built two more on top using the first one as a template - this went together fast. We then placed in position and leveled & trued everything with bracing before assembling. We checked building for square front to back and diagonally - we were within an eight of an inch!!

PA... somewhere on TBN some one did this shelf thing. The idea is to place the rake and back blade on the shelf with forks. The shelf will be 2x10" x10' joists/span with angle bracing on the sides with 2x4 as decking with 1" spacing between deck boards. Hopefully this will be strong enough to hold the rake and blade - they will be in separate bays not together on one shelf. They will be high enough to allow the bush hog to be backed in underneath. The snow blower will sit in front in the other bay.

toad and 2many are correct... when we first got it up I said this is huge... now I am not so sure!

The building will be sitting on a large slate rock dry stacked foundation. I try to replicate when possible older building techniques around my 200 year farm. There are a couple of larger barns down the road that are like this and believe it or not they are square and true after a hundred plus years.

I will remove the grass and lay landscape fabric/barrier and level with class A rock.
I use class A because I have extra sitting around.

Hopefully we will get the roof on. I have a pile of 3/4"x7.5" T&G left over from the horse barn build. I know there is enough for the roof and a wall... not sure if there is enough to do the whole building. Door thoughts: I am thinking 2x4 frame with corrugated plastic panels. this will let in light plus warmth/heat to keep things dry... any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

lloyd

 

[2manyrocks]

I would think about bolting the 4x4 posts to the plates supporting the rafters.

Thanks for the additional details. I hadn't thought about assembling the sections on the ground first.

4 hours time to make this much progress is fantastic.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Lloyd, that's coming along very nicely, but how come, you measure in feet and inches. Isn't Canada metric? Or is the dimensional lumber in SAE because of USA?

 

[Dave5264]

were all bi-lingual up here in Canada we speak Metric and SAE

 

[studor]

Nice work Lloyd -- I would use the corrugated panels on the roof for light but would make the doors from wood like the sides. You could also frame in some windows in the sides and forget about that plastic panel stuff entirely - JMHO
Dave -- it is not just that we are bi-lingual (although we are) -- we are multi cultural -- we tolerate everyones view on how long six inches (15.2 cm) is!!

 

[Lloyd_E]

2many,

I will probably leg bolt or through bolt before I go too far... like I said I tend to overbuild.
Good advice though!

czech, we are metric in theory. This was instituted by a gov't years ago. It never
crossed all areas of industry. We deal in litres for fuel or if you buy an oil tank it is in gallons(they deliver oil by the litre though) or if you buy gravel it is in yards, or if you buy milk and wine it is in litres, or if you buy lumber it is in inches... etc etc. And not all lumber is exact. A 2x4 can be a true 2x4 from a band saw mill, to 1.5"x3.5" or slightly less depending on the mill. 2x are getting thinner due to the lumber industry and lack of trees.

Some items are metric and sae.... depends on the lawnmower company as an example.

Gets confusing at times.

I started boarding in roof today but my elbow joints are killing me... I think I may have bricitis.

So I will slow down for a few days. So long as I get it finished before the snow flies I will be happy.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Lloyd,
Great job and nicely done !

Im looking foward to the finished product and how those shelves work out ! Keep posting pics when you can !

 

[Lloyd_E]

scott,

Your avatar is appropriate. It's hot today.

lloyd

 

[2manyrocks]

I have a couple of translucent corrugated panels in the roof of my 12 x 20 metal storage shed. They let in a lot of light. They are the same size as the other metal roof panels and go right on. I wouldn't use them on the doors because they'd probably get beat up and they are pricey to buy.

They take a while to build, but you can take 1/2 plywood and add a 1x2 or 1/4 frame to the outside to make it look like a traditional barn door. Makes for a pretty rigid and durable door.