Pole shop and shed building

[forgeblast]

Awesome looking!!

 

[dieselscout80]

Can you show me how you did the two different roof angles with your metal roofing?

Ps it looks really cool!!

 

[HCJtractor]

Very nice!!! How did you connect your log framing members to each other?? Are they mortised or just nailed or screwed?

 

[HCJtractor]

Whoops. Just read where you used rods and big nails. Sorry I missed that initially!

 

[stingray1]

Great looking job.

 

[s219]

Sounds like you took all the prudent precautions you could:thumbsup: Not having any Beech around here, i just always assumed it to be a softer wood.

Beech is actually a little denser than oak (both members of the same family). Makes great firewood -- about the highest BTU content of all the wood on my land including the oaks and hickories. I have milled some beech for lumber, but it's a real chore since it's so hard.

 

[s219]

Chris, I am real impressed with your barn -- love the construction, the logs, and all the salvaged materials. I'd be proud to have that on my property -- looks like a cozy shop/hangout. It takes extra patience and care working with logs compared to buying lumber off the shelf, but it's worth the trouble. Well done!

I bought a bark spud a couple years ago (made by Peavey manufacturing up in Maine -- they make great logging tools) and it's real good for peeling bark quickly. Gives a nice look too. I have a batch of pine logs peeled and seasoning for some future projects. About 3/4 of my land was logged in the early 90s and replanted with yellow pine, so it's like a weed almost. Whenever one comes down I add a few more logs to my collection.

 

[Glassback]

Thanks to everyone for the great comments!

Can you show me how you did the two different roof angles with your metal roofing?

I put the shed roofing on first then the shop roofing comes down right on top of it so the corrugation matches up. There's about 4-5" of overlap. Can't get a good exterior photo of it now due to the snow but here's what it looks like from the inside.

I was a little worried about running the wood stove and have the melting snow run off the shop and ice dam over the shed part. Then it might back up and drip into the shop but that hasn't happened. If it ever did I was going to cut an inch off of the shop roofing and get a roll of 12" or wider flashing to stick under the shop roofing and over the shed roofing. If I had flashing I would have done it that way but I was trying my best to make things work with what I had. It hasn't been an issue so far.

 

[FreshRouteFarm]

What a great little shed/shop. Have you had any condensation issues inside?

 

[Western]

Beech is actually a little denser than oak (both members of the same family). Makes great firewood -- about the highest BTU content of all the wood on my land including the oaks and hickories. I have milled some beech for lumber, but it's a real chore since it's so hard.

Thanks for that description, i would have never known, but sure sounds like a hardy wood.