Moving a shed

[EddieWalker]

What are you going to do with all those bricks?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Was supposed to have a chimney on the house, but never got done.
Under the porch is bricked, and I did a little more when I added the garage. Probably have 800.

Today I used my pile of stone dust and made places to store pallets of bricks.

So today was shuffling stuff around.

Got a big burn pile ready, but too dry and windy.

 

[Jstpssng]

I'm watching to see how you do this, as I have a similar shed which I would like to move this summer.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I'm watching to see how you do this, as I have a similar shed which I would like to move this summer.

At the rate I’m going, you might beat me.

If it didn’t have the lean to attached on the back, I probably would have already tried to pull it.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

At the rate I’m going, you might beat me.

If it didn’t have the lean to attached on the back, I probably would have already tried to pull it.

Well, if you're going to remove the lean to anyway, give it a shot at pulling it..... maybe save some work and the lean to will just stay behind!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

What are you going to do with all those bricks?

I really don’t know what I’m going to do with all those bricks. They are going to be a headache, as the pallets will just rot being outside. I broke the band on another stack moving them today.

LS, going to put a header on the shed side of the lean to, cut the roof and keep it. Might eventually store the bricks under it to protect the pallets. Or maybe I should just dig a big hole and bury the bricks. Things to think about when you wake up at 4:30 am.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The fence rails were on a split rail fence between the house and shed. I used to have a section of yard enclosed, but removed 3 sides, used those rails to build a fence along the front of the property.

I’m afraid with them stacked together they will rot much quicker.

 

[Hay Dude]

I really don’t know what I’m going to do with all those bricks. They are going to be a headache, as the pallets will just rot being outside. I broke the band on another stack moving them today.

LS, going to put a header on the shed side of the lean to, cut the roof and keep it. Might eventually store the bricks under it to protect the pallets. Or maybe I should just dig a big hole and bury the bricks. Things to think about when you wake up at 4:30 am.

Craigs List them.
Theyll be gone in a week if you price em right.

 

[EddieWalker]

I've found that old bricks work great for erosion. Just put a bunch in the ditch and the water rushing through them from a storms slows down and over time the ditch fills up with silt and then grass grows over all of it. Other then that, I can't think of anything bricks are good for.

 

[sodamo]

Interesting project, Dennis. Not that I have a move candidate, but watching and learning.

As for the lean to, any of those pipes candidates for posts? Even use as screw jacks to support then you’ll have more room to work after moving shed.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The pipe is thin wall. Originally bought to drain my foundation drain further from house, but wasn’t needed.
I do have one pT 4x4 long enough, and maybe another that will work as leanto posts. . Then all I need to procure is a 16 ft header. Can get that when I pick up a couple 6x6s for skids.

I got my sawzall working. It has a high/low speed switch. Threw it a couple times and it started working.

I won’t have time to work on shed for a couple weeks. I still have parts for an above ground pool to move from the leanto, and then some old double hung windows that lean against the back of the shed. They sit where one of the posts needs to go. Once header is in, I’ll cut the roof, put skids under and try to pull. Well, after I move some more stuff out like old lumber. Not too much of that.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I could hire a mason and have the bricks put around the garage, like some were meant to go. lol

 

[jjeff]

You could use your bricks as pavers along with all the buckets of sand you mentioned. I used several pallets of old CMU placed with the webs up in sand made a pretty solid floor in sandy soil (better than a soft sand floor) for the greenhouse I moved.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I was pushing the bricks against the side of the shed the other day to get them slid all the way on the pallets. Tonight I noticed I pushed the bottom of the wall in about 3” in that area.

 

[JDZ735M]

Or maybe I should just dig a big hole and bury the bricks. Things to think about when you wake up at 4:30 am.

I took 5 brick chimneys off an old house and hauled them to the dump and I've regretted it ever since 1985.

 

[Cycledude]

A few Amish men move shed

 

[Jstpssng]

Threw it a couple times and it started working.

You must have gone to the same school of repairs that I did. Usually they break when I do it though, then I go buy a new one.

 

[pennwalk]

If it wasn't for the high price of lumber I might think about 2 x 4 braces from the bottom of the shed to the ends of the lean-to rafters and move it with the lean-to attached. You would have to make sure it is all tied together good.

Chris

 

[buckeyefarmer]

No progress on the shed. I might have to put some stuff back in for the summer to make room in my barn.

 

[kenmbz]

Too bad , looking forward to see the shed rolling along.
Hard to gauge time for spring work with rain and all.

I know I am weeks behind where I want to be, just in clearing and cleanup.