built mah first woodshed
 

...it was so much fun! I'm starting small, before building a barn. *just basic measurements, kinda made it up as I went along. Used metal from an old coop for the roof, and it's on skids so we can move it around. what a blast! oh, and made a birdhouse out of some scraps. construction is good for the soul! I'd love to see what other GIMmers have built!


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Re: built mah first woodshed
 

Nice work, Emc2.

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Good work, there Emc2....your location says AZ, but that hardwood forest ain't AZ...... :biggrin:

Here's one of mine from a few years ago.....portable shed open front and backside, will hold about 2 1/2 cords of wood. I tow around the farm to whatever area I'm cutting that year and fill. My plan is to have about 4 of them eventually.


6'x10'x 5-6' tall inside.


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I'm am architect in my awakened state and although I'm glad I don't live next door to you, I so honor an appreciate your building spirit! The smile on your face says it all! You're right, construction is good for the soul. The smile on your face says it all! Did I say that already?

Keep up the good work!

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That's an excellent idea and a sound looking design. I have one question: what do you do when you want to use that wood? It seems like it would be too heavy to move when it is full of wood so you have to off load it into a trailer to move to the house or something like that?

We live on 90 acres and I spend a lot of time cutting wood for the stove! Always looking for ideas on how to make it easier and to make the wood burn better. That shed would keep it from getting soaked by rain and let it dry out faster. But I wouldn't want it to be 300 yards from the house somewhere in the woods when we have a foot of snow on the ground!

Gregg

Re: built mah first woodshed
 

Whew! I just turned off my electric ceiling heat for the year. My plan is to turn it back on when it gets cold eventually.

:smile: $240 for the winter

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I'm building a bunch of 4x8' beds this year.... with the idea of having them all the same size in order to construct movable poly tunnels, cold frame tops, chicken coop, mini-greenhouse, trellises and other features so I can rotate them as needed.

There are a lot of perks to raised bed gardening. gardengirl.tv has a lot of good videos and ideas.

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You heat your whole house for $240 per year in electric?

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Not real cold in Oz eh?

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Re: built mah first woodshed
 

Tome,

It REALLY must not get cold there if you can use ceiling heat, which IMHO is the sorriest form of electric heat ever conceived of, and do it for 240 bucks. May you be blessed with grid power forever.

Tulsamal,

No, the shed stays where it is when full.....I only move it when empty to a new location I want to thin. I use a flat bed single axle wagon to move the wood into the basement....has about a 6x10 bed on it, waist high.....It ( and my tractor ) will haul about a cord per load. The bulk of my firewood I'm still stacking outside with some old roofing tin to cover. Then, before cold weather kicks in, I move 5-6 cords into the basement for the winter....the woodpile is about 10' from the woodstove and the dumb waiter I rigged to lift wood to the main floor level.

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I agree that ceiling heat is a sorry form but electric heating here in the Pacific North West with all our hydropower and cheap electricity is smart, clean, and renewable. I don't want to hijack this thread but just keeping people warm during the winter can be better accomplished by focusing on insulation, weatherstripping, wearing a sweater, and common-sense energy conservation. Sorry for the thread diversion. I did my share of fire wood splitting in my younger years...hard work.

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Woodsheds...aren't those the structures behind which naughty boys were
taken by their stern father's back in the old days?

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Yeah, electriciy is great until the grid goes down. Up here, if it goes to -20 and you are grid dependant, you better be versed in igloo building or get ready to be hard as a carp. I also like the fact that wood is free and I cut out several layers of leeches in the process.

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Makes no sense to now live as if the grid is down. Most cities and towns do not allow wood burning due to smog concerns. Smog is a concern in rural valleys too. If simply keeping warm during the cold months is the objective burning trees is not the optimum solution. GIM Survival Prep Section need not mean primitive living.

Just saying...

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It DOES make sense where I live. "Most cities and towns" is not true in the north, many here heat with wood. We lost power for 5 days in an ice storm this winter. The poor grid-tied bastards were staying in hotels in the valley. In a more widespread outage, they would have been farked. Survival prep DOES mean at least the ability to quickly convert to primitive living. If you are relying on the Grid for life's necesities then you are asking for trouble. I'd rather have a year's worth of heat sitting there ready to go.:565:

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Wow. Five whole days. So you burn trees all winter because the grid "may" go down?

I apologize to Emc2 and everyone for sidetracking this thread away from the nice new woodshed. Sorry.

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Bump

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No, I burn trees all winter long BECAUSE I CAN GET THEM FOR FREE. Fark the utilities! Even if you believe in the CO2/global warming scam, much of our power here in the northeast is from nice clean coal. Trees are renewable, sequester carbon, and did I mention that they are FREE?

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Built our woodshed a few years back. Definitely a worth while investment for country living.

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Washer overflow all those soap suds ?


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Nice, and I like the color too. Boy, I could sure use a wood shed myself, but my project list is full. But my first thought was that your design would make a great chicken coop! A few egg boxes and roost poles, and a nice little pop door, and you'd be set for 5-6 birds or so. Or maybe you're planning to have them live in the barn you're planning to build?

You do have chickens, don't you? :bear_w00t:

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Yup. My loving wife won't let me do the laundry anymore.

Oh the pain...

Re: built mah first woodshed
 

Tome,you think the grid will still be up when the guy who works at the power plant has to work all day for a loaf of bread?

Or maybe he just wont show up for work.

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The guy who works at the power plant may just stay home to cut firewood it will be a better use of his time.