shed

With our twins due any day, it seemed like the perfect time to start building a shed out along the driveway. Actually I had
meant to start it earlier, but you know how it goes… We have a timber frame house, and I wanted to build a garden and
woodshed in a similar style. After pricing out a kit from a local supplier, I decided that I would just design something myself
and buy the lumber locally from a small sawmill. Green (undried) logs are certainly heavy, but so far the back has
stood up to the work.

I figure the entire project - 10x14 timber shed with 8 foot
walls, sash windows, metal roof, barn board siding and the 6x14
wood storage area will cost me about 2200.00 dollars, which is
cheaper than I could have bought an el cheapo chipboard shed
from a dealer and it has been fun to do. Two weekends in and
the frame is mostly up (still need to finish the porch roof for
the woodshed) and hope to get the metal roof on this weekend
if the twins hold off their arrival for a bit longer.

9/27/2007 The metal roof is on and now that it is
relatively dry, it is tempting not to start moving
things in even before the siding is on. I am letting the
pine board siding dry for a few weeks as it was sawn
very green and this will cut down somewhat on
shrinkage once it is up. The timbers have begun to
darken in the sun

10/05/2007
With the siding on and all but the doors on the
structure is basically complete. After putting on the
doors, I will turn my attention to my next spare time
project - rebuilding the ancient tumbled down stone
wall that runs 700 feet along the front of our
property.

I have had many requests for plans and more details
to build this shed, but I regret to say it came
largely from my head. Hopefully there is enough
detail in the photos that you can get the idea. As
far as timber dimensions (unmilled eastern white
pine and hemlock)
posts and plates 6x6 inches
knee braces 3x3 inches
rafters and collar ties 4x6 inches
girts 3x4 inches
door and window framing 2x4 inches
siding 1x4 to 1x12 ship-lapped on edge with arouter
I realize that this is conservative and members are
oversized, but I like the heavy, solid look of the
larger timbers.