No doubt there will be a lot of construction and DIY people adding "what you should do" type comments but I think it looks great, I would be proud of it. I think it's in the best spot as well.
Treat the wood on your corners etc, then paint those corners with a green gloss paint to match your sheet metal. That mower will be ideal for cutting down your pastures Great job JT..
Amazing job for your first go! Well done JT! Just one question...does the roof not need some over hang front and back to protect the wood and stop the rain from dripping inside? 🤔😅 I'm no expert, genuinely wondering. Well done again 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 you did right returning the first one, everything french is difficult 😂😂😂 (it had Jardin written on it).
@SimonJM yeah I thought about the wood too but didn't mention it as for the structure it's a bit late now and didn't want to assume it wasn't already treated 😅
Well done J T you just need some flexi filler along the inside of the roof line to fill the gaps to make it waterproof!! Youve done a good job for your 1st build.
Little shed looks awesome, the one thing I would add is 45 degree corner brace in each corner, top and bottom, this will double the strength, especially if you get a lot of wind, I learnt that the hard way 🙂
JT , nice little storage shed, if you have any of the metal sheeting left , I would suggest you cut some full height strips and bend them around the wood panelling on the corners to help protect the wood from the elements and to maintain the overall colour of the project. You could even cover the edges of the roof line to make the shed totally weather tight. In time you could consider laying a concrete floor slab to prevent the floor becoming a muddy churned up mess, allowing you to conduct maintenance on your mower or if you get one , a snow blower.
meanwhile, as regards that first shed you gave up on, I would've gladly accepted the challenge. I absolutely love self-assembly furniture to the point of me currently sitting on a self-assembly sofa-bed and staring at my next project, 2 identical self-assembly book cases. my electric screwdriver is charged up and ready for action, however, I'm not quite that ready yet, but when enough energy has been mustered up, yeah. 🤣 I have some limited woodworking skills - you never know when you're going to need them. and yes, I've made a ton of furniture - the only thing is, it looks like someone aided a 9 year old with a band saw and drill while drunk. my footstool is my crowning moment of glory - it's 23 years old and withstood a ton of use/abuse without showing signs of wear. it's funny how DIY projects when done right, tend to last longer than anything else. on a side note, I also like /upcycling self-assembly stuff to give it a new lease of life. 2nd hand self-assembly stuff also generally tends to last forever too (ask my wardrobes!!) 🤣
Well done JT, you are an incredible young man with an incredible partner. For your age, you two amaze me. What a beacon to show to doubters of young people.💗💗💗👵🏴🌹🌹🌹
That's a great achievement JT - good job! If you are not fixing on keeping it long-term, how about a heavy-duty tarpaulin to hang down the front? Would be enough to keep rain out, untl you decide what you intend doing with it? Keep the videos rolling, great to watch your progress!
Amazing video , may i suggest that you concrete the posts in and treat the outside wood , or it will weather and root / split . You could even buy exterior green wood paint . I just want to know does anna allow you to be hired out as a handy man because you did an amazing job . Well done really well done .
Good job bud looks great... But i would have to finish it though if i was you. I wouldnt be able to sleep at night in fear of strong winds blowing it down lol
Lol, nice one, I made one of those metal sheds that you had first and returned, it had 100's of screws, and I do mean 100's, took forever to build, and mine had awful instructions too! I'm sure your shed will come in handy.... 8-)
Take some advice from an old woman who has been wealthy and now poor. Wherever you can, especially for a shed. Buy used. You'll save an absolute fortune buying everything used. Every single thing in my home, is good quality, and was originally bought by someone with money to spare. You might have got a shed twice as big for half the price. You can find some amazing bargains in thrift stores, even vintage and antique things for a fraction what you'd pay new. Most times they will be great with a throw over them if you have pets. Then as you and Anna start making more money and can afford to, replace things as they wear out or you get bored with them, buying new if that's what you like. If I won the lottery tomorrow, I *still* wouldn't buy anything new as I get pleasure out of finding a real bargain. Like my green 'L' shaped leather couch. I *love* green, and leather means I can wipe it over and dog hairs just get swooshed away. It cost me £35 so 4 years ago. It was 3 years old and had cost the lady £699.
Great job, JT. Especially for your first time. A few thoughts/ideas. For the small gaps at the bottom where you want to fill in... if you can get some treated planks maybe double that in width, dig down enough to wedge under the bottom of the metal, then fill in what you dug out, should work -maybe as a more mod-term solution? And for the door... maybe a tarp with like a wide tent door? or even just 3 sections of tarp you can just flip up as needed to get at things? you'd need to be able to strap them down though. Might be terrible ideas, and are just that - ideas - so feel free to ignore. btw, you don't have a regular saw? or a workbench?
I *love* constructing sheds, chicken houses, aviaries and other outside things. Done it all my life. Still doing it at nearly 70 years old. The trick is to have as many tools as you can buy. I have 5 different types of powered saws for instance, and a compressor and nail gun and 4 drills for various jobs, plus a drill bit for every occasion in every size, plus hole saws. I made a great bench for outside my back door, out of a large pallet (skid).
Errrrrrm... Nice work on the shed, but, there are two issues I can see with it? 1 - no concrete founding for the shed base/floor? Any creature that can burrow, you've just given them a luxury apartment to live in? You'll also get plants growing in there too. 2 - no concrete footings for your corner uprights? If you have major flooding and run off erosion caused by it, it's going to wash away the post bases and you'll end up with a skewiff shed that'll have to be demolished and rebuilt.
Not hating but you need to concrete/postcrete the posts into the ground and a lot deeper than they are (roughly 1/3 of the length above ground should be under), you could literally pull them straight out with little effort. Just my opinion but I can't see this lasting.
Dude, that shed is 10 x better than anything I could do, so I kind of hate myself for doing this.... You definitely need an overhang on all sides, (for the weather). The rain is going to rot those thin strips of wood in about 2 years, (it'd be 6 months in the UK, I'm giving Kentucky the benefit of the doubt) Same for the 4 posts that are just dropped in to the ground, (no concrete or wood treatment). Don't you get a LOT of strong winds? Won't they just pull it straight out of the ground?
