Building a Firewood Shed to Store 3-4 Face Cords 

Thank you William

That's awesome! I'd love to see pictures if you're willing to share? If so, you can email greatlakesprepping@gmail.com

Great, you're welcome!

Thanks, yea I really liked that method when I saw someone else do a similar thing. Definitely makes it look cleaner and, like yous aid, maximize the floor space.

Yea those still bug me. I haven't ever gotten poked by one while retrieving wood, but still.

Thanks, I appreciate your comment. I'm glad the video was helpful!

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Thanks, glad my video was helpful!

There are a few tips for building sheds Start With a Sound Foundation a shed wont last long if it's set on a weak base Allow for Air Circulation to prevent damp Build a Weather-Resistant Floor Frame Use Low Maintenance Materials so you won't have to keep re-painting it (Reference: Adota Blueprint Pack website )

Thank you Craig

Thanks friend

I said 3-4 *face* cords. A cord is roughly equal to 3 face cords.

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Thanks, glad you like it! I'm really happy with how it came out.

Thank you!

Great, thanks Al. I look forward to seeing them! Feel free to share them to the Great Lakes Prepping facebook page!

Thanks Brian. It's definitely come in handy.

Thanks John, glad you like it!

Thanks Gerald. Yea it's still holding up great.

Awesome, I'm glad my video was useful!

You may be right, but I wanted the water to run away from the house. I reckon if I have to retrieve wood while it's raining at some point, I'm going to get wet anyway.

Haha 😂

I've never had any issue with rain dripping on the wood. The roof overhangs covers enough that it just drips to the ground. This could certainly be made to slant back instead of forward, but I haven't really observed any downsides with the way I did it.

Have had no problems so far! No sinking, shifting, leaning, or anything else.

@@GreatLakesPrepping Nice! Thanks for the response :-)

I'm afraid I don't have an exact list. It's been a long time since I built this and I don't think I have any of my specs or plans anymore. This design is pretty adaptable to the size you want, though. I built it with the standard lumber lengths in mind (8 foot long). If you base all your measurements on a footprint of 8ft x 4ft for the floor, you should be able to figure the rest out fairly easily.

Thanks Joel. The shed is still holding up great. I do get some weeds popping up around the edges, but nothing the weed-whacker can't hit.

Thanks friend

I think the front posts are 6' and the back posts are 7'. I can't remember 100% for sure, but I do recall that there is a 1-foot difference in height between front and back. You can go however tall you want, overall. I made it tall enough for me to stand in (which I really only did during construction).

@@GreatLakesPrepping Thank you for the quick reply and for posting this.

Thank you Jeffrey!

Others have asked this as well. You're right, most similar sheds seem to slope back. I think mine was partially oversight. When I drew up the plans for it, I just made it this way mostly without thinking about which way it sloped. But I ended up glad I did it that way. Since this shed is pretty close to my house, I'd rather the water run a bit further away from it. And it generally isn't raining when I go out there to get wood. If it was, I'd be wet anyway!

Thanks Frederick. If I recall correctly, the back posts are 6ft tall and the front posts are 5ft tall.

Thanks Frank!

Not really, I guess for 2 reasons. One, I'd rather have the water run further away from the house. And two, I like the way this looks better. Hasn't been a problem so far though. If I'm out there in the rain, I'll be wet anyhow.

I agree with you Ducan, plus the majority of the of the photos he showed up of other shed had the rood slopping back. Structurally, I found a lot of things wrong with the build. No lag screws were used, no joist hangers, his corner posts should have been 4x4 running from the foundation blocks and the deck framed to them. That wood is heavier than it looks. It looks nice now but it won't last too many seasons.

@@jesushatesyoutoo Thanks for the feedback, Jesus. I'll have to do a follow-up video in a few years to show how it's holding up.

Winner of a video, I been tryin to find out about "do metal sheds need a base?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Jimily Heycarlett Guide - (just google it )? It is a good one of a kind product for building excellent sheds and mastering woodworking without the hard work. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my buddy got great results with it.

Hi Carol, a face cord is smaller. It's sort of like if you had a cord, and just took the first "row" of wood. It's about 1/3 of a full cord.

@@GreatLakesPrepping Thanks. Perfecting explanation. I guess when I buy my cords I'll stick to the largest amount I can get. At 20 or 30 below it goes fast. Be warm. :-)

@@carolsydney6905 Yes, you surely need to stock up a bit! Thanks Carol.

Thanks Daniel. If I remember correctly, I think I used a lot of 3.5" and 4" screws for this project. To attach the posts to the frame/floor, I also used some bigger lag bolts.

@@GreatLakesPrepping appreciate it, thank you

Thanks Justin

Awesome! Would you be interested in sharing a photo of your project to the Great Lakes Prepping facebook page?

Great Lakes Prepping yes how can I send them?

@@RecieSaunders You may be able to go to the Great Lakes Prepping page and post directly to that page. If not, you can just tag Great Lakes Prepping in a regular post to your page. Or if you prefer, you could email to greatlakesprepping@gmail.com

You're welcome, Dan. My shed is still holding strong, though it could probably use a nice coat of Thompson's water seal or stain.

Not really. If rain is blowing sideways, any open shed is gonna allow some water in. Getting a little damp every once in awhile won't hurt the firewood. But really, it stays bone dry 99% of the time.

The posts are attached to the floor frame with 5/16" X 4" lag bolts, as well as several deck screws. I'm certain the posts would rot away before those bolts would fail.

No, I only put the fabric down around the outside. I'd already filled the area beneath with gravel, and I didn't think of doing the fabric until it was too late. I'm hoping that the gravel and lack of sunlight/rain from the structure will keep weeds from growing under there. Time will tell, but so far so good and weed season has arrived.

Just wonderful, been searching for "flat roof shed plans" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Jimily Heycarlett Guide - (do a search on google )? It is an awesome one of a kind product for building excellent sheds and mastering woodworking minus the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my cousin got great results with it.

Thank you Kaylynn!

Thank you. It's not fastened to the blocks, but there are short vertical 4x4 posts that sort of nestle into an indentation in the blocks (made specifically for 4x4 posts). The horizontal structure of the shed is not actually touching the blocks.

Thanks Clark, it's served me well!

Thank you Julia!

I bought the materials over a few months, and I didn't keep great track of the grand total. I think it was probably in the neighborhood of $700.

A face cord is an informal measurement for stacked firewood, sometimes called a rick. It's generally accepted to equal about 1/3 of a cord.

@@GreatLakesPrepping thanks but. i didn't even know what a cord is 😄 . I do now cos i googled it but it's not a thing we use in England. I buy firewood by the cubic metre. Like 2m³

@@Ana_crusis Ah, gotcha. Well you know how we like to measure everything the difficult way over here!

I use Adobe Illustrator. It's a vector artwork software. It's really not meant to be used in the way that I use it, and it's probably way more difficult than a proper program for this purpose. It just happens to be a software that I'm very experienced with.

@@GreatLakesPrepping Thank you!

I used the L-shaped configuration for my posts so I could neatly attach the horizontal slats in a way that would look really clean from the outside. It was a design choice mostly.

@@GreatLakesPrepping Thanks! It certainly did come out clean indeed! We have two sheds and stack any extra wood in "beehive" shapes. I wanted to send you a photo, but couldn't figure out how!!!

Actually three face cords equals a full cord

3 face cords make a cord is what I was told

Obviously it depends on the length of the pieces, 12” would give 4 face cords and 16” length pieces equals 3 face cords.

Sorry, I don't. I had it all scrawled out on a piece of paper when I was buying the stuff, but I'm sure I don't have it anymore.