Wood Shed Made From Landscape Timbers

Wood Shed Made From Landscape Timbers BUILDINGS Miscellaneous Landscape timbers can be used to make low-cost wood sheds says Kenneth Gustafson Carney Mich who built an 8 by 8-ft shed with a sloping metal roof When I retired and moved back to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where I grew up I needed a small wood shed to store firewood A local lumberyard had a sale on treated landscape timbers at $3 each I spent a total of about $325 to build it I could hardly have bought a small tin shed for that price says Gustafson The shed has no floor but stands on a bed of gravel so water drains away Gustafson simply stacked the timbers on top of each other cutting them to size to make room for a wooden door The bottom timbers nest on 2 by 6 treated lumber all the way around I didn t use any splines between the timbers because I figured the air flow would help dry out the firewood says Gustafson I used two nails and two screws in every timber I used screws in the ends of the timbers or near the ends and nails in the middle The nails go about two thirds of the way through the timber below them All they do is keep the timbers in position It took exactly 100 timbers to build the shed The nice thing is that they were already treated so I didn t have to do any staining at all He used exterior grade plywood to make the door The metal roof was left over from when he built his log home Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Kenneth A Gustafson W2594 County Road 374 Carney Mich 49812 ph 906 639-3370

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