Questions tagged [shed]
Smallish freestanding building, used primarily for storage.
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Why is my shed floor staying damp?
I built a shed last summer at my recreational property. This winter when it was snowing, I was up in shed and the plywood floor got pretty wet. It seems to have never really dried dry out all winter. ...
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What is a good way to seal LP Smartsheet siding?
So rather a self-explanatory issue.
The building walls are at a height that isn’t conducive to use a full sheet of 4x8 LP smart sheet (series 38) so I have to cut it down, but the offcuts are a good ...
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What are good options for wall plate that isn’t level?
I have a shed I’m building. Looks like the slab had a slight dip along one side, and it wasn’t too noticeable until I bolted the wall down with anchors.
So long story short, the wall top plate has a ...
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What battery type is most suitable to power a shed across temperature range -10C to +40C?
So I am gathering information on what I need to bring together to create a solar powered LED based lighting system for my shed. I need a battery, a charger controller for the battery, solar panel and ...
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What is the use of alumium profile with LED strip lighting?
I am thinking of installing LED strip lights into my shed. I have found that there is something called aluminium profile that can be installed where the LED strip goes on top of it or inside it.
Is ...
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Shelving unit for shed [closed]
I have recently bought a 12x8 ft shed. It has been assembled and ready for use. I am thinking about how to improve the storage area inside it. This shall require getting shelves.
I am thinking of ...
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Shed door too heavy for hinges
Someone kindly made these wooden doors for our garage, but the hinges keep breaking. Right door is only hanging by the middle hinge. It seems the doors are too heavy for them.
Can anyone suggest a ...
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Framing a small wooden shed on concrete foundation
I’m planning on building my own wooden shed since I can’t find a prebuilt one that’s the right size.
I am considering just starting with wall frames and screwing those directly into concrete. Any ...
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Where can I find a Large shed with a 6 foot or less height [closed]
So I’m shopping sheds. I’m really not too keen on building one, but I know the basics of framing and I could get something up together pretty easily, and if I felt really wild there’s tons of free and ...
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Floor drain in goat shelter
I’m building a goat shelter a bit above grade. It’s essentially a 10x10 shed that will house our 5-8 goats. It’s up on concrete pillars, the closest to grade is 6” and about 18” at the highest point.
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Should old mineral felt be removed from a roof before applying new felt?
I will soon have to re-felt a shed roof, almost flat, not pitched. As in nearly horizontal. Are there any advantages/disadvantages in leaving the old felt in place, or should that definitely come off ...
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Running Electricity from house to shed what size wire do I need?
I have a shed roughly 70' from house. I plan on running a ac, small air compressor, and maybe a small welder, along with battery chargers and lights. I just need to know what size wire I could run. ...
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How to insulate a wall with existing radiant barrier on siding
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With little real information to go on. The only info I could get from the manufacturer (LP) is to leave a 3/4 air gap. That's come a little late because I had to keep moving forward.
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Sauna vapor barrier
I am building a 8 x 12' sauna. The hot room will be 8 x 6 and the dressing room will be 8 x 6 also. I am going to line the inside of the hot room with cedar. I am wondering what material would be ...
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Do I need to leave a dead air space to insulate the walls of my shed?
I am going to use 1" thick rigid foam to insulate the walls of a newly built 8' x 10' outdoor shed. My question is: do I press the rigid foam up next to the exterior wall or do I need to leave a ...
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How can I insulate the floor of my existing shed?
I have a 15x8 shed that I'm in the process of insulating. The floor appears to be plywood nailed to the joists.
I don't have access to a jack and I'm unable to fit underneath the shed. It appears the ...
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Re-leveling a 12x16 shed on gravel
I've got a 3 yr old 12x16 shed on a gravel pad. I put down driveway cloth, then 4" #2 stone- tamped and drove a machine over it for a bit-- then added 4" of crusher run and repeated. My ...
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Moving a bottomless metal shed
I have this shed I want to move about 10 meters from its current location in my backyard. This shed is metal, without a floor, sitting on paving stones which appear to have been cemented together.
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Putting windows on a shed
I'm rehabbing an old shed and putting new windows on it. I framed in the windows and purchased some simple barn sash windows.
I framed it in and left about a 1/4" - 1/2" gap on the sides and ...
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What size subpanel for an office / shed
I have an office / shed that I just built in my backyard. I just finished running wire out to the shed and I'm trying to figure out what size subpanel. I'll need. My plan is to have 3 lights (1 ...
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How can I cover or disguise gambrel-roofed shed, to better match my home style?
Can I disguise, cover or add a front “plate”, facing, or facade to make a gambrel-roofed shed better match a more traditional/conventional slant-roof home style? It’s too barn-y for the house, which ...
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Deck block on top of slab
I have a huge concrete retaining wall and patio in the back of my house. I want to build a small 8'x9' shed structure within the patio. I'm in the SF area - we get frost maybe once every 5 years. We ...
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Material options for protecting shed floor
I have a new shed (6x10) and it has a 12mm T&G board floor. This isn't the best for moving/rolling things around, so I'd like to put something over the top of it to help this, and also add some ...
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12x12 shed with 2x4 subfloor frame on 4x4 skids
I am building a 12x12 shed on 4ea treated 4x4 skids with a subfloor using treated 2x4's on 16" centers, and 3/4 plywood floor. I want to use 2x4's to keep the shed to ground level lower. From ...
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Fit guttering when shed roof extends further than expected
I have recently bought a new shed and opted to not have the installers fit guttering thinking that I'd do it myself (c'mon, £200 for a bit of guttering is a bit steep!).
I've gone and bought some ...
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Protect OSB flooring from moisture
I built a 13x8 floor on concrete piers. The idea is to have an 8x8 sauna and an 5x8 deck.
I knew I would have to trim siding of the outside front of the sauna to accommodate the 2x8 beams that are ...
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How to build a shed ramp and account for ground heaving
I live in the Baltimore Maryland area and have recently built a shed on a shed pad that is about 8 inches of 57 stone to promote drainage. I built the shed floor joists using 2x6 pressure treated wood ...
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How to disassemble this hinge?
I have a shed of which the doors are not closing correctly anymore because the doors are hanging. I would like to disassemble the hinges in order to correct this problem, however I do not know how to ...
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Insulating a wooden shed to provide strong heat rejection
I'm getting a large new shed built in my garden and I'd like to insulate it to make it a bit more comfortable to work in.
The shed comes with stud framework on the walls, so my plan is to use OSB to ...
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Heated shed w/ insulation: vapor barrier on inside?
I'm building a shed in Arlington, western Washington state. The shed will contain some infrastructure for a well: a controller, some valves, and a small pressure tank.
I want to ensure the well stuff ...
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Will wood glue hold on pressure treated lumber for exterior barn doors?
I have a bunch of 5/4” x 6” x 8’ severe weather pressure treated boards from Lowe’s and was going to wood glue them together and then trim it out with 3/4” x 4” pressure treated wood boards I have. I ...
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Plastic shed base - How to level soil?
I am going to get a new shed but first I need the base. I have purchased a plastic grid base system, I have measured out the area and have cleared the turf on top.
Now, I am coming a bit stuck on the ...
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Vapour barrier for insulated, occasionally-heated Toronto shed?
I'm building an 8x12 garden shed in Toronto Canada (cold winters, fairly hot & humid summers). 2x4 construction, exterior Tyvek wrap, hardie siding onto studs, roof is metal standing seam over OSB ...
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Exterior door trim, where jamb and sheathing are not plumb
I am building an 8x10 cottage/shed in my backyard. I have very little prior construction experience. I've been planning well but executing poorly, so nothing is perfectly square.
I am at the exterior ...
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Add electric to a shed from a full 200-amp breaker panel
I bought an older house that the previous owner had rewire the whole house and have 200-amp panel which is a good thing. But there is a shed in the backyard that have absolutely no power. I am trying ...
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Best foundation option for a garden workshop shed
I am soon to be moving into a new house with a blank canvas of a garden. I enjoy woodworking and have been looking at buying a workshop shed, approximately 12ft x 10ft, to go in the garden so I don't ...
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Is it necessary to use roofing felt paper between shed floor joists and subfloor
I am building a 12x14 shed with pressure treated 2x6 on pressure treated 4x4 (resting on 4 inches of 57 stone). Before I put the pressure treated 3/4 plywood subfloor on should I also lay down felt ...
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How to shim shed floor joists resting on sleepers
I have a 12 x 14 shed with 16 inch on center floor joists resting on sleepers on the two ends and in the center to support the down. However some of the 2x6 floor joists on the end are shy of being ...
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Should I use steel brackets for shed floor framing resting on sleepers?
I am building a 12’x14’ shed on a gravel pad I built. I am going to order the wood to start the shed floor this week and had a few questions. First my plan is to do 2x6 pressure treated(ground rated) ...
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Self-built shed door warping: can it be fixed?
Good morning all,
I recently got into DIY and one of the first projects I undertook was to rebuild the door and frame for a small outdoor cupboard / shed on our balcony. Right from the start, I couldn'...
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Prevent animals from making a den under a shed?
I am building a shed and like most sheds, the floor frame is on blocks, so there is a space of about 10-12 inches under the shed. I know from previous experience that foxes and rodents like to use ...
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How to repair a Rubbermaid resin shed roof
I picked up one of these rubbermaid resin sheds used a few weeks ago.
It needed a good powerwash, and someone had lost the original hardware so they put a bunch of screws in, no biggies. Topping off ...
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Can In install gravel over old asphalt for a shed base?
Where I want to put our new shed (16x24) there used to be an asphalt pad the previous owners used for parking. I'd prefer to not rip that up and instead just level gravel on top of it but I'm worried ...
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How to reinforce a basic wood shed frame?
I have a somewhat simple wood shed built mostly of 2x4. On its own it seems sturdy enough. We had one guy at a time on the roof to put the shingles on and that felt reasonably safe. However, the walls ...
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Structural bolt vs screw question on shed plans [closed]
I'm building a firewood shed from these Popular Mechanics plans https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/a33943439/how-to-build-a-firewood-shack/. It says to join the short direction joists (...
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Buying a large shed to use for a climate controlled workshop, what insulation options do I have?
I'm going to get a prebuilt shed and I want to use it for a workshop so I want it climate controlled (I live in New England). Before I order I want to make sure I get anything I need added on (house ...
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Accidentally ran some plywood flooring parallel to joists on my shed. How big of a deal is it?
I'm building a shed/barn and apparently had a bit of a brain fart when nailing down the plywood floor sheathing. I nailed it down parallel to the joists (like t1-11 sheathing on an exterior wall), ...
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If I use gussets and hurricane ties can I skip the collar and rafter ties for a 16x24 shed build?
I want to have high ceilings for storage so I'd prefer to have no rafter ties and I figured if I have the gussets I can skip the collar ties too. The ties are cheap enough to install which I think ...
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Frogs or mice or both - how to get rid of?
So, I know my remote pump house has had rats in the past - I know what their poop looks like and I've plugged all holes that might allow a rat to get in. I've not seen rat poop for months.
I do see ...
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How can I raise the bottom chord of an engineered shed roof truss?
I need to gain 3 inches of clearance underneath the ceiling joist underlined in blue. The entire joist is 24 feet across.
Is there a way for me to safely move this joist up a few inches and still ...
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