How to build a Firewood Shed, simple and solid // Plans available
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2020
- Time to tear down that old rickety shed and build a nice shed, even if it's only to hold firewood that doesn't mean it can't be nice. The build is very simple and straight forward, and can be accessorized to suit what you need very easily.
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I'm 78 and just built this alone. Hard work but very satisfying.
Glad to hear it!
That was one of the best explanations of how to get the angles on a roof line I have ever seen or heard on line. You made that build look super easy. 👌
Thanks! I tried to make it pretty easy, happy to help. Thanks for watching
Just built a wood shed like yours this weekend, very good video to use as a reference. Heavy duty design and very happy with the final product. Thanks!
Man that's awesome! I'm pumped you gave it a go and made one! I'm happy I could help. I'd love to see it, if you send me some pics I could feature it too
Well I moved up to the country recently and was looking for a wood shed to build. I watched several other videos and this one caught my eye. I am going to duplicate this as it’s pretty much the best one I’ve seen on RUclips... looks stylish and practical... Well done
Awesome! Thank you. Good luck and have fun
I love your "how to" videos! So well explained and illustrated!
Thanks!
BTW, that reverse screw crick till it smokes ... excellent tip for the DIY
Beautiful work , well done! You explained this perfectly. People should watch great videos like this 2x and write down notes. Easy learning. Thank you.
Thanks, I appreciate it! I'm glad you liked it and happy to help
Wonderful video and excellent instructional write-up!!! I am now a follower! This helped me come up with my design for a wood drying rack for my live edge pieces that I use for woodworking projects. I get free wood all the time, but drying it in the garage takes so much longer due to the lack of airflow. Now I have a place to dry all the stumps and lumber before they turn into tables, coatracks etc. Thank you so much.
Thanks so much, I'm glad you liked it! Thats awesome, welcome to the crew! That sounds so cool, I'm pumped I could help out and make your projects a little bit easier and quicker. Good luck on yours and keep me posted, I'd love to see it when its done!
Great tutorial! I watched other videos on building your own firewood shed and this is by far the easiest to follow. It also looks classy which is a big plus! Thank you so much. New subscriber!
Thanks! That's awesome! Well I'm glad you liked it and found it useful. I know I'm partial, but I really like the design of it lol Welcome to the crew!
Great video! Just finished my shed...followed the vid step by step...I love my new shed!
That's awesome! I'm glad you like it. I'd love to see and share it if you'd send me some pics. Either email or Insta in the description
Thank you so much for your tutorial it was very helpful I learned a lot from it I learned how to not make my wood crack by reversing my screws. I learned how to easily make sure my uprights were level. And I learned how to easily cut a slope. Thank you so much and for those who felt the tag was irritating to them truly they have nothing better to complain about I think you’re awesome
Anytime, I'm happy I could help! I'm glad you picked up a bunch of tips and tricks, they make a project go smoother. Thanks!
Thanks for the time you took to make this video!
Anytime! Thanks for watching
Beautiful precision shed build. Very nice wood shed
Thanks, glad you liked it
Really nice work!
Looks like a really sturdy build, top job 👍🏻.....I found with my log store it's handy to have it sectioned off so that newer greener logs can be put into their own sections so that the drier wood isn't buried at the bottom. Maybe it isn't a problem in your climate but in the UK the logs can take a year or two to dry out enough. Great video new subscriber!
Thanks, I appreciate it! Yeah, if it was any bigger I would have put a dividing wall in the middle to keep them separate. Happy to have you as part of the crew!
really helpful video, the little tips and how to parts are perfect for this sort of video and will be things i use in other projects, thank you
Thanks. Glad I could help
Looking forward to giving it a go, great job
Thanks! Good luck and have fun
Looks good. PT lumber prices have been scary, but I have your build on my schedule. 🙌🏼
Thanks! Yeah, at least here it's gone down, but it's still higher than it used to be. Good luck on it when you finally get going, let me know how it goes!
That came out sick!
Awesome! Glad you liked it!
Bud that looks great!!!! gonna make one now for my new house thank you!
Awesome! And thanks. Good luck with it. Send me some pics after and I'll feature it if you want
Thanks for the tutorial. It affirmed my design.
Anytime, happy to help!
Nice and very detail video - Planning on this around January 2023
That's awesome! Glad you liked it
Nice job. Thanks for sharing.
Anytime, thanks!
Just finished mine. 3 hours a week for maybe 10 weeks. Lot of these steps new to my newbie woodworking sel. Well illustrated, hope wood I order does the wood justice!
Nice, I'm glad to hear you took the leap and made it! Enjoy
I made my shed follow your video to the letter...came out great! Thanks!
That's awesome! I'd love to see and share it. Email me some pics and a story if you'd like
I can't wait to do this thank you for sharing
That's awesome! Glad you like it
Fabulous, well explained and very smart. I like the idea of putting a panel in to keep the wet and dry wood apart but not sure I'm up to that. Wish me well guys!
Thanks! Good luck on yours!
Great video. One thing you may want to think about is since its small and just for your fire pit. May want to add a small separation like an 1/8 of the length for small kindling. That way you dont have to pull from the middle for your larger pieces
See, that would have been a great idea, thanks. Maybe have to add one on next year! Thanks for watching
Very smart. Nice work
Thanks
Great video. Thanks man
Anytime! Thanks
Nice work! Thank goodness your supervisor was on the job too!😊👊
Thanks! Lol yeah, I keep joking I need to get him a white hat
Dude, this video inspired me to build my own shed. It's pretty much like yours but with my own modifications. First time I've ever built something from scratch. Came out really good!
Really!? That's awesome! I love hearing from people that have made their own, I made the original and seeing all the variations people make to them is crazy and gives me ideas for a new version later. I'm glad you took the plunge and made it yourself!
Just fantastic.
Thanks!
I’m in the uk. Love how easy you make it. 👍
Awesome! Thanks so much!
It is very easy how you explain Thanks so much 👍
Thank you. I'm glad you found it useful!
This is a great build. You mentioned adding a tarp which I would highly recommend. I built a similar shed that was 8ft wide. I picked up an 8ft wide tarp and attached a pvc pipe with end caps to the bottom using zip ties to the tarp grommets. It allows you to roll down the tarp to protect the wood from rain and snow then simply roll it up when you need wood or to let the sun do it’s thing on nice days.
Thanks, appreciate it! Cool, thanks for the info
Thank you, I've just built my store to your design - 👍👍
That's awesome! Glad I could help, enjoy
Looks great. I will add a shelf at the top for kindling wood.
Thanks! That would be a great idea. Good luck on yours, let me know how it goes!
Awesome explanation good video
I am going to build one just like that
Thank you
Thanks, glad you liked it! Thanks for watching. Good luck!
Great job, I would recommend splitting the whole cuts that you have in the bottom of your wood pile, split wood drys out much faster. I just found this out last week, and now here I am, talking like I know what I am doing. 😁
Haha thanks. I actually ended up recycling them with the city for compost. I didn't have faith in that bottom 2 rows of wood when I cut the tree down to be very good for burning. It's a willow and man is it sappy, pops like crazy and just stinks when burning. Take care
I've been wanting to build one of these for so long but every tutorial looks too complicated. You sir explained it so well and make it look effortless. Well done. New subscriber!
Awesome! Glad I could help and welcome to the crew! I try and break most things down as easily and clearly as I can, that's my goal
I'm going to build this, thanks!
Awesome! Good luck on yours, keep me posted!
Awesome job
Thanks
It's a nice simple project and looks great.
I am doing this. Spot on
Thanks! Good luck and have fun
Great work. I'm going to build this near my place. NE Fairbanks Alaska.
Thanks! Thats awesome. Greetings and good luck with it
Great job on shed and video. Simple, straightforward and not wordy. Safety glasses a must; would hate to see a guy with your talent blinded. Would be hard to do more videos. Would like to build one just like this one except it would hold a true cord Thanks again.
Thanks so much! Have fun and good luck
Great job
Thanks!
great video
Thanks!
Good Job !
Thanks!
Great Video
Thanks
great video dude.
Thanks!
Nice work
Thanks
You've done all the thinking for us! Thanks.
My goal is to help and inspire, but make things easy and clear to follow, as well as look great
Bonito trabajo,enhorabuena amigo
¡Gracias! Me alegro de que te guste
Bit late to the party but hell of a job and explanation was on point grand job pal
Thanks, I appreciate it! Glad I could help. Thanks for watching
Nice I’m gonna build one like that
Awesome. Good luck and have fun
Looks great - I want to build this one. Not an experienced builder, does something like this need to have footers or posts in the ground? Mine might be in an area where it could tip over - or maybe that's not necessary since the weight of the base/and presence of wood will stabilize it? Any thoughts appreciated.
Hey! Love this shed, I even grabbed plans on your Etsy page. Looking forward to building this next weekend! One question I had as I gather material, for the roof 1x6s, just curious if I were to grab 1x6x8 pieces and not have to cut them and glue, would it still work ok? Maybe there is a specific reason for the 1x6x5s in your build.
NICE!
Thanks!
Nice video to watch and very informative. Timber must be cheap in Canada (all those trees!). In England, timber is quite expensive so I could never justify using as much as you have. I'm afraid I'll be using a lot of reclaimed timber from old pallets!
Thanks. I wouldn't say cheap, but not terrible. Yup, lots of trees, especially north of here where half of Sask is forest. Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Excellent 🇨🇦
Glad you like it!
GreT vid man
Thanks!
Nice. I thought it was deeper- till last shot of it. Have same wheelbarrow.
Thanks. Yeah, it would be easy to make it deeper if needed but I had to make it fit the space I had
people gave you grief for not taking the labels off the wood? unreal......no grief from me. thank you for this great video
Finally, thank you. Oh yeah they did lol so many people. Thanks for watching!
Looks great. I've been thinking about making a wood shed and this looks uncomplicated with minimal tools needed. Good tip about how to not split the wood. It's a pain having to switch out drill bits to screw heads when drilling pilot holes. Your videos are very easy to watch and follow. Keep up the good work. I have subscribed for future videos/projects
Thanks so much, good luck!
Nice.
Thanks
Never heard of running the drill counterclockwise to cauterize the wood. I guess that's much faster than pre-drilling holes. Thanks.
It is, saves a lot of time. Glad I could help! Thanks for watching
Thank you for sharing your video. Really appreciate it. Getting our wood burner insert next month. I am not familiar yet with how much wood makes a cord. Can you give me a rough idea of how much wood this shed will hold (cord-wise)?
No problem, thanks for watching. If you are talking face cord, about 1 cord. 20" long logs will fit, it's taller than 4', but shorter than 8' so it balances out to be 1 face cord
Thanks Jesse for you video this is very help full for me, but you have not thought about a front protection for the rain?
Thanks, glad you liked it. I thought about it, but if it rains it'll dry out again pretty quickly. At least in my area. If you're in a are with more persistent rain you may want a cover. Either a couple doors or even a tarp cover of some sort, maybe a roll up
Very nice tutorial. Any changes you would recommend to have the roof pitch towards the front instead? Or is this just a matter of using your build and closing up "the front" and keeping the back open?
Thanks. Use the same build and just change which side you put the wall boards on. Instead of putting them on the low side wall put them on the high side wall. Then your low end with the roof pitching towards you is the open end. Pretty much like you said yup
This is exactly what I am after, is it possible to get a materials sheet? So I know what I need. Top job, thanks!
Thanks! Glad i could help. I'll hopefully have one later today. I want to do a write up on it
Sweet subscribed Simon
Awesome, thanks! Glad to have you on the crew!
how many boards and sizes would be great
thanks
this looks great! Quick question: was there a reason you didn't use the same 5/4 boards for the roof?
Thanks! Cost mostly, 1x6 and 5/4×6 in my area are massively different in price. And they didn't need to be overly strong for such a small roof, this was plenty
Gotta live Canada and their robertson head screws...
Excellent job mate,got yourself a sub👍
Thanks so much!
Awesome video. Would love to see some quick tip videos in the future!
No safety glasses!! Really! Ok on to the next video.
Amazing.
Hello and thanks for the video, it is very easy to follow. Question, will this shed hold one cord of wood, or 1/2?
Hey, thanks for watching! This shed that I made is about 1/2 cord but it could easily be made deeper for a full cord
Thanks for the video. I just built this shed, and I'm very happy with it. One question. What is the 4x4x8 on the materials list for? I assume to cut into 4, 2 foot lengths to go under the frame so its off the ground? 🤔
No prob. That's awesome, I'm glad you built it! Oh yeah, that's what it's for, I just didn't show it, sorry
This is the kind of guy when you ask someone if they know that they always say "yeah he's a great guy suuuuper nice."
This looks awesome! Just one quick question. Pressure treated wood contracts on its own. Should you still use a spacer? And what’s the thickness of your spacer- was it 1/4 or 3/8 inch?
Thanks! Normally for a deck or something I wouldn't use a spacer because yes, as it dries it creates the perfect gap. In this case however I started with 1/4" spacer and then it would open up a bit more as they dry, that allows for airflow through the pile from above, below, behind and beside to keep the wood stored inside dry, and allow for fresh wood to dry out, instead of holding moisture. The larger the gaps the more airflow, but not getting so big that water just floods in. Hope that makes sense
@@JessedoesDIY Thank you very much!
Anytime!
nice
Thanks
Great video! around how much was the cost of the material?
Thanks. It was a couple hundred bucks
Great looking shed, that trim piece really sets it off nicely. Cheers from NS
What kind of long drill extension do you use?
Is just a extended bit. Can buy them at hardware stores
Now Thats a firewood Shed.....
Thanks, glad you like it!
If I wanted this on grass would I have to use concrete or just cinder blocks
Should be good to set it on some 24x30 paving stones. But to be honest, I'd still dig out slightly and put some rocks down, then some sand to level it and then pavers. If you set it right on the grass it'll sink over time
Really nice. Great work! but it would take me a month to build not a day.😁
Thanks! Nah, it's not that hard
Must be from Ontario ... American Eagle shirt :-D ..
Saskatchewan, and It was given to me. We have a local store tho
Safety Glasses!!!
I think I burnt some pressure treated wood a few months ago and felt really bizarre. I survived but won't do that again. How many 2x6 did you use for this ? Six or eight ?
Yeah, don't do that. I use five 2x6 I believe
I never used decking boards before. I grabbed some wet PT and I'm wondering if your boards were dry or if I attach them wet will they shrink a little to allow some air flow through the bottom.... Assuming I butt them together tight with no spacer ? Thanks
If they are really wet they will shrink down as they dry out after they are installed and you'll probably have close to 1/4" between the boards after
Thanks. I haven't attached the deck boards yet and realized it looks like you started the boards at the center and worked to the ends ?
I did. I wanted it to be centered since that would make sure that it was even on each side. You don't have to if you don't care about that, just go one side to the other.
jesse great vid. hopefully this isnt a silly question already answered. Do you have a supply list required to do this build???
thanks!
Thanks, glad you liked it! I did at one point, not sure what happened to it. I did briefly show an incomplete list in the video at the start, but I needed more materials yet. I am also going to be making a set of plans for this, but I have no ETA on them as I'm a one man show trying to do everything lol. All I can guarantee is I'll have them ready by the end of February. I'm also in the process of trying to move, not enough hours in the day 🙃
2x6 frame - 10’ piece = 7’L x 21”W, outdoor wood, 3” screws (3 per joint)
Exterior wood glue
Legs (shed corners are two 2x4’s glued and screwed), 5’8” front legs, 5’ rear legs
Floor - deck boards (grooved underneath)
Roof - 5’ x 1x6” fence boards (could also go with plywood and asphalt shingles)
* 4 - 2x4x12
* 5 - 2x6x10
* 1 - 2x6x8
* 17 - 5/4x6x8 deck boards
* 9 - 1x6x5 fence boards
* 1 box of 2" screws
* 1 box of 2.5" screws
* 1 box of 3" screws
* Outdoor rated glue (optional)
* 1 - 4x4x8 or 4 deck blocks (optional)
* 1 can of end grain preservative
@@gordonpennington9681 much obliged sir!
Thanks!
Thanks for taking the tags off. Now can you take the staples out please?
No prob. After a season, I don't even notice the staples. Next time
I know this is a couple years old, but 2 things if you will... 1) still holding up? And 2) i would have did a trim strip on the sides as well butting at 45*
It sure is! Holding up absolutely fine. Still as solid as the day I built it and it's seen many cords of wood go through it. And that's the beauty of it, you can customize it as you like! Go for it
I'm wondering what's the capacity of this? 🤔 as I need to order a builder's bag of wood and need to store it.
About 1/2 cord as it is
I watched this video a few times and then put together a 10' by 4' base (box frame) last night. 3" deck screws. I'm going to get another 10' PT 2x6 for the center... I have to check the level 1st tho bc I think 1 of the boards had some warp. How do you deal with the wood when it has a slight warp ? Just get it close as possible and try to pin in it place w the other wood pieces ?
That's awesome! I'm glad I could help and pumped your building it! Unfortunately yeah, I get one side where I want it and then use the other side like a big lever to pull it into place and pin it as I straighten it, working my way to the other end. Good luck on yours, I'd love to see it when you're done!
The reason for the size difference is I'm going to store some shovels and rakes and stuff in it and use part of it for firewood. I have a old rusted metal shed that this will replace, and I think it will look a lot better than the metal shed that has a hole in the roof lol.
Hey, might as well make it fill multiple roles if you need it, right! That's the beauty of building it yourself, you can make it suite your needs.
@@JessedoesDIY seem to have a small problem. I've tried measuring long corner to corner, and I'm off around quarter inch. As for the short side I was a little over 48" so I grabbed a large clamp that solves the 48" side.(allowing me to squeeze to exactly 48") I can't figure out how to identify the potential out of square on the long measure. Is there an "allowable tolerance" to be out of square or will it cause problems?
Oh that's fine. For rough carpentry (which is what this is) even when I was building houses, we were allowed up to 1/2" out anywhere, but we tried to keep it at 1/4". You'll never see 1/4" as you go. Just keep pulling things as square and tight as you can and the eye is easily confused. Most of the time in rough framing you get it as close as you can and as long as it looks good to the eye you'll never see anything, even tho a tape measure might say otherwise. Just keep hammering ahead!
Wood shed or green house