Building a shed!

[southpennrailroad]

Here is the one I was building but stopped. I figured why waste the above space when instead I could use it for storage. It also helped protect the door area from some of the weather.

[2bits]

I have been in the same "Shed Fix" since I am losing my 2 car garage after buying a mobile home. The cars will be under a car port but the teardrop need 100% protection. I priced out materials at the box store (yeah...) and it was cheaper to buy a metal shed, but that still was an unpleasant option.

I was rescued by my best friend who had picked up a frames wood shed from a customer of his as a throw away item. It came with the foundation and the four walls. The roof had shingles on it and was too heavy for him, but I can build a roof, and I got it in a trade for my $200 miter saw and it is 12x8 exactly enough room for the teardrop after I make the tongue removable.

Point being you might get to know your backwoods areas and look for deals there. Also keep a sharp eye out on Craigslist too.

If you decide to build you can do it in stages as money allows. Build the frames then put a roof on it so you have a "carport" then attach the sides when you get the $$$ for that material. That's why I get so many things for cheap and fix them up nice because I can afford them that way.

Good luck!

[Judeyramone]

If you decide to build you can do it in stages as money allows.

Indeed! The photo I posted of my shed/garage/pole barn is the culmination of 9yrs... I paid cash, and built it when I had money - often $100 at a time. It spent a winter as a "carport", finished roof on poles... another winter clad in plastic sheeting walls... I think it was a full 7yrs before it had a cement floor & proper walls, doors, windows (no, not a suggestion of how to build). All I wanted in the first place was a dry spot to store my lawnmower over the winter!