Run In Shed Construction

[JeremyL]

Being inspired and educated by the various projects here on TBN, I want to share our latest and greatest construction project. We are building a 12 X 24 run in shed. Depending on who you ask, this will be either for my wife's TN Walking horses, or one side for the Hay Burners and one side for me to park my Kubota MX5000. (I made sure to make the entrance tall enough for the ROPS.

Like most things we (amateurs) attempt, it is a learning project all the way. Once we get finished, then we know how to do it. This, too, of course. That is why the collective wisdom and practical know-how of TBNetters is so valuable. This is also my first attempt and post photos on TBN. I hope to show the progress of this project up to the much anticipated final project. Already we have 12 of the 15 rafters in place. Since it has been wet here in Kentucky we didn't want to take the truck out in the field, so we two middle-agers carried the 2 X 8 X 16 rafters from the shop to the top of the hill one-by-one. By the end of that day, we were too tired to take a picture of the progress. That will come soon. I know that what you see here is not inovative or perfect, but I'm proud. But not too proud to want to here suggestions and comments.

 

[deereguy]

Looks great, good luck with weather forecast they are predicting.

 

[Z-Michigan]

Looks like a great start. The horses will love it, hopefully your wife will love you for it. I wouldn't place any bet on you parking the tractor in there. First, you won't get the option. Second, even if you did, the horses will leave many, umm, leavings in the shed and you won't want to park there. Enjoy!

 

[bones1]

Good looking work.I think Z-MICHIGAN is right.You can start planning YOUR tractor shed now.

 

[JeremyL]

Today we put up the last 3 rafters and then 11 of the 14 sheets of OSB, a lot more work than we thought we would be able to do due to a 50% forecast of rain. Oh, the aching muscles.

One of the future tenants came to inspect the progress and was so impressed, had a nap.

 

[Thomas]

Keep the pics coming Jeremy.
Don't worry about changing your mind once the shell put up...make the shed easy also comfortable in years to come.

 

[EddieWalker]

Looks like a fun project!

There are a few things that I noticed that you should address from the last picture you posted.

The first, and this is gonna be important. Your header that you are resting your rafters on is way undersized. It will sag on you in a very short amount of time and may even break in a few years. For a 12 foot span like you have, you need at the very minimum a 2x12 on edge, or a pair of 2x10's would be much better. If it was mine, I'd use two 2x10's with half inch plywood glued between them.

Did you block your rafters? If your rafters are not blocked, then they will twist and turn on you over the years. Blocking is short pieces of wood that is nailed between the long ones. It's used in framing walls and decks to make them stronger and stabalize larger lumber.

How far apart are your purlins on your walls? If you are putting metal siding on, 4ft is good. If you are putting any sort of sheething, like OSB or Plyood, then 2ft is the maximum distance you want for this. Otherwise it will bow out on you and fall apart rather quickly.

One more thing to consider is to extend your roof line out past the opening to create a peak with a short overhang over your entrance. This is fairly simple to do by framing out a truss of your posts and existing rafters. The advantage will be to create more roofline to protect your entrance and what's inside there.

Eddie

 

[hankus]

One more thing to consider is to extend your roof line out past the opening to create a peak with a short overhang over your entrance. This is fairly simple to do by framing out a truss of your posts and existing rafters. The advantage will be to create more roofline to protect your entrance and what's inside there.

Eddie

This might be hard to do unless he changes his entrance location... don't you think?

 

[JeremyL]

Thanks, Eddie. The "header" in construction picture 4 is not the header it is just a board tacked up on the posts to keep them straight while planting them. I used two 2x10s nailed together standing on edge. The glue and plywood is a good idea that I will use next time. The entrance to the run in shed is the side with the 8' roof line. This is so that, one day this shed can be the side of a barn. I know that that will drain all the rain down towards the opening, but we will put up a gutter and drainage is great on the top of the hill. And, yes, the rafters extend beyond the headers, both front and back. I have blocking and will add more, wanted to get the roof OSB on as quickly as possible.

Your avatar has always been a real eye-catcher.

- Jeremy

 

[GT2]

Unless I'm mistaken the header Eddie is talking about is the 4X4 at the high side of this pic, you can see it bowing now. (pic 5)
Easy fix, just get some hangers and force a 2x12 up under it ( horizontal) to straighten it out.
Lookin good