We are building a new house including garage and a 16X20 shed- workshop. I had planned to build the shed myself but when the framing crew said they could build it for $300 plus materials, what could I say? I now have a 16X20 shed-workshop with Shaker roof, HardiPlank Siding, 35-yr architectural shingles that looks like a small version of the house.
The front roof extends out four feet -- the concrete slab is 20X26 and the shed sits on one corner of the slab giving me a 6 ft concrete porch on one end and 4 ft across the front. The trusses support all the weight of the overhang.
Sweet Thing says she wants white columns on the front of the shed -- I'm happy with the shed as it is but we all know how this discussion will end -- so -- I need columns -- 4X4, 8 feet tall, white.
-- Don't want to use treated 4X4 because my experience is that they tend to twist, warp, and split.
-- Sweet Thing has looked at the PVC sleeves that slide over a 4X4 and she thinks they are "too thin."
-- I thought I could find a 4X4 column made of 3/4-inch Azec but appears that no one makes such a thing.
-- Have found several places that sell substantial fiberglass columns but the smallest I can find is 6X6.
-- If it were left up to me, I'd get the 4X4 vinly sleeves that slide over a 4X4 and put them up without the 4X4 -- after all, it's only decorative -- but Sweet Thing has thrown the flag on that play.
-- Now I'm looking into a Douglas fir 4X4 that may avoid the warping and splitting that sometimes happens with PT SYP (We are living in a rented house with a shed that has four 4X4 cloumns on the front -- two of the four are warped and one of those has a split down the front.).
Any suggestions???