As some of you may have heard, SW MI had a little storm a couple of weeks ago. My back yard is a lot sunnier now, with 4 big trees down, and another that will probably have to come down. Anyway, a 60-foot pine totaled my shed. The same shed that the pine's twin brother landed on after an ice storm 2 years ago, but I was able to blacksmith it back into usability. Good thing I didn't replace it then. (Compared to a lot of people around here, I got off lucky. All I lost were the shed, trees and 3 days of power- house didn't even lose any shingles. Some streets/roads/neighborhoods look like they got bombed.)Anyway, the existing shed is the mid-grade Arrow 10x14, with the horizontal siding and internal bracing. Big-box wants around $820 for current version in same size, in a hideous faux woodgrain. Cheaper beer-can version without internal bracing is around $530. I think I can blacksmith the extra roof beams from the old one and reuse them, so I don't have to pay $250 for the roof 'beef up' kit. Neither shed model impresses me much. I'd stick build a wood one, but I'd have to lay and anchor a course of block for a stem wall, since you don't put wood sills directly on a slab. So, metal would be a lot less work, and I wouldn't have to repaint it every five years.Anybody got any brand and model recommendations around 10x14, tall enough to stand up inside, with a door big enough to get wheelbarrows and mowers through? Looking for as close to zero-upkeep as possible, and able to take snow loads. I'm not a rich man, but I'm willing to pay a little extra for quality. Something built like those wiring huts Ma Bell and airports use, but bigger.

You can put pt directly on the slab. All those metal ones look likeshit in 10 years if you ask me.

metal yard shed recommendations?

Jun 14, 2011 21 Replies

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Fake ID 15 years ago

Remarkably enough, also the subject of a subplot on an episode of _King of the Hill_. Particularly a challenge of the base can't be fixed to the ground. Although the hole idea opens up new avenues.

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aemeijers 15 years ago

Well, my shed dealt with the WIND (100+, they say) just fine. It was the frigging tree that snapped off 12-15 feet up that did it in, when it landed on it. And the trunk had to jump 10 feet sideways to do it, hitting the same corner where the first pine tree did 2 years ago...

But yeah, I grok hurricane code/ wind zone ratings, and the reasons for them. I own a house down in Lake Charles LA, which has many of the same requirements FL does, but thankfully gets nailed a lot less often.

Once I do get around to putting up the new shed, I wonder what the township would say if I built a roll cage around it? That fence is getting pretty ratty looking anyway. A pergola made out of 3-inch pipe on 24" centers would probably do it...

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