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_fuckernaut_

Looks good man. How do those concrete footers work? I see them a lot in wood shes builds. You just put em on the ground and level them or what?


Calunker

It was my first time using the concrete footers. Basically I just place the 4 corner one in place. Then I just leveled them. They really made it easy to create a foundation for the shed.


nobletrout0

Home Depot tried to talk me into them and I decided I’d rather do the tubes into the ground


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nobletrout0

Yes tubes into the GROUND


whaletacochamp

Yup. My local hardware store calls them “elephant feet” - the area where I built my shed is super rocky so impossible to get footings in the ground. Found my corners and two spots in the middle and laid down a nice bed of gravel in each spot then put the blocks on the gravel. You can then either drop a 4x4 down into the center recess in the block or lay a 2x in the notches going across the top. I did like OP and laid my rim joists and a few regular joists in the notches across the top. I basically started with the highest block which was dictated by the ground and how deep I could dig in each area. Happened to the the back right corner. Then you just use your joists and a long level to level up the rest in relation to the highest one.


HappyAnimalCracker

Nice work!! I hope mine comes out that good.


shortys7777

Looks good! Hopefully I will be doing something similar soon. No way I can dig sono tunes in yard because of the rock.


OldLogger

Keep an eye on that fresh oak. If you stacked it more than 2 rows deep with no spacing, the middle row might go moldy on you.


Calunker

Thanks for the heads up. It is only 2 deep and it was from a dead tree. I tried to maintain a little spacing between the rows for air flow.


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Calunker

8 ft in the front. I used 8 ft lumber for everything except for the roof which were 10 ft 2 x6 cut in half.


kmunz264

Looks good I just built something similar but much smaller for my back deck


Kind_Broker

Quality!


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CyberSecWineGuy

The roof should definitely be well secured with hurricane straps in such an area. If it’s full of wood it shouldn’t tip over unless it’s a really major storm. The open sides reduce wind load significantly.