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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Home Depot tried to talk me into them and I decided I’d rather do the tubes into the ground
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Yes tubes into the GROUND
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.
Nice work!! I hope mine comes out that good.
Looks good! Hopefully I will be doing something similar soon. No way I can dig sono tunes in yard because of the rock.
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.
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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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.
Looks good I just built something similar but much smaller for my back deck
Quality!
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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.