Megashed Continued

So I had finally gotten all of those pallets taken apart. How many were there? In the end, I took apart over 60 pallets. Though for my Mega Shed project, I mainly wanted the stringers, I also had grand visions of what I would one day use the slats for. Even being as careful as I could without making a career out of it, it still lost some. What's that saying about winning some and what not?

The design for the shed was not written down. I kind of just made it as I went. This way of doing things has its advantages and disadvantages. While I didn't have to spend a lot of time over-thinking it, I did spend a lot of time fixing things that a little bit of forethought might have caught before it happened. I still enjoyed myself.

The first thing I did was improve the rooflines of the original sheds. I wanted a steeper pitch. So here's what I turned out. I used 1 1/2 inch deck screws and 2 Part Weldwood Waterproof Resorcinol Glue. I only used deck screws because I had them left over from another project or I would have used less expensive interior screws. The glue can be a bit pricey. It's a structural glue that allowed me to use spliced together stringers from the pallets.

Now, unfortunately, I lost many of the pictures that showed construction. So I'll just give a short description of what I did.

I put a ridge beam on the other shed at the same elevation. Then I made another beam that spans between the sheds, also at the same elevation. The lumber for the rafters are stringers off of 8 foot long pallets. I then used 1/2 inch OSB for the roof sheathing.

This photo gives you a rough idea. You can see the old roofline and part of the new. I put up 30# tar paper to protect the OSB from moisture until I could get the shingles on (about 6 months later and fall shingle closeouts).

Besides adding new roofs over the existing ones and creating a center shed area, a stable area for Dorrit, I also added one long lean to shed to the back of the entire structure. This picture show this but in a much later date of construction.

The back wall consists entirely of 6 foot long pallets standing on end and connected to one another as this picture demonstrates.

As you can see, I'm using it for random storage atm. The wood along the left wall are all pallet slats. About half of those have been used to date on the new chicken coop, something I'll post about in the future. The sheet material on the right side is that 70's style paneling that I got for free off of Craigslist from a guy flipping a house. I had about 3 times that much but have used it slowly for different projects ranging from paneling the inside of Dorrit's stable area and the inside of the chicken coop to lining the inside of my SIPs (sub irrigated planters). All of which I will discuss and show in upcoming posts.

The next post concerning the Megashed will include pics of the shed to date. All I have left to do are the soffits, doors on the lean-to shed ends, some trim and paint. This project was put on hold for the chicken coop which is currently nearing completion. I needed to complete it before my chicks outgrow their brooder. They are growing fast! Here they are at 3 days.

And here they are at 3 weeks.

These little guys are also a topic I'll visit another day. Now go do something thrifty!