Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)
Not fine wood working, only basic construction in this project. :-)Like everyone in world, needed more storage space. If you read my blog, already know was forced to downsize and moved into this rental home late last year. Decided to build a portable 6×12 shed that could be moved easily when time comes. Making it portable added requirement for solid base, and keeping things light but strong.Shed size is small enough that no permits were required. Only caveat was HOA requirement to color match house/trim.Base is 14ga 2×3 steel frame welded. Size is 2” smaller than inside of a U-haul 6×12 trailer. Welded a couple pulling eyes on front end to enable dragging it out of side yard.
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After welding, painted with frame with enamel to increase longevity.
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Glued and screwed down 3/4” pressure treat plywood to complete base. Picture at top shows base leveled on some patio stones in final installation location.Used simple 2×4 framing for walls, glued and screwed into metal base frame. Walls were glued and nailed with T1 siding, and radiant foil barrier OSB for roof. Roof uses tabbed shingles on 3 pitch slant roof. Since AZ doesn't have freezing rain and ice dam issues, didn't need to use roll roofing common despite the low pitch.A weight saving feature on the shed is trim wood. Used 1/4 thick cedar siding, that was ripped to standard width. This kept the shed to my portable size constraints, and reduce the overall weight.Construction was completed with base pushed away from house wall by 4ft (pictured at top), and when completed was able to use 2×6 as lever bar to slide it over into final position. Shed feels like similar weight as pushing my 900lb 20” planer around shop? LOLBefore I closed up interior walls with fire rated OSB, wired the shed with small sub-panel. It is fed by a 50A RV circuit using extension cord and locking plugs to solve the lack of power issues in side yard. Picture of power panel is at the top as well.In the future, if this shed were used next to the garage, the power panel would let me use the shed as compressor and dust collector out building. Shed has 2 GFCI circuits with inside/outside receptacles, an inside overhead light, outdoor security light, plus a 30A 240v receptacle for my welder. There is also enough power to run a mini-split and PC/TV for when SWMBO kicks me out of house and I have to live in there. Wife calls it my 'he shed' as all it needs is to have trailer bolted underneath, and it's a tiny house. :-)Have built several sheds in past. Normally they take 2-4 weeks? This build was agonizingly slow to finish, built over ~4 months total. Primary issue was only working a couple days a week. It was started at end January, right before Covid-19 shelter orders were given. Then my son and wife descended upon the home 24/7 and my quiet retirement life become complicated. One limit was when I could make construction noise outside the new home office(s). My ongoing health challenges also limited overall shop time.The inside of shed was painted white, but I forgot to take photo before I moved stuff into shed.
Learned recently that thanks to the 4ft led fixture inside, and led spot lights on front of shed; I can see well enough to work in side yard after dark. So adding the power panel provided flexibility I had not planned. :-)Thanks for reading and Have a Great Day!Long live the real Captain Klutz (Mad Magazine)!
