Tom-Guy

---- you I can dig a ditch with the finest of them. :P


The pallets are not pressure treated and would rot away, and a bunch of bling HT reasoning that wasn't founded on common sense. I've talked to people in New Brunswick with pallet sheds (not just floors but walls and roof) that deal with hard Canadian winters and aren't rotting away. I know it's not forever, nor will it last a third as long as a professional structure like Pat is talking about, but for a project to make mistakes on and learn from it'll be well worth the investment.

Jorsher

Obviously it won't last as long but I think people of the past didn't have pressure treated wood.

For $100, if it lasted a year or two it'd still be a worthwhile investment.

Tom-Guy

I'm figuring 3-5. It's up off the ground away from direct moisture (five). But two of the pallets are pretty weathered already (two) but we braced them with some of the pressure treated studs along their outer sides (plus one, makes three). So, 3-5.


Also, Pat good sir, as far as rigidity goes it's pretty good. We stomped around and jumped up and down in the ones at Lowes and it's already stiffer than everything there but the two biggest blingest units. I am ASSuming walls and such will add to that rigidity, so she might be just as good when finished. How it ages is of course up in the air.

bitchM0VE

I hope you keep it at 100. Not 300-500. For 800 total you could redo the foundation and then it would be there forever. Quickly reach a point of diminishing returns. What are the rough dimensions? 8x12? Squares are cheaper to build than rectangles.

Hitchhikkr

Most of the materials have already been obtained, door=free, even got a window for the back wall. The only thing really left to pay for will be shingles and a few more $5 panels. And thats if I cant find some free shingles first.

Thanks for the constructive critisim. I fully intend to build my future garage to the appropriate specifications, with quite a bit more research done long before starting. This was a necessary jaunt, and the entire idea was thrown together in no more than a day.

Tom-Guy

TA said he had free shingles, and I think the tar paper. He also has the 54X32" window, a sliding glass door for the house, and the hookup on the front door. Pretty much covered, but I'd like to kick him something by way of thanks.

lock-pop!

JD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hitchhikkr

Not a problem in the least.

bitchM0VE

Just thought I'd point out something for those that care. A lot of older houses were built before they had "pressure treated lumber". Before they had a few different ways of making things last. Like using huge pieces of oak or cherry for beams because they are a hardwood that will resist rot and termites won't eat it. Also they used to creosote wood and then it will last forever in any conditions imaginable, but that's expensive and highly detrimental to the environment. And there were a few ways similar to creosote treating that were used but that's all out with pressure treated lumber that we know today. We just bought a 3600 sq ft colonial mansion to restore that was built in 1891. Bitch has some LUMBER in it and a the base for which the structure is built off of is built with 10x10's. And we gotta raise this bitch 5' to meet new flood elevations...

bitchM0VE

Oh, don't forget to put a couple little attic vents or at least some ridge vents. Keeps the temp more even and moisture out to protect what you're storing.