I’m not sure if this is the best place to be posting this but I am building a wooden structure that will house my firewood and possibly cut wood that I may use for furniture. Just a place that will be nice and dry for my wood. I was simply thinking of building a structure that is 4′ wide by 20′ long. It will have a shed-like base (2″X6″ floor joists covered with plywood. Then I was going to use vertical posts front and back maybe every 4 feet. The back posts will be probably a foot taller than the front. Then I will run horizontal posts on top of the vertical posts, front and back. Then I will create ceiling joists probably just 2X4s that will run from the back (highest part) to the front.
I would then like to use metal roofing affixed directly to the ceiling joists rather than having to spend money on plywood underneath the metal roofing. Is this plausible. As long as it keeps my wood dry and looks good I think this is the way I want to go. I would appreciate anyone with metal roofing exerience. I saw the metal roofing at Home Depot and it looks like it should be fairly easy to work with.
Regards,
Buzzsaw
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Buzz,
Any reason why you are putting the high part at the back instead of the front? Your configuration will direct rainwater and snow right onto the door.
For construction questions, you are better off posting at Breaktime, which is the forum for Fine Homebuilding. I don't know much about it, but it seems to me that you might need some more framing to keep your structure from racking, something to create trianges to keep the structure upright and square.
No real reason for having the high part in the back. Obviously there are two options and I just thought that this would be the more pleasant option to look at. Yeah, I would probably add strapping perpendicular to the ceiling joists to prevent racking. Thank You.Regards,
Buzzsaw