New shed

[Mortblanc]

I have one of those thin walled metal sheds on one side of the lot. It houses the garden tools and assorted trinkets. When I moved here it had no door, so I made one.

How long it had been standing before I arrived I do not know, but it has been up for 7 years and will probably stand for 7 more. It has withstood blizzards, monsoon rains, straight line winds of over 70mph and has been brushed by a F3 tornado. It is still standing and does not even leak.

The new building is slightly thicker and much bigger. My only real concern is that due to the 10' span I will need to have braces ready for bearing any heavy snow load.

I do not know of a single shed that is produced with a really heavy locking system until one gets into the $2k-$3k price range. That means it is up to me to provide my own locking devices and for the price difference I can do that effectively for less money. I am also blessed with not much being stolen from my area. I have lost nothing since I moved here.

As I said, this is a workshop building. I am not going to live in it, the saws, sanders and power tools will. I will put spray foam in the cracks and lay a metal floor to protect the wood, build workbenches down two sides and install my free standing equipment on one other side. Shelves will cover the remaining wall.

It might blow away in two weeks, fall in a heap or allow me to go sailing through the metal wall if I lean too hard, but it will be the first one of many I have built or used that has done so.