This person constructed a DIY Wooden Firewood Storage Shed. First, they cut the wood to the required dimensions in order to secure the shed's outer frame to the ground. They later added wooden decks to the shed to store the firewood on. Finally, they built walls on all three sides to keep the wooden logs safe while they were being stored.
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00:00How's it going guys? Welcome back to the Patriot DIY channel. As you can see I
00:04recently had a full dump truck load of tree trunks delivered here. I'm going to
00:08be cutting it up for firewood but I quickly realized that I don't have
00:13anywhere to put all this firewood. So in this video we're going to be showing you
00:16how to build a firewood shed. Guys in my last video you saw that I did build a
00:21lean-to back here on the back of my shop. If you haven't seen that video I'll link
00:25to it right here at the top of the screen. But today we're showing you how
00:28we turn that lean-to into a firewood shed and I'll give you a quick little
00:32recap of what that project looked like.
00:58Now today we are in the process of turning that lean-to into a firewood
01:12shed and we're going to show you step-by-step how we're doing that. Let's
01:16get to building.
01:19All right guys we're going to need a floor for our firewood shed. So the first
01:31thing we need to do is start cutting lumber for the frame of our floor.
01:38Once we've got everything cut we'll go ahead and lay it out on the floor and
01:51start assembling our frame. A 90 degree angle clamp came in handy for this part.
02:07Now we're going to get it outside and get it fitted into place and make sure
02:23everything's nice and level. And I did have a little help for this part.
03:07And since this is being attached to an existing structure, once we have the
03:19frame in place and leveled, we're going to be using our hammer drill and some
03:22TAPCON bolts to attach it to the concrete foundation.
03:40Now we can check level on the front and fasten it to the post on our lean-to.
03:50All right guys just want to show you how I fixed a little mistake I made. This
03:56furthest post here was about an inch and a quarter further away from the wall
04:03than the other side. So my platform that I made didn't quite reach so I just made
04:09an inch and a quarter spacer and put in there and used long enough screws to get
04:14through both into this 4x4. Not perfect but it should work out just fine.
04:25Now we're going to fit some 2x4s for the back of the shed. Now these aren't
04:29going to be structural they're just so we can attach our siding later.
05:14Now we can start cutting down the decking boards for the floor of our
05:20firewood shed and we're going to be doing that on our miter station. If you
05:24haven't seen the build video for that I will put a link to that right here at
05:27the top of the screen.
05:47And now we're ready to put those decking boards in place. We're just going to be
05:52using our jigsaw to notch out around the post.
05:57And because we want to leave a gap between each board we're just going to
06:13be using a couple nails as spacers.
06:43And I think it's coming together great. Only thing left to do now is get our
07:06walls up.
07:18For the walls of our shed we're going to be using these picket fence boards and
07:22because we want to make sure it has nice airflow so that our firewood can dry out
07:26easily we're going to start out here using one of our siding boards as a
07:29spacer so that we can leave that gap.
07:59And right about here is where I decided I wanted a little bit smaller gap so I
08:04switched out and started using two by fours for the gaps instead of the
08:08picket fence board.
08:16This process goes pretty fast it's just a couple screws in each side especially
08:21if you have a little help.
08:25And because I thought it looked nice we're going to go ahead and put in these
08:29angled two by fours. Honestly it's mostly for looks but it does add some
08:34structural integrity as well.
08:48Let me just show you guys what I got going on here before we get too far. Now
08:54we are going to be doing a back wall on this as well so our firewood isn't
08:59pressed up against the side of the building. So what we ended up doing was
09:05ripping a two by four in half and I screwed that in here to this two by four
09:11and all that's doing is giving us a place to attach these back boards here.
09:18And then in the center we just made a T with two two by fours that's going to
09:24give us to a place to attach here and we're also going to be able to do a
09:28center dividing wall between these two pieces. I wanted to make sure I left the
09:34gap in the siding so we got good airflow so that wood can dry out good. So I'm
09:40just using two by fours as spacers to get the correct spacing between each one.
09:49And so far so good.
10:00Now we're just going to finish getting those back boards in place.
10:19And then go ahead and build a dividing wall. The main reason for that is to give
10:27some extra support to our stacks of firewood and also gives us the
10:31opportunity to separate green wood from seasoned wood. I did go back in and add a
10:47couple extra two by fours in behind those back boards just to give those a
10:51little bit more support. And that's pretty much it guys. Only thing left to
10:57do now is fill it up with some firewood.
11:47All right guys that is it for how to build your own firewood shed. As you can
11:54see we're still working on getting all this firewood cut up and put into place
11:58in our shed.