[Shop-talk] storage shed plans

[Steve Shipley]

At 06:54 AM 5/20/2011 -0400, Tim wrote:
>Yea, more details & info would have helped as, for the most part, I didn't 
>get any answers I could use. So....
>
>I have just about all the materials I might need from salvaging the 2x4s 
>from dumpsters (mostly here outside the building I work in) when office 
>spaces were renovated and the walls were just torn down and all the wood 
>tossed. I have both plywood and sheets of OSB either given to me (plywood) 
>or liberated from the materials left on my property by the roofers. I also 
>have a rool of roofing paper left by the previous owner of my house. All I 
>will really need to buy is nails or screws, glue, and shingles. Possible 
>siding material if I go that route. Although I have several gallons of 
>paint bought on the cheap in the 'mistake' paint section at local 
>hardware/home improvement stores. I think I even have a window I could use 
>if I wanted to go that route.
>
>The shed will be used to free up space in the garage so I have more room 
>to do the important stuff: working on the Datsuns. I would store the 
>mower, snow blower, yard tools, chicken wire rolls, tomatoe cages, and 
>what not else for outside work. I would think it would not have to be much 
>bigger than 10x10 or 10x15 or so.
>
>I have absolutely NO design skills. I need (and read) instructions, plans, 
>etc. Hence my want for a set of cheap (preferrably free) plans. I didn't 
>think about the library. I suppose I could use that as a fall back option.
>
>So, any opinions on cheap or free plans? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? 
>Has any one seen Jeff Spicoli?

If you're building from salvaged materials using 2x4s, this is a typical 
framing diagram.
http://bit.ly/ji3u2E
You are going to need 4 walls, framed on the ground, sheathed on the 
ground, then tilted up.
Eric J Russell's post described how to make a home made roof truss.
We haven't discussed floors or foundations.

If you know how to frame, then an 8 foot wall, 10 feet long, built of 2x4s, 
16 inches on center is easy.
(Easy for you, I'm old and slow)  Using the diagram, you build 4 walls and 
tilt em up.  The corner
detail isn't shown, go to the library to see that detail.

I suspect you haven't framed before and you need to learn how to layout and 
frame a wall.
Get to the library or even better, see if someone will allow you to watch 
how it's done.
Plans won't teach you the building trades, once you know the basics of 
framing, you won't
need plans.  (Though I bet you haven't salvaged enough materials yet)

Steve