how's it going guys welcome back to the patriot diy channel
as you can see i recently had a full dump truck load of tree trunks delivered here i'm going to
be cutting it up for firewood but i quickly realized that i don't have anywhere to put
all this firewood so in this video we're going to be showing you how to build a firewood shed
all right guys in my last video you saw that i did build a lean-to back here on the back of my shop
if you haven't seen that video i'll link to it right here at the top of the screen
but today we're showing you how we turn that lean to into a firewood shed
and i'll give you a quick little recap of what that project looked like
now today we are in the process of turning that lean to into a
firewood shed and we're going to show you step by step how we're doing that
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all right guys we're gonna need a floor for our firewood shed so the first thing we need to do
is start cutting lumber for the frame of our floor
once we've got everything cut we'll go ahead and lay it out on the floor and
start assembling our frame a 90 degree angle clamp came in handy for this part
now we're going to get it outside and get it fitted into place and make sure
everything's nice and level and i did have a little help for this part
and since this is being attached to an existing structure once we have the
frame in place and leveled we're going to be using our hammer drill and some tapcon bolts
to attach it to the concrete foundation
now we can check level on the front and fasten it to the post on our lean two
all right guys just want to show you how i fixed a little mistake i made this uh furthest post here
was about an inch and a quarter further away from the wall than the other side so my platform that i
made didn't quite reach so i just made an inch and a quarter spacer and put in there and use
long enough screws to get through both into this 4x4 not perfect but it should work out just fine
now we're going to fit some two by fours for the back of the shed now these aren't
going to be structural they're just so we can attach our siding later
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now we can start cutting down the decking boards for the floor of our firewood shed
and we're going to be doing that on our miter station if you haven't seen the
build video for that i will put a link to that right here at the top of the screen
and now we're ready to put those decking boards in place we're just
going to be using our jigsaw to notch out around the post
and because we want to leave a gap between each board we're
just going to be using a couple nails as spacers
and i think it's coming together great only thing left to do now is get our walls up
for the walls of our shed we're going to be using these picket fence boards
and because we want to make sure it has nice air flow so that our firewood can dry out easily we're
going to start out here using one of our siding boards as a spacer so that we can leave that gap
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and right about here is where i decided i wanted a little bit smaller gap
so i switched out and started using two by fours for the gaps instead of the picket fence board
this process goes pretty fast it's just a couple screws in each side
especially if you have a little help
and because i thought it looked nice we're going to go ahead and put in these angled two by fours
honestly it's mostly for looks but it does add some structural integrity as well
let me just show you guys what i got going on here before we get too far now we are going to be
doing a back wall on this as well so our firewood isn't pressed up against the side of the building
so what we ended up doing was ripping a two by four in half and i screwed that in here to this
two by four and all that's doing is giving us a place to attach these back boards here and then in
the center we just made a t with two two by fours that's going to give us to a place to attach here
and we're also going to be able to do a center dividing wall between these two pieces i wanted
to make sure i left the gap in the siding so we got good air flow so that wood can dry out good
so i'm just using two by fours as spacers to get the correct spacing between each one
and so far so good
now we're just going to finish getting those backboards in place
and then go ahead and build a dividing wall the main reason
for that is to give some extra support to our stacks of firewood
and also gives us the opportunity to separate green wood from seasoned wood
i did go back in and add a couple extra two by fours in behind
those backboards just to give those a little bit more support
and that's pretty much it guys the only thing left to do now is fill it up with some firewood
alright guys that is it for how to build your own firewood shed as you can see we're still
working on getting all this firewood cut up and put into place in our shed hope you like what
you saw if you have any questions or comments make sure you leave that in the comment section below
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