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.
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