Since we moved into our house a couple of winters ago I have stacked wood on the south side of the house off the garage. When it snows the wood gets wet the last think you want to be doing is clearing snow off when its cold out. I decided I wanted to build a partial open air woodshed to stack the wood in. It would be partially open on the sides to allow airflow to help the wood dry but also covered to keep the majority of the snow off.
In the late summer I slowly started the tedious job of planning out the size, and layout, followed by leveling and squaring the cement deck blocks that would be used as a foundation. Once this was completed I ordered a load of gravel and rented a bobcat to pour in gravel around the bases to level the floor of the shed which would be made of compacted gravel. From here I ordered the wood which showed up last week. I worked at it during the evenings after work and a little on the weekend. All in all it was done in less than a week. A much more reasonable project than the crazy garden project from the spring.
I have learned that the key is not to rush in the beginning and be sure to get the posts squared up right. If this gets messed up you spend a lot of time trying to fix issues later. The picture above shows the posts going in with a few board nailed in to keep them straight and square. I used cedar for the front posts and the cheaper pressure treated posts for the inside back as no-one will really see these once the wood is is and everything is stained.
