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Old 04-18-2012, 11:41 AM
 
Location: Where the sun likes to shine!!
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My DH and I just finished building a customized shed to fit our needs. This can easily be used for a cabin with some easy additions

I posted this on our TN story but here is the direct link if you want to check it out.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/23916893-post2566.html
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Old 04-18-2012, 01:37 PM
 
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COOL BEANS! Thanks so much, Lisa!
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Old 04-18-2012, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Floyd Co, VA
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Good thing that Niki was on the job supervising or heaven knows what you mere humans might have cobbled together.

I hope the rest of the project continues to go well and that you're pleased as punch with the final results.
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Old 04-18-2012, 03:45 PM
 
Location: Grosse Ile Michigan
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That is a neat idea. Where di you get a shipping container? How did you get it there to begin with?

Did you put footings under the blocks? If not how do you keep your shed from sinking when it rains?

How heavy is that container? The jack in the photo looks like my 6 ton jack. Can that container weight more than 6 tons?

Obviously you live in a place where the neighbors do nto call the local code enforcement guy and make you get a permit. Lucky. We could never get away with something like that. If we could build it at all, it woudl have to be built to code, unless we could get away with calling it temporary since it does nto technically attach to the ground. However where we live, without 40" footings, it would be the leaning tower of shed in one season. It would be gone altogether in two.

I like your tractor (jealous)
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Old 04-18-2012, 04:59 PM
 
Location: Where the sun likes to shine!!
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COOL BEANS! Thanks so much, Lisa!
You're welcome. I'm glad you found it We are running out of projects though

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Good thing that Niki was on the job supervising or heaven knows what you mere humans might have cobbled together.

I hope the rest of the project continues to go well and that you're pleased as punch with the final results.
Thank you....yeah that Niki is such perfectionist, lol.

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That is a neat idea. Where di you get a shipping container? How did you get it there to begin with?

Did you put footings under the blocks? If not how do you keep your shed from sinking when it rains?

How heavy is that container? The jack in the photo looks like my 6 ton jack. Can that container weight more than 6 tons?

Obviously you live in a place where the neighbors do nto call the local code enforcement guy and make you get a permit. Lucky. We could never get away with something like that. If we could build it at all, it woudl have to be built to code, unless we could get away with calling it temporary since it does nto technically attach to the ground. However where we live, without 40" footings, it would be the leaning tower of shed in one season. It would be gone altogether in two.

I like your tractor (jealous)
Wow...Ok..let me try and answer your questions.

We have two shipping containers. The first one I got the number off of the side of another container when we were in town one day about 6 years ago. That is the one you see in the picture. We made a huge mistake with that one and trusted the company over the phone about the condition of it. We bought a "good" conditioned container sight unseen and they delivered it to our old property. We then had our grader take it to the top of our mountain a couple of years later.

The second container which you will get to see next week was bought from a place we saw off the highway in VA. That is where we went to look at another container but the prices were too high. They also delivered by truck to our old place. We found a local man who was willing to deliver that one to the top of our mountain.

We did not put footings under the blocks. Our shipping containers which are much heavier are only on cement pads for the past 4 years. They are fine. Our "ugly" container was never quite level to begin with. The new shed is much lighter so I don't expect it to sink much if at all. We actually made it higher in the back corner because it was fresh dirt. We expected it to sink about a half an inch. Even with all of our rain it has not happened yet.

We don't have any building codes where we are and we don't have any neighbors

If we were to build something more than a shed like a house or a cabin, we would have used footers.


The container weighs somewhere around 3000-4000 pounds. My DH thinks our jack is a 1 1/2 ton jack....not sure...the mind is getting older, lol. Either way it would not lift the building.


Yeah hubby loves our tractor. You would not believe the things we do with that tractor

Thanks for writing in.
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Old 04-18-2012, 06:48 PM
 
Location: Sunshine N'Blue Skies
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Ah....We have such a problem in our development. We can have no used pool or used shed.
I don't think I have read that anywhere before but, yes we will need a brand new shed or
the board will fine us. Then, in that case, we'd have to move it out.
Not a good thing.
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Old 04-18-2012, 11:33 PM
 
Location: The Triangle
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.........And there's Niki! She is so cute sitting there like she's supervising you guys.


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Old 04-19-2012, 02:13 PM
 
Location: Southern New Hampshire
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Lisa, you guys are amazing. I love reading about your projects!! Wish I were as handy!!
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Old 04-25-2012, 06:29 AM
 
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Here is the second part of our story. Time for the trusses and the roof

http://www.city-data.com/forum/24017827-post2568.html
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Old 05-23-2012, 06:58 AM
 
Location: Where the sun likes to shine!!
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Here are the shelves:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/24208152-post2573.html



The shed is finished and we are loving it

http://www.city-data.com/forum/24424013-post2583.html

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