3rd world style with few modern tools.
OK, another shed.
3 day Christmas vacation project, Total cost per sq ft under 6 cents.
Had 2 ea 18 ft 8×8 PT rejects, plus lots of other wood, time for ‘nuther shed – buried one end of 8x8s 6 ft deep for rigidity, new High bay shed, dirt floor, free surplus windows, roofing consists of leftover vinyl flooring scraps. .
Total tool usage: backhoe, front loader, N88, level, sidewinder, hammer, tape measure (only when needed for ‘aesthetics’), axe, compressor All wood ‘free’. Build to last maximum of 30 years, should be dead by then (or at least slowed down) .
Total costs so far under 5 cents per sq ft, probably 90% of cost. Have a 10 ft rollup door to go on the front.
Gas, $1.50; diesel, $4.50; 16d, 20 sticks, $4.15; 8d, $4.80;
3 days spent so far in site prep, getting materials from various stacks, and construction. Estimate another day to finish structure, 1/2 day to hand garage door. May not even bother to paint it. Past effort salvaging materials not counted, that is ‘recreation’ <G>.
BTW, the logs for the ‘rafters’ were trees I planted about 25-30 years ago.
PS forgot the 40 cents or so for electricity in the cost!
Edited 12/29/2006 10:29 pm ET by junkhound
Edited 12/29/2006 10:33 pm ET by junkhound
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Man, that is Fine ShedBuilding.
Funny part about the tape measure "for aesthetics"!
Maybe you could just park all the equipment really close together, nail all the wood you could find together over group, like they were an inflated bag, then let the air out of the tires and drive the vehicles out.
Sort of a monocoque, like Cloud Hidden does, but with wood.
Forrest - trying to help