On Jun 14, 12:13*am, aemeijers wrote:
As some of you may have heard, SW MI had a little storm a couple of
weeks ago. My back yard is a lot sunnier now, with 4 big trees down, and
another that will probably have to come down. Anyway, a 60-foot pine
totaled my shed. The same shed that the pine's twin brother landed on
after an ice storm 2 years ago, but I was able to blacksmith it back
into usability. Good thing I didn't replace it then. (Compared to a lot
of people around here, I got off lucky. All I lost were the shed, trees
and 3 days of power- house didn't even lose any shingles. Some
streets/roads/neighborhoods look like they got bombed.)

Anyway, the existing shed is the mid-grade Arrow 10x14, with the
horizontal siding and internal bracing. Big-box wants around $820 for
current version in same size, in a hideous faux woodgrain. Cheaper
beer-can version without internal bracing is around $530. I think I can
blacksmith the extra roof beams from the old one and reuse them, so I
don't have to pay $250 for the roof 'beef up' kit. Neither shed model
impresses me much. I'd stick build a wood one, but I'd have to lay and
anchor a course of block for a stem wall, since you don't put wood sills
directly on a slab. So, metal would be a lot less work, and I wouldn't
have to repaint it every five years.

Anybody got any brand and model recommendations around 10x14, tall
enough to stand up inside, with a door big enough to get wheelbarrows
and mowers through? Looking for as close to zero-upkeep as possible, and
able to take snow loads. I'm not a rich man, but I'm willing to pay a
little extra for quality. Something built like those wiring huts Ma Bell
and airports use, but bigger.

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aem sends....

You can put pt directly on the slab. All those metal ones look like
**** in 10 years if you ask me.