Shed

for Rodney...
and 2 kayaks

You in a kayak? No, really? :-)

Pictures, please...

Me *in* a kayak, no.
Me *on* a kayak, yes.
There are different styles, just like motorcycles.
For instance, you'd never see me on a Buell Blast either.

Pictures?

Oh, Pauline...

ASSHOLE#104 Len

and 1 canoe
and 1 atv
and odds and ends (pool stuff).

Shed? You need a barn.
OK, I've built a few of those shed kits and a few from scratch.
Most of those kits (depending on style) offer very little overhead storage
space. You really need to follow the directions to a T, They don't give you
much room for error.
On the upside they go together fairly quickly with very little waste to deal
with. Everything (most times) is included with the material list so there's
little chance of having to make return trips for something you forgot.

If you build it from scratch, you can build it however you want to. If you
do so,e serious planning you can keep your trips to the store to a minimum.

If it were me I'd build the shed closer to the house for several reasons.
Security, shorter trips, and flooding. Don't know what the chances are of
the lake rising but I suspect a shed isn't too buoyant.

They work okay. That is to say they will do the job you described. However,
there are better alternatives out there and probably some within spitting
distance of your place. The advantage is they will end up being better built
for the same $ or customized for just a bit more. This is a case where there
is no advantage to paying a middle man a profit. The local manufacturers can
give you a lot more for the same $ and you stand a good chance of ending up
with something that looks nice and is serviceable for a heck of a lot longer
than you think.

Oh yeah, doubling the size you think you need will result in something 30%
smaller than what you will wish you had.

I don't know much (nothing as a matter of fact) about sheds... but I
need one at the cabin. I figured I'd put it down close to the lake and

Len, get a copy of the IWANNA, and look in there. You will find a bunch of
folks that make shed and deliver them. They are on skid rails so you can
even move it later if you want.
There are a few people that will even erect them on site. I've got 3 sheds,
one built permanent and 2 on skid rails.
Like everyone said go bigger than you think you will need!

Something that can hold such LARGE and long items like 2 kayaks, a
canoe, an atv, yer bikes, and other stuff, it's gonna be a large structure.
I don't even know about Home Depot's pre-made stuff, but regardless,
it's gonna have to be set securely on a set foundation anyway, and have
to meet the rules, codes, and regluations set forth by where you reside.
Even Home Depot sez that.

Soooo, I would check what size is "allowed" by law, before you need a
permit to assemble even a "shed" that can house yer stuff, let alone
what stable ground yer gonna place it on.

NC laws are most likely VERY different than NJ,(DUH!) but, it's still
wise to check it out first before they tell you, you can't have that
after you paid and/or wasted a lot of money.

On the otherhand, I just recently bought one of those goofy RUBBERMADE
sheds, and put it up in my yard!
Did it (almost only by) myself, and yes, it DID only take 45 minutes!

I admit, the wife made the foundation all by herself!

I'll post a pic of the SUPERMAX JR next door... later.

Just posted.
And I apologize, it's the Bigmax Jr.

How do you burp it when you close the door?

Like me, it's vented in a strange way.

NOT to be cornfused with Tupperware.

ASSHOLE#104 Len

http://www.rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid/product/product.jhtml?prodId=HPProd150133

it'd take care of Rodney until I built a garage. I want it made of wood
and keep it natural so as to fit in with the surroundings... beyond

screw the home depot wally world ones, go look at some of the shed
makers , there are some on the 3k range you would never want to
replace they look so good (speaking only from what I barley remember
about your cabin)

there is a place about 10 miles from me that as several different
styles from small to the size you are needing and larger, my friend
Jerry has one made by teds sheds and it is very well made

heck they even make log cabin style sheds

that, what are the pros and cons of these pre-fab Home Depot Wally World
things?

In my humble experience, nothing is temporary except things you want to
be permanent. The wood shed will likely be there forever.

The steel mini-pole-barns are good if you stake 'em down properly. But
what a guy does with the material when he takes it down is a problem.

ASSHOLE#104 Len

AH 103 SENS BS80 FHBE 8 FLF

Silly NorthWesterner - God Rides a Panhead!

For them plastic sheds, a little bigger, better, possibly cheaper -
COSTCO, but based upon the stuff you're wantin' to store in it you're
gonna need a bigger one like a Tuff Shed.

I almost got the big barn lookin' one but decided to spend another 4-5K
and build a 26x32 shop/gge instead.

It's not my money but if I had the buxs I would rather support a local
company. As always YMMV.