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Just Thinkin' Out Loud

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Dug

11-09-2004 19:09:06




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Heres the delima, I need a small shed, under 10x10, by the pond to store life jackets, fishing poles etc. As the pond is by the entrance to our property I want a unique look, but don't want to spend a fortune.

I'm considering using 8' landscape timbers and build it to resemble a "log cabin". This should take no more than 130 timbers plus lag screws and roofing, window and door: price tag in the range of $700 (about $10 per square foot).

Am I crazy for considering this? Any ideas on other options?

Dug

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architect in Mo

11-10-2004 17:30:00




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Dug, 11-09-2004 19:09:06  
wouldn't it be beter if you used wood posts for fencing and laid them on their side and cut them with a chain saw to get the log house effect? my .02



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nwb

11-10-2004 15:41:13




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Dug, 11-09-2004 19:09:06  
I'll discent from the majority. I bought a bunch of landscape timbers about 15 years ago on auction. We used them for various projects around the farm. I wish I had never seen that bargain. They warp, rot, split and break. I've had to redo everything that I used them for. Good luck if you use them, but I advise against it.



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Lynn Kasdorf

11-10-2004 09:48:22




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Dug, 11-09-2004 19:09:06  
Sounds like a great idea to make a log cabin building with landscape timbers. I've seen some of these at the borg that are remarkably straight and uniform.

A few years back I built an open front firewood shed using timberframe techniques and landscape timbers. It was all held together with wood joinery and pegs. T-111 siding. It worked well and had a nice look, but your log cabin idea sounds better.

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Weirsdale George

11-10-2004 07:20:42




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Dug, 11-09-2004 19:09:06  
Why don't you build a two-holer outhouse to use for storage. Distress the wood with varying shades of gray to make it look really old. (I know a guy who has a log cabin out in the woods and built an outhouse to hide the water well pump and expansion tank, plus he stores his gardening tools there -- whenever a new guest wants to use the bathroom, he takes them out back and points to the little-house-behind-the house!)

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JR in TX

11-10-2004 06:48:32




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Dug, 11-09-2004 19:09:06  
There is an article and pictures of a building exactly as you describe in one of the current issues of Farm Show Magazine. Looks really nice. I have thought about trying it myself, the cost seems reasonable also.



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Kelly C

11-10-2004 06:44:03




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Dug, 11-09-2004 19:09:06  
I have seen some thing on the internet about that. A guy makes cabins and out buildings out of landscape timbers. They looked pretty good too.
Cant remember where I saw it. I was surfing for some thing else and came accross it.



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MarkB_MI

11-10-2004 03:21:36




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Dug, 11-09-2004 19:09:06  
How about a small post frame building? You can side it with T1-11 plywood siding for a rustic look. (With plywood prices out of sight, you might want to see if the lumberyard has some "seconds" they want to get rid of cheap.) You can have a raised floor and extend it out over the water for a fishing dock.



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Al in PA

11-09-2004 19:44:39




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Dug, 11-09-2004 19:09:06  
I think that"s a great idea. I wish I had thought of that before I purchased a storage shed to store all of my daughters" apartment contents between semesters and after graduation. Good luck with your project and post some pictures when it"s finished.



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Hayman

11-09-2004 19:56:25




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Al in PA, 11-09-2004 19:44:39  
Those landscape timbers are pressure treated.Around here in B.C. they took all the treated playground stuff away.I always wondered why they used it in the first place.Kids are always putting their hands in their mouths.



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Dug

11-09-2004 20:03:49




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Hayman, 11-09-2004 19:56:25  
Our timbers are treated with "the new stuff". Won't last as long, but it's not arsenic.

Dug



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Hayman

11-09-2004 20:21:54




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Dug, 11-09-2004 20:03:49  
Yes by golly that's right.They told me about the "new " treated wood at the building supply.I can't remember (here we go again) if it was toxic or not but they did point out to only use galvanized or stainless fasteners as bright common nails react with the preservative and dissolve.



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Tom Dooley

11-10-2004 21:44:20




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 Re: Just Thinkin' Out Loud in reply to Hayman, 11-09-2004 20:21:54  
That ''new stuff'' is called copper napthanate. Just built a new deck with it this year.Home Depot's home office in Atlanta Georgia says the jury is still out on a ''good'' finish for it.



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