Shed Considerations

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  1. BTPost

    BTPost Stumpy Old Fart,Deadman Walking, Snow Monkey Moderator

    One NOTE, here: When designing and building Rain Collection Gutters in areas with Significant Winter Snowfall.. One should hang the gutters so that they are MOSTLY under the roof edge with just enough sticking out to collect the water as it runs off the roof... This is very important because if the Snow slides off the roof, and the gutter is nailed to the end of. the joists, the snow will rip the gutter right of the joists... You figure that out, REAL. QUICK, after you have to replace them each spring.... Experience teaches a LOT...
     
    BTPost, Jan 29, 2019
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  2. fedorthedog

    fedorthedog Monkey+++

    Ya thats the last thing I have to do here in Wetern Washington
     
    fedorthedog, Jan 29, 2019
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  3. arleigh

    arleigh Goophy monkey

    Solar panels , wind mills, battery bank, root cellar , broom closet ?
     
    arleigh, Jan 30, 2019
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  4. hot diggity

    hot diggity Monkey+++ Site Supporter+++

    Dirt floor buildings have critter problems depending on the area. Michigan had raccoons and ground hogs. .22 is the best solution for raccoons. Ground hogs are a different problem. They are determined diggers. Dad didn't want to shoot them, so for 30 years he would battle them by standing lumber and scrap metal up in their holes and piling rocks against them. They'd try to dig under it and the wood would slip deeper and deeper into their holes. It became quite a game.
     
    hot diggity, Jan 30, 2019
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  5. arleigh

    arleigh Goophy monkey

    you can battle or you can have fun.
     
    arleigh, Jan 30, 2019
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  6. hot diggity

    hot diggity Monkey+++ Site Supporter+++

    I think it started as a battle when the barn was new, but as the years passed it was more of a game. Generations of grumpy old ground hogs trying to get into the barn, against one devious and patient old man. :)
     
    hot diggity, Jan 30, 2019
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  7. fedorthedog

    fedorthedog Monkey+++

    Faced south to allow solar panels, Root cellars are a no go here do to surface water depth, the room is a 12x12 storage room with shelves
     
    fedorthedog, Jan 30, 2019
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  8. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    Those ground hog thingys...any good to eat? Asking for a friend.
     
    Gator 45/70, Jan 31, 2019
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  9. oldman11

    oldman11 Monkey+++

    Coon asses eat anything
     
    oldman11, Jan 31, 2019
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  10. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    I'm thinking about a 40' cargo container,Thoughts? The good,The bad,The ugly.
     
    Gator 45/70, Jan 31, 2019
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  11. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    You've eaten beaver?
     
    Gator 45/70, Jan 31, 2019
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  12. oldman11

    oldman11 Monkey+++

    Yes
     
    oldman11, Jan 31, 2019
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  13. Merkun

    Merkun furious dreamer

    There are several threads referencing shipping containers. Here's one --
    Shipping Container for Bug Out cabin build
     
    Merkun, Jan 31, 2019
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  14. hot diggity

    hot diggity Monkey+++ Site Supporter+++

    Ground hogs are vegetarians and delicious!
     
    hot diggity, Jan 31, 2019
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