The front is covered. The front took some time to figure out and planned. This isn’t exactly how I pictured the front, but add a couple flower boxes just below the windows and the roof and I think it will do.
After installing the door, the pallets I had in place for the front porch made it really difficult to open the door. Luckily it was an easy fix. I started removing the boards on the bottom side of the pallets to lower the pallets about 3/4 of an inch. Now the door works perfectly. I love it when problems can be resolved easily.
The picture below shows the start of the right side wall. Yep, it’s falling into place.
Hopefully, by the end of next week, I’ll be ready to move on to the roof. I have a few recycle ideas for the roof. The hard part is just figuring how and which one I want to use. So many options Hmmmm
While I finish the sides and figure out the roof check out the first 3 posts in Project Pallet Shed.
Hi. 1st….OUTSTANDING job, on the shed and the blog !
I am trying to build something similar, (a smaller shed….to store a generator that I can put near my house). Not sure mine will need to be quite as large as yours, but I was wondering how many pallets you think you went/will go thru to complete this. Especially considering Post 4- Covered Front. I want to do something very similar…but only have 21 pallets available to me at the moment…….I can EASILY build the floor and frame for the shed, but I started thinking about siding and wondered how many pallets I would need to really make my shed look nice like yours !!
Just a suggestion to anyone building a project like this.. If you are assembling the walls with the pallets on their side as shown in this project (boards running vertical), it is best to lap the boards you will be using as sheathing rather than butting them together top to bottom and end to end. This will not only give you a weather tight outside, but also a nice rustic lap siding look. Rip a few boards about 1-inch in width for your “starter strip” and attach them to the bottom of all the walls. This will give you the correct “angle” for the successive rows of boards. Start your first row, overlapping the starter strip you just installed by 3/4 to 1-inch and nail in place about 1/2 down from the top of the board. Each new row will cover the nail heads of the previous row. use vertical boards to finish the corners for a clean watertight finish.
Cheers
Will you give more details on how you framed and constructed the roof?
Just came across your pallet shed when I was looking for a design for a child’s playhouse or fort. About how big is your shed and about how many tin cans did you end up using? I love this idea and then when they outgrow it I can turn it into a storage shed. Thanks for sharing your process!