Do-it-yourself frame shed - order on the site. Change houses from SIP panels: features of material and technology, design and assembly steps Build a 6 by 3 wood shed
Building houses outside the city (here we started with) has always been the number 1 dream in our family. Fresh air, nature and of course rest, these are the obligatory attributes of this desire to escape from the stone jungle. But when we arrived at the site, we suddenly realized that the first thing we had to build was not a house, but a small temporary hut in which we could spend the night, not freeze and continue to work on making our dreams come true -.
Today I’ll tell you how we built such an insulated shed house, which honestly helped us out the entire first year of our visits, giving protection from the weather, and today it has turned into instead of storing all garden tools and country equipment.
A very important point is the choice of a place for a new building. Unfortunately, the allocated 10 acres of land is a very small area to place everything that is in your head on it, so the place for each new building must be chosen very responsibly in terms of its functionality.
In our area, the coldest winds blow from the northeast, which is why we decided to put the shed in this part of the site in order to make an artificial barrier against this factor. In addition, the creation of such protection will make it possible in the future to make a platform for growing grapes, which in our latitudes grows only in places protected from cold winds.
In the economy of any private household there is always gardening equipment and tools that need to be stored somewhere. A lawn mower or a garden sprayer with chemicals does not belong in a residential building. Where to put these necessary things so that they do not succumb to the influence of the environment and do not litter the territory of the yard? You can solve this problem by building a small frame shed with a pitched roof.
Advantages and disadvantages of wood frame construction
The construction of a frame outbuilding from wooden bars has several advantages:
- In specialized hardware stores, you can purchase ready-made parts for assembling the frame structure of the barn.
- It is not difficult to build such a structure yourself, since the assembly of parts takes place according to the principle of the designer. For this, it is not necessary to have special knowledge in construction. All elements and connections of the frame are adjusted in size, and the presence of instructions will make the construction process easier.
- A frame wooden shed will last for many years if it is properly cared for, and all the rules were followed during its construction.
- The construction of the structure will not take much time. Usually one week is enough to build the entire shed. This time includes: installation of the foundation, assembly of all frame elements, wall cladding, insertion of doors and windows, roofing.
- Wooden parts of the structure can be easily processed further.
- When building a barn with a shed roof, there is no need to install a truss system.
- The frame structure of the barn is easy to disassemble and re-erect in another place. In this case, we are talking about light buildings, without a foundation.
- The cost of purchasing materials for such a structure is much less than, for example, a brick one. Many are of the opinion that the wooden structure is short-lived and unreliable. However, if we take into account the service life of these parts and the money spent on materials, then this option is much more profitable.
The disadvantages of this design are as follows:
- Wooden elements are flammable material.
- Frame parts can be subject to rotting and damage by wood-boring insects. To prevent this from happening, all wood elements must be additionally treated with antiseptic pastes, organic solutions or oily antiseptics.
- Wood, depending on its moisture content, tends to dry out, swell, warp and crack over time.
Preparing for construction: drawings of the future barn, dimensions
Before starting the construction of a frame barn, it is necessary to take into account some points of its construction:
- The barn, no matter how neatly built, remains an outbuilding that does not really fit into the architecture of a residential building. Accordingly, this building is best erected in the backyard.
- Entrance must be free. This will become especially convenient when it will be necessary to bring large items or furniture into it, in case of repairs in the house.
- It is better to locate the barn on a hill (supports, piles, blocks). The distance between the base of the structure and the ground will prevent: from rotting of its wooden parts, the appearance of moisture in the room and damage to metal equipment by corrosion.
- It is necessary to carefully design the barn so that in the future there is no need to make extensions to it. It will be convenient to divide it into two rooms: in one you can equip a workshop, and in the second - the barn itself or the chicken coop itself.
Two barn rooms will allow you to use them for different purposes
- The land at the site of the future construction must be leveled.
- It is necessary to determine what materials the walls and floors will be sheathed with. What will be the interior decoration and what kind of roofing to use.
The length, width and height of the future barn is selected individually, depending on the location. For such purposes, medium-sized buildings are most suitable (see image).
Frame shed option with typical parameters
Another version of the frame shed
Material selection and calculation
Qualitative planning of the procurement of all necessary materials will save you from unforeseen waste in the future.
When building a barn frame, the following materials are needed:
- For the lower and upper strapping, you need: six bars 6 m long with a section of 100x100 mm and eight bars - 3 m each with a section of 100x100 mm.
When buying timber and boards, you should pay attention to the degree of their moisture content not exceeding 22%.
- For flooring, boards with a section of 40x150 mm are required, in the amount of (minimum) 20 pieces. OSB sheets are used as a finishing floor.
- For vertical supports, bars with a section of 100x100 mm are needed, in the amount of 12 pieces, each of which is 2.5 m long. Two of these bars will be used as a doorway.
Wooden surfaces must be free of knots, cracks, mold and woodworm damage.
- There are two ways to tilt the roof: in the first case, from 4 to 6 bars 50 cm long with a section of 100x100 cm are needed, in the second case, the supports on which the slope will be should initially be of a shorter length.
- For the crate, you will need a board with a section of 22x100 mm, in the amount of 16–18 pieces.
- For the draft ceiling, you can use plywood, chipboard, fiberboard or OSB sheets.
- Nails are needed to fasten the bars at the corners in the “paw” method, and metal corners and planks are needed “to the floor of the tree”.
Nails are selected along a length greater than the thickness of the board so that they pierce it and enter the next one. Such a connection will be much stronger.
- When working, you will also need self-tapping screws, screws, L-shaped metal plates to fix the timber in the corners.
- In the case of insulating the frame of the barn, you may need a heat-insulating layer (polystyrene, mineral wool or foam), waterproofing (foamed polyethylene foil), vapor barrier (bitumen), roofing material, polyurethane foam.
Required Tools
To build a frame shed, you will need the following tools:
- Shovel (for digging holes for a columnar foundation, it is better to use a screw shovel).
- Yardstick.
- Marking cord with coated thread.
- Graphite marking pencil.
- Construction level (it is more convenient to use from 50 to 200 cm).
- Square and ruler.
- Stationery knife (for cutting insulation).
- Laser level (using this tool, a perfectly flat plane is determined).
- Chisel.
- Electric drill.
- Circular saw (with its help it is convenient to cut boards of various lengths and sizes).
- Cordless screwdriver (for attaching plywood, boards and OSB sheets to ceilings, walls and floors).
- Electric planer (required when calibrating boards).
- Screwdriver.
- All-metal carpenter's hammer.
- Sledgehammer (used when fitting boards).
- Hand clamps (for clamping boards in different places).
- Hacksaw for wood (for cutting grooves).
- Construction stapler (for fastening waterproofing and vapor barrier with a wooden frame).
- Carpenter's ax.
- Construction slope.
- Nails. For a frame shed, from 2 thousand to 4 thousand nails are needed. In this case, three types are used:
- GOST 4028–63 Black and zinc construction nails. Zinc is used for outdoor work with wooden parts, and black for the installation of internal materials.
- GOST 4029–63 Zinc nails for fixing roofing material and other sheet materials.
- DIN 1152 Galvanized nails for fastening tongue-and-groove boards, front panels and finish surfaces.
Step-by-step instructions for building a frame shed with a pitched roof
When all the calculations have been made, the construction project is ready and the necessary materials have been purchased, you can proceed to the construction of a frame shed.
Foundation. Which one is better and how to do it
The basis for the frame is the foundation. For frame sheds and utility blocks, a tape, wooden or columnar foundation is most often used.
To protect the wooden frame of the barn from moisture, you can install a strip foundation. To do this, a concrete base is made 40–50 cm high. It is important to know that this type of foundation is not suitable for sedimentary and peat soil. In these cases, screw piles are used.
For a strip foundation, it is necessary to dig a trench around the perimeter, 30–40 cm deep and 40 cm wide. The bottom of the trench is covered with sand and compacted. As a result, a sand cushion 10 cm thick should be obtained. A waterproofing layer must be laid on the sand cushion, which will prevent the absorption of liquid concrete into the sand.
After that, a wooden or metal formwork structure is made. It should rise above the ground and be equal to the height of the base. For the strength of the formwork structure, it is fixed with spacers and clamps, and its upper part can be strengthened with props. Reinforcement 10–12 mm thick is laid on the waterproofing layer, which is connected with wire.
Formwork panels fix the cement substance before hardening
When the reinforcement frame is ready, it is poured with M200-250 concrete.
Concrete pouring should be done immediately for the entire perimeter. In order to avoid cracks during concrete hardening, it is not recommended to pour it in rainy weather or extreme heat,
Concrete hardens for about two weeks and gains about 70% strength by this time.
Tape shallow foundation suitable for small buildings
When erecting a wooden foundation, larch logs are used, about 300 mm thick, which are processed at least 2–3 times with bitumen.
Holes are dug in the ground with a depth of 150 cm and a diameter of 30–40 cm. Sand 10 cm thick is poured into the bottom of the hole and rammed. Each log from its base is covered with a waterproofing layer of 140–145 cm. The resulting wooden pile is placed in the ground. The gaps between the waterproofing and the wall of the hole are covered with earth. To more thoroughly compact the soil around the pile, it is watered and rammed. For reliability, you can fill the hole with concrete.
The use of wooden piles can be an alternative solution for installing a foundation
Most often, a columnar foundation is used in the construction of a frame barn. To do this, you need to mark it on the ground using a cord. Along the perimeter of the marking and in each of its corners, holes should be dug 30-40 cm deep.
With a stretched cord, the marking will be more accurate.
It is better to dig a hole with a depth of 70 cm or more, as this is below the freezing point. Sand is poured at the bottom to make a layer of 10-15 cm, which must be tamped. For reliability, you can pour a layer of gravel 10 cm thick. After that, a brick is laid, fastened with cement mortar. For a barn, laying of two bricks per layer is used. If the structure is larger, the columnar foundation is made of three or more bricks.
The most commonly used type of foundation in the construction of a frame shed
Brickwork must be treated with a bituminous waterproofing layer.
To ensure a level surface, all posts must be checked for level.
The space between the brickwork and the ground must be covered with sand or filled with a cement-sand mixture. An alternative to a columnar foundation made of brickwork are hollow concrete blocks measuring 400x200x200. The voids in the blocks are filled with cement mortar.
Video: foundation installation
Structure frame
Now you can start creating the frame of the barn. It is necessary to put two layers of roofing material on each brick pillar - to protect the lower part of the wooden frame from moisture.
After that, proceed to the installation of the lower trim. This requires a beam with a section size of 100x100 mm. Beams and logs are assembled from a bar 50x100 mm. The distance between them should not exceed 60 cm.
Beams and logs are connected with nails in the way "to the floor of a tree"
Vertical racks made of 100x100 mm timber are fixed to L-shaped metal joints or ordinary nails that need to be hammered obliquely. The distance between the beams should be no more than 1.5 m. For structural stability, the beams are temporarily reinforced diagonally with boards 40x100 mm.
Vertical and top beams are fixed with l-shaped joints
The construction of a frame barn is carried out not only with the help of wooden beams. Its manufacture from a metal profile pipe is widely used.
The ease of assembly of this design attracts builders
This version of the material for the frame of the building has several advantages:
- The profile base is assembled without dirt and debris in the yard.
- Installation and dismantling of such a building will not take much time.
- If necessary, a shed made of a metal profile is easy to move.
- For such a design, a foundation is optional. It is enough to pour gravel on a flat area.
- Reinforcement reinforcing the frame will help to withstand the weight of snow and resist gusts of strong wind.
- Thanks to a variety of colors, a barn made of profile pipes has an aesthetic appearance.
- The design with a metal frame is very practical, as it does not require the treatment of its parts and elements with antiseptic agents. It is enough to paint it once.
If the building will be subjected to increased loading pressure in the future, then the frame is built from more durable pipes. In this case, pipes with a wall thickness of 8 mm and a cross section of 100x100 mm are used for the lower trim and racks. For additional spacers, a profile with a section of 60x60 mm is used.
Particular attention should be paid when laying profiled logs under the subfloor. The distance between them should not be more than 60 cm. The lags are fixed to the lower harness by welding.
After that, they proceed to the installation of an interfloor ceiling, which is a frame structure made of a profile, as well as beams. From below, the ceiling sheathing is attached to these elements.
The final stage in the construction of a structure from a profile pipe is the assembly of the truss system. This structural element can be either integral or a separate part of the entire structure. The main bearing part of the roof is a powerful channel to which the rest of the elements are attached.
After carrying out all welding work, proceed to finishing.
Construction of the floor and walls (knots and jibs)
When building a foundation, you first need to make a draft floor. To do this, wooden logs are covered with OSB boards or plywood sheets with a thickness of 12 to 15 mm. Then the entire surface is covered with a waterproofing layer, on which a finishing floor is installed. It is convenient to use tongue-and-groove boards as this flooring. They have recesses and ridges on the edges, which are ideal for butt assembly. They are usually made from softwood. The resin contained in this wood makes it waterproof. Laying the floor with grooved boards is similar to installing laminate.
A tight connection of the boards is ensured by the protrusions and cutouts along the edges.
After that, you can proceed to the installation of the walls of the barn. In order for its structure to be strong and stand for a long time in the future, temporary and permanent jibs are cut into the frame.
Strengthening the racks with permanent and temporary jibs will provide additional strength in places of increased weight load
The jibs are used without fail if the walls are not sheathed with plywood or OSB-3. The use of slab sheathing is five times stronger than jib (if OSB or 12 mm plywood is used). As a jib, a board with a section of 25x100 mm or 50x100 mm is used when a more stable structure is required. The length of such a board should be 30 ° higher than the height of the wall. Temporary jibs are used until the upper joists are installed. They help to fix the given position of walls and vertical beams.
Before starting their installation, the corners of the structure are aligned. In this case, it is convenient to use a bubble or laser level. The installation step of temporary jibs is from 1.2 to 1.5 m. They will also help to correct structural defects if you use them as a lever.
When erecting the frame structure of the barn, it is important to provide for the correct fixing of the jibs and joints:
- The jib angle should be 45° (this is the ideal angle for maximum structural rigidity). In those places of construction where it is difficult to withstand it, for example, windows and doors, 60 ° is allowed.
- The use of hollow jibs is permissible only in small structures (sheds, outbuildings).
- They should fit snugly (without cracks and gaps) to the surfaces of the uprights and the top floor.
- For jibs, it is necessary to make grooves in vertical posts, upper and lower trim. The depth of the groove is made depending on the thickness of the jib. In a metal structure, they should go deep into the profile of the racks.
- The joints of the beams at the corners of the frame are laid in the way "in the floor of the tree" or "in the paw". In the first case, 50x50 mm cuts are made on both sides of the log to half its thickness. In the second case, similar cuts are made, but with a bevel. If necessary, the junction of two bars is processed with a chisel.
Such connections are fixed with nails and l-shaped connections.
Floor insulation
You can insulate the floors of a frame shed with the following materials:
- Mineral wool.
This method is very popular due to the ease of installation and relatively low price. Mineral wool is usually sold in packs of several slabs of 1000x600x50 mm or 1200x600x50 mm or in rolls. A waterproofing layer (glassine, roofing material or ordinary polyethylene film) is laid on the floors of the barn, on which a wooden crate of boards with a section of 10x120 mm and a step width of 60 cm is placed. Mineral wool slabs are placed in the resulting compartments. Before laying the wool, all wooden elements of the crate must be treated with antiseptic agents to prevent decay. For additional floor insulation, a double layer of such plates is used. During installation, the insulation must be below the level of the crate. Mineral wool must not be compacted, as it will lose its thermal insulation property. To prevent the cotton wool from getting wet, a layer of polyethylene is laid on top, fixed to the staples with a stapler. Then the entire surface is covered with tongue-and-groove boards, OSB sheets or plywood.
- Styrofoam.
Floor insulation with this material is carried out along the logs. As in the case of mineral wool, a wooden crate is needed, under which a waterproofing layer is laid. The step width between the boards is about 60 cm. The thickness of the foam plates should be at least 10 cm. This material is very convenient, since it does not deform. Styrofoam is not afraid of fungus and mold. Styrofoam boards must be laid tightly. If gaps remain, they can be filled with foam. After it dries, sheets of plywood or tongue-and-groove boards are laid on top.
- Expanded clay.
To insulate the floor of the shed with expanded clay, it is necessary to cover the lower formwork with waterproofing material, on top of which OSB boards are laid. Then a wooden crate of boards with a section of 10x150 mm is installed on this surface. Expanded clay is poured into each section of this structure. Its layer should not be less than 10–15 cm, since a smaller thickness will not give the desired warming effect. Expanded clay should be leveled so that it does not rise above the lathing bars. Then a vapor barrier layer is laid on top of: a diffuse membrane, a water-based bitumen-polymer cold emulsion, a polyethylene or polypropylene film. After that, OSB sheets are attached with self-tapping screws to the logs. A clean floor is laid on top.
Materials for floor insulation in a frame shed
This is an environmentally friendly material, the production of which does not use chemical additives This material is easy to give the desired shape Inexpensive and reliable way to insulate the floor
Wall insulation
To insulate the walls of a frame shed, mineral wool and extruded polystyrene foam (penoplex) are most often used.
- Wall insulation with mineral wool.
Wall decoration with mineral wool is not much different from a similar method of floor insulation, but has its own nuances. From the inside of the barn, it is covered with a vapor barrier material (foiled polyethylene), on top of which plywood or OSB sheets are fixed. Outside, on mineral wool, perpendicular to the base, wooden sheathing from boards with a section of 20x40 mm can be installed. These boards serve as a ventilation gap to which the exterior trim is attached. Sometimes a layer of OSB sheets is installed in front of the waterproofing layer (exterior finish).
- Penoplex.
To insulate the walls with this material, it is necessary to select plates with a thickness of at least 6 cm. As in the previous methods, a wooden crate is needed with a step of 60 cm, under which a waterproofing layer is placed. It is more convenient to fix penoplex plates on polyurethane glue (it is well compatible with polystyrene foam) or on metal anchors with plastic dowels. The joints of the plates are additionally fixed to the mounting foam or metal tape. The wall outside can be insulated with an additional layer of foam, on which an external finishing material is installed.
When the walls are fixed with anchors or dried glue, a vapor barrier material is placed on top. In this method of insulation, foamed foil polyethylene 3 mm thick is used. As a substitute, you can use a polyethylene foil film. A finishing layer is fixed on top.
Materials for insulating the walls of a frame shed
The light weight of cotton wool is convenient for installation. This material has a denser structure than foam
Video: all stages of construction
A frame shed on the territory of your household will always be convenient for storing inventory and old things. By equipping its premises as a workshop, you can do carpentry and repair work, while your yard will remain clean. Insulated walls, floors and roof will become comfortable conditions for keeping pets and birds in the cold season.
The first building that appears on a new summer cottage is, of course, a barn, large and roomy. At first, until the bare territory of the dacha is “overgrown” with full-fledged outbuildings, a house, a summer kitchen and a garage, a simple shed with a pitched roof will long remain the only haven for inventory, building materials and country property.
Which barn option to choose for a summer residence
Depending on the plans for the future development of the suburban area, the availability of free time and money, there are several ways to solve the problem of an utility room on a suburban area:
- Hire a team and build a capital shed of brick or foam block, with a shed roof and a basement;
- Do-it-yourself pour a concrete foundation for a future building, buy a five-ton railway container and install it in a summer cottage instead of a barn;
- Build an ordinary barn with a shed roof, 3x6 in size, from timber and boards, as in the photo.
Of course, experienced summer residents with experience will not hesitate to vote in favor of the latter option, this is the most balanced and considered decision.
Advice! We don’t immediately build a barn from foam blocks on a “clean” site from the point of view of planning, often household buildings of this type have to be demolished or transferred in favor of a summer house or garage.
In addition, the construction of stone, prefabricated, panel sheds, as well as the purchase of a container, will require an order of magnitude greater capital investment and time than is necessary for a wooden building with a pitched roof and a simple foundation. The main thing is that at a considerable cost, there are no tangible advantages over a shed wooden shed measuring 3x6.
Optimal design of a wooden shed 3x6
The most difficult element of a homemade barn is its roof. Choose a shed roof for your shed, you can't go wrong. Even experienced craftsmen prefer to put shed roofs on sheds, they are not so beautiful, but easier to build and more reliable in operation. Moreover, a shed roof of a barn with your own hands can be done step by step even with minimal construction experience.
The only prerequisite is the correct orientation of the shed roof and the entire shed construction relative to the wind rose in order to reduce the risk of rainwater flowing under the overhang and roof gables:
- The design of the barn, with dimensions of 3x6 m, with a shed roof is shown in the drawing;
- The construction is carried out on a simple columnar foundation of 12 pillars. A standard cinder block is used as the material for the pillars, but it is better to cast the pillars from concrete in the formwork;
- The basis of a shed is a frame made of boards and timber, the dimensions of the building are 3x6 meters, with a ceiling height of 2 m and the highest point of the rafters is 2.7 m;
- A shed roof is made according to the classical scheme, on hanging rafters with stuffed batten boards and a flat roof. As a roofing, you can use corrugated board, ondulin, or make a two-layer version of roll material, for example, roofing material.
The construction will turn out to be very simple and light, if you properly assemble the foundation, then a wooden frame box with a pitched roof can easily withstand winds of 18-25 m / s. If there are no strong winds in the area where the barn is planned to be installed, then during the construction of the walls, you can limit yourself to vertical drains from the board and timber, as in the drawing. For open areas, it is recommended to strengthen the vertical bearing supports with side struts, as in the photo.
The same applies to the construction of a pitched roof. For a quiet area, you can build a shed roof without using ceiling beams, but in this case, the upper wall trim and the Mauerlat will need to be supported with additional vertical supports from the timber. For windy terrain, a shed roof must be reinforced with floor beams and supports in the middle part of the rafters.
We build a barn with a shed roof with our own hands
- For the frame, material with a section of 50x150mm - 14 pcs., 25x100 - 23 pcs., 50x100 -19 pcs.;
- For the floor, a board measuring 25x100 mm - 27 pieces;
- For the lathing and roof supports, 43 boards with a section of 25x100 mm are needed.
All joints and connections are made with carpentry black self-tapping screws 50 mm, 70 mm and 110 mm. To reduce the cost of construction, you can use ordinary nails and building corners, but such savings are not always justified.
We make the foundation for a barn 3x6
After choosing the construction site for the barn, it will be necessary to plan and remove soil on a site measuring at least 3x6 m. It makes no sense to make a larger building spot. In order not to pester the vegetation, the cleared space can be covered with salt and sand.
After marking the location of the supports, at the installation points of the pillars we dig 12 holes, 15 cm deep and sized for a standard cinder block. At the bottom of the mini-pits we pour a mixture of crushed stone and sand with a layer of 5 cm, after which we lay out columnar supports from the cinder block on a masonry mortar with the addition of PVA.
Before laying out, you will need to stretch the horizontal cords, along which you can control the height of each support so that the entire supporting surface of the pillars is in the same horizontal plane.
A day later, you can install a strapping beam. All corner joints and T-shaped tie-ins are made with half-cut ends, each connection is reinforced with self-tapping screws screwed into the beam at different angles.
We collect the frame and shed roof
At the next stage, you will need to install the supporting vertical racks, they are highlighted in orange in the drawing. Next, we sew up the floor and lay the rafters of the pitched roof.
We make the central load-bearing racks from a 50x100 board, for the back wall you will need to cut three racks of 220 mm each, for the front wall - four racks of 250 mm each. We pre-fix each support on the lower trim with one self-tapping screw, then set the exact horizontal position along the building level and additionally fasten it with small half-meter struts, as in the photo.
After all the racks are installed, we strengthen them with additional temporary struts and we carry out the strapping of the upper tier of the frame under the future pitched roof. In order to give the entire shed structure additional rigidity, it is necessary to sew up the floor with a grooved board before starting the assembly of the shed roof elements.
Further, all installed elements, floor boards, rafters, lathing material, side racks, lower and upper trim must be treated with an antiseptic and preservative. During the time that the assembly of the rafters and the roof of the pitched roof will be carried out, the procedure must be repeated twice.
For the upper overhang of a shed roof, the installation of rafters and battens, you will need to fix an additional horizontal Mauerlat beam, as in the diagram.
Washed down the seat on the rafter beam is carried out according to the markup or according to the prepared template. After installing and leveling the position of each beam, it is recommended to fill the space between the beams with short boards, they will fix the rafters from horizontal displacement and at the same time strengthen the base of the shed roof.
Roofing and finishing works
At the final stage, we sew up the rafters of a shed roof with a sheathing board. If bituminous materials are used for the roof of the barn - flexible tiles and roofing material, additional OSB sheets will need to be laid on the boards or the sheathing will be hammered with solid wooden clapboard.
The easiest way to cover a shed roof is with corrugated board. The metal surface will withstand any cataclysms that may arise in a summer cottage, and laying and fixing roofing material is much easier and faster than euroslate or roofing material. As a waterproofing, a polyethylene film is laid, the edges of which will be released from under the canopies and nailed to the upper edge of the wooden walls of the barn.
Roofing on a shed roof starts from the bottom left sheet, as in the diagram. Each element is joined with the previous one in a row in an overlap of two waves, an overlap of 15-20 cm is made on the bottom sheet. The places of overlap, the lower and upper edges must be pierced with roofing nails with a silicone washer.
On the sides of the roofing cake, wind strips are nailed to protect the shed roof from water leakage and gusts of wind. We nail a similar rail for the installation of a drainage gutter under the lower overhang. We protect the upper overhang of a shed roof with a screen of two wooden planks.
The assembled frame of the barn, as a rule, is not insulated for the winter, so lining, ordinary edged boards or OSB sheet panels can be used as wall lining material. To stuff the cladding, you will need to install additional vertical slats and struts on the walls. The joints and gaps between the OSB boards and the edged board must be blown out with mounting foam, the excess foam must be cut off and be sure to paint over with weather-resistant paint.
Conclusion
The chosen version of the barn with a shed roof, 3x6 m in size, can stand for up to 15 years without repair, subject to a competent choice of protective paint and varnish materials. This design has one indisputable advantage - a shed made of timber with a pitched roof can be relatively easily disassembled and moved to a new location after a summer cottage or a new shed made of foam blocks has been built.
At the cottage, you can’t do without a barn. Here materials are stored and working tools, and some settle in it for a while while the house is being built. The 3x6 format is the most popular. Most often it is made with a pitched roof. Ordering a project for an outbuilding is a very expensive pleasure, it is better to make the drawings yourself. And from our article with photos and videos you will learn how to build this building with your own hands.
Since the barn is an auxiliary building, special architectural delights are not needed here, but it should not stand out in the overall design of the site. Best options 2:
- to join close to the house;
- take it to the edge of the lot.
Locate your shed in a convenient location
When choosing the location of the building, one should proceed from the following considerations:
- The soil at the construction site should be the least suitable for laying out the beds. Perhaps there is a place where nothing grows because of a strong shadow or with such a relief that nothing else but a barn can be located there.
- There should be a convenient access to the utility room.
- The barn should be placed at such a distance from the place of work in order to transfer heavy tools and equipment used on the site into it, it was not far away.
There are a lot of options for buildings, consider some not very complex ones.
Attention! When building a utility block, the presence of drawings, or at least sketches made by hand, is a prerequisite. Without this, it will be difficult for you to correctly determine the place for the construction of the future barn, you will not be able to calculate how much material you need to purchase.
OSB frame shed
Having cleared and leveled the site according to the hydraulic level, proceed to the foundation. The easiest way is to lay foundation blocks around the perimeter. You can make a columnar foundation by digging holes under it and arranging a pillow on their bottom, installing vertically finished blocks on it. The second option is to independently complete the base by pouring concrete mixture. Further:
- assemble the bottom trim;
- treat with an antiseptic;
- lay the floor from rotting-protected boards;
- install the first rack of the frame, fix it with a metal corner, attach a temporary spacer for rigidity;
- attach a sheet of OSB to the rack and base;
- install a second rack, fasten to a previously installed sheet;
Shed from OSB
- remove the spacer and repeat everything;
- assemble the top trim from the timber right on the site;
- install the structure on the racks and secure;
- assemble the truss structure;
- attach the crate;
- cover the shed with corrugated board or other material.
It remains to paint the building, make steps.
Advice. It is better to fasten the sheets to the bottom of the frame, stepping back 5 cm. To do this, a bar is attached to the bottom trim, the height of which is 50 mm. A sheet is supported on it, fixed, and the control bar is transferred further.
Shed 3x6 with a shed roof from what was found
It is not difficult to build an outbuilding with a shed roof, it is inexpensive, especially if you use the existing remnants of building materials, it looks interesting. To build such a building with your own hands, you need to have only minimal experience in carpentry.
Before starting construction, we will collect tools and materials in one place. You can do everything manually, but if you have a screwdriver, an electric planer and a jigsaw, a grinder, a drill, construction will end 2 times faster. From the material you need to have:
Diagram of a simple barn
- A beam 15x10 cm. A frame is being built from it.
- Boards 5x15 cm, 4x15 cm edged for slings and sheathing, respectively.
- Unedged boards. Of these, they perform a crate.
- Roofing material.
- Waterproofing.
- Ingredients for the preparation of concrete mass.
- Self-tapping screws, nails.
- Ruberoid.
A barn made of such materials is light, but it also needs a foundation. The most rational solution is columns laid to a depth of 0.4-0.5 m. Having considered all the nuances, they begin to work:
- mark the contour of the future structure using a tape measure;
- they drive in pegs in the corners and pull the rope;
- outline the places where the installation of pillars is planned;
- holes are made with a drill;
- make a formwork on top, protruding by 0.2-0.3 m;
- arrange a pillow of gravel and sand, insert reinforcing bars;
- perform filling;
- let stand for 4 days;
Building a barn
- wood is treated with an antiseptic composition;
- remove the formwork from the pillars;
- cover the head with a double-folded roofing material;
- assemble a frame from a bar, tighten it with brackets;
- install racks, checking verticality with a level;
- reinforce the vertical bars with temporary slopes, while the front wall racks should be higher to provide an average roof slope of 17 degrees;
- mount logs with a distance of 0.6-1.2 m and perform flooring;
- a ceiling is erected on vertical supports, fixing the beams with brackets.
Important! The optimal distance between the elements of the columnar foundation is 120-150 cm. Their number depends on the dimensions of the shed.
Roof
When the frame is assembled, they begin to build a roof:
Advice. The step between the elements of the rafter system is from 0.6 to 0.8 m. This means that for a 3x6 m building you need to stock up on eight rafter legs.
- If you plan to make a roof of galvanized iron, then you can do without the crate. 2 sheets are enough for a 3x6 barn, but they need to be laid with an overlap.
- When sheathing a shed with an edged board, an overlap of about 25 mm should be made. To prevent unpainted areas from appearing after the wood has dried, it is better to paint before sheathing.
- The consumption of paint, if applied in 2 layers, is about 15 liters with a barn size of 3x6 m.
- On average, it takes 7 days to build a barn of this type.
- A single-slope structure requires 30% less funds than a 2-slope one.
- If one wind direction prevails in your country house, then the shed roof option suits you more than the others.
Building a simple shed with your own hands is a feasible task. The main thing is not to forget to retreat from the neighbor's fence legal 3 m and from the road 5 m, and there are no other restrictions.
Barn with a pitched roof: video