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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

Septic at many cottages is an engineering disaster, hundreds were home built by smart uncles and are not close to required capacity .
And of course you add a second or third toilet , showers and laundry facility you never had before , and wonder why it exceeds capacity.


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crankcall said:
Septic at many cottages is an engineering disaster, hundreds were home built by smart uncles and are not close to required capacity .
And of course you add a second or third toilet , showers and laundry facility you never had before , and wonder why it exceeds capacity.


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On paper (and stamped and "inspected" drawings), this one was ok for capacity. From what I can see in the ground, weeping bed was about half of what was signed off on. No legitimate inspector would ever sign off on coring lower in the tank. Violating the only real rule in plumbing was a poor start to that project.
 
Came up to the cottage as we had some older windows laying around which I want to use for the new shed. None match dimensionally or stylistically to each other…

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Thinking first one from the left for the large wall, and 2nd from right beside the doors.

Would like 1 window on each side of the doors…but I’m not interested in paying for new windows.
 
Going to pick up lumber for the new backyard shed Friday and am just deciding on which is MOST efficient use of interior space.

Thoughts from the GTAM community:

Style option #1 as per @AllistonGT 's design:

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Option #2 - fairly standard design
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I'm looking to maximize the interior storage space. Not needing to put a lot in the upper section of it, but skiis, or other items could be placed there as well.
 
mimico_polak said:
Going to pick up lumber for the new backyard shed Friday and am just deciding on which is MOST efficient use of interior space.

Thoughts from the GTAM community:

Style option #1 as per @AllistonGT 's design:

1690860691292-jpeg.62440


Option #2 - fairly standard design
images


I'm looking to maximize the interior storage space. Not needing to put a lot in the upper section of it, but skiis, or other items could be placed there as well.
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IMO if using it for storage the door(s) cannot be too big. My shed is similar to the second one with double french doors, I could still use more doors! When I expand it there will be a second side door (single) as well.
 
mimico_polak said:
Going to pick up lumber for the new backyard shed Friday and am just deciding on which is MOST efficient use of interior space.

Thoughts from the GTAM community:

Style option #1 as per @AllistonGT 's design:

1690860691292-jpeg.62440


Option #2 - fairly standard design
images


I'm looking to maximize the interior storage space. Not needing to put a lot in the upper section of it, but skiis, or other items could be placed there as well.
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Your height bylaw limits the height of the highest point right? For maximum volume with a pitched roof, gambrel or gable win. AllistonGT's looks nice but you lose a bunch of "attic" volume with a shed roof. If you want to dress up the look, you could add a dormer or two. Lots of cost, very very little extra useful space though. Make sure you come up with a decent solution to vent the ridge.
 
backmarkerducati said:
IMO if using it for storage the door(s) cannot be too big. My shed is similar to the second one with double french doors, I could still use more doors! When I expand it there will be a second side door (single) as well.
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I was going to say I was anti-door for the most part as it limits wall space where you can have shelves but I'll change my opinion. If he uses dormers /gables for his windows, that frees up wall space that could be doors to ease access. If he insulates/finishes, that would likely put the windows above the finished ceiling though. More doors also complicates sealing it up for climate control as well.
 
mimico_polak said:
Going to pick up lumber for the new backyard shed Friday and am just deciding on which is MOST efficient use of interior space.

Thoughts from the GTAM community:

Style option #1 as per @AllistonGT 's design:

1690860691292-jpeg.62440


Option #2 - fairly standard design
images


I'm looking to maximize the interior storage space. Not needing to put a lot in the upper section of it, but skiis, or other items could be placed there as well.
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Mine is almost exactly like the 2nd pic, with flower bed delete, and window delete.
I would have broken the windows 100 times by now.
 
GreyGhost said:
I was going to say I was anti-door for the most part as it limits wall space where you can have shelves but I'll change my opinion. If he uses dormers /gablesfor his windows, that frees up wall space that could be doors to ease access. If he insulates/finishes, that would likely put the windows above the finished ceiling though.
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By going with French doors the doors became my windows... I just bought a pair of off the shelf steel exterior French doors on sale and modified then them to open out instead of in.

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GreyGhost said:
I was going to say I was anti-door for the most part as it limits wall space where you can have shelves but I'll change my opinion. If he uses dormers /gables for his windows, that frees up wall space that could be doors to ease access. If he insulates/finishes, that would likely put the windows above the finished ceiling though. More doors also complicates sealing it up for climate control as well.
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I like additional doors simply for more options of going in/out. They can be covered by shelves until needed.

Gary said:
Mine is almost exactly like the 2nd pic, with flower bed delete, and window delete.
I would have broken the windows 100 times by now.
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I want to keep the windows simply for additional interior natural light, and will just put shelves in front of the windows so I don't lose wall space.

EDIT: My new door is coming in next week, so the front door from the house is going to be relegated to shed duty. 30" wide door.
 
From my experince I would try make the door swing outwards. It looks akward in a way but much more functional/practrical once inside.
Especially if the show it limited for sq. footage.

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I probably missed the post but what happened to the shed you were supposed to get from your BIL. Did it fall apart uppon dissasembly?
 
oioioi said:
From my experince I would try make the door swing outwards. It looks akward in a way but much more functional/practrical once inside.
Especially if the show it limited for sq. footage.

P.S.
I probably missed the post but what happened to the shed you were supposed to get from your BIL. Did it fall apart uppon dissasembly?
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Yup. Started to take it apart and it was crumbling. So we made the call to not bother, and offered to remove it before their contractor started. But my offer was rejected as it was going to be tossed out anyway.

Nice shed. But 5 layers of shingles at top, and everything crumbling inside. I MAYBE would have been able to salvage 30-50% of the wood.
 
Sux.
Definetly now worth the hassle.
 
Always have a least one out swing door on a shed, that shovel / hoe / pile of crap , will fall over and jam opening the door in. You’ll break a fancy window to get in . If you only have dormers , you’ll need a ladder to break a window


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crankcall said:
Always have a least one out swing door on a shed, that shovel / hoe / pile of crap , will fall over and jam opening the door in. You’ll break a fancy window to get in . If you only have dormers , you’ll need a ladder to break a window


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We were delivering stuff to a house and the owners were away so we followed instructions to leave the stuff by the garage. The truck driver was having a bad day and hit the roll up door hard enough to buckle the lift mechanism. There was a car inside tight against the in swinging man door. I'm not sure how it was resolved, just glad I wasn't driving the truck.
 
nobbie48 said:
We were delivering stuff to a house and the owners were away so we followed instructions to leave the stuff by the garage. The truck driver was having a bad day and hit the roll up door hard enough to buckle the lift mechanism. There was a car inside tight against the in swinging man door. I'm not sure how it was resolved, just glad I wasn't driving the truck.
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The upside to a buckled door is cutting a new mandoor through it with a Sawzall doesn't affect the cost to repair.
 
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