I want to build a shed and I live in a place where there are strong winds. I need to know which kind to build?

Question

I live in a small town that gets at the most 75 mile per hr winds. I need to know what type of shed to put up for a welding work shed. As for the sparks, I will make a booth out of metal so the sparks wont do any damage. I want the shed to be 12 X 24. (around that area) I need to know the strongest and cheapest. I have until this spring or summer to save money for a shed. I can save 500 dollars by april with 95 $ per month. I called Lowes and they say that the Stormore brand would be the best. After that, all I would need is some kind of filtration system and electricity hooked up to it. If you want to go the extra mile and tell me how much everything would cost that would be great. (electrical equip ie: electrical box cables outlets/boxes, labor/ time.... The shed will be 40 feet from the house)

Ps: the most severe weather was when a dust devil/mini twister hit the side of our current shed. Also, I live in south east Idaho.

If you could help me out, that would be great, all helpful answers are welcome. I will also be painting with acrylics in that shed.

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

I would not do any welding in a wood shed! You are asking for trouble. Yes I know you are going to build a containment area for welding out of steel, but unless you build it as big as the shed the sparks will still get out and wood and sparks are a bad mix. I have seen sparks fly as far as 20 feet and set rags on fire, so unless you can build the weld area as an enclosed box and crawl inside (not suggested) and do your welding the sparks are going to get out and burn something. You would be better off doing your welding outside in the open.

Answer 2

You should ask around in your area about what kind of structures have withstood the weather in that area. Concrete blocks are a good guess, but that still leaves the roof to be blown off, so you need to investigate how a roof is held on securely. Steel sheds are built pretty well, usually, but they absolutely need to be nailed to the ground or the whole shed will fly away in one piece. Here is an anchor used for trailer houses:

http://www.gettent.com/shop2/celina/screw-anchor-75-1.htm



Prediction: You are not going to put up a 12' x 24' building for 500 bux. That is barely enough to build a chicken wire enclosure for a garden.

Answer 3

The thing you want to do is to build something strong but there are limits to the amount of money you can spend. 12 by 24 is quite large. If you have heavy winds I would suggest to build the rectangle, why should it be a rctangle in line with the prevailing winds, but of course twisters are unpredictable, so you better fix it up good from above. Think about using slopes as a natual windbreak and going underground using heavy stones as masonry and heavy poles as roofing support underneath your sheeting (pretty cheap)

I would not make the sides out of sheet metal, but use masonry.

Start with a concrete floor.Good Luck.

Answer 4

This long rant is wholly inaccurate, to say the least. People do not know science and they are totally unaware of the immensity of the universe in space and time, yet they come up with this blague. The physical laws and prinicples of the universe ensure that there will automatically be assembled, small step by small step, the constituents of life and their inevitable elaborations. There is no "chance" involved in the assembly of living organisms. The only "chance" is where it takes place: this planet is one of more than many that is configured to be a place where life will arise. It's like the lottery: some one at some time is going to win, but who that is and when that is is a matter of chance. Ditto where and when life will arise. "Intelligent design" people have no idea of the magnitude of the universe, however much they think they do, and no idea of the magnitutde of time, and no idea of the way it works. They are still stuck in the fishbowl conception of things of ancient times.

Answer 5

To have a 12x24 shed built, you would be looking at anywhere from $3000 to $5000 materials and labor. Adding electrical would be another $500 (minimum 60 amp sub panel for arc welder and additional supporting circuits) assuming that your existing panel is rated to handle the extra load.