A Japanese timber framed garden shed

[GRadice]

I can't seem to keep away. Now that our rainy season has started I became concerned about doing more to keep water out. So I installed some weather resistant barrier. It is held on with plastic capped nails. I was trying to avoid plastic for this project but sometimes you have to compromise. I ran out of the Jumbo Tex barrier so I finished off with some leftover barrier that I used on the roof.

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[GRadice]

No news, just a picture I like of the shed in morning light today.

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[r3nov8or]

@Admins, weird thing... using Android mobile browsers, I could Like the above post using Brave, after trying with Chrome where it didn't work

[GRadice]

OK, change of plans. Over the last couple of months my wife and I have decided to move house 2400 miles/3900 km away. And after much discussion have decided to take the shed with us. That means dismantling it here and rebuilding at the new site. We have purchased the new house and hope to sell our current one in April/May, with the move planned for early June. Wish us luck!

[r3nov8or]

Oh, wow, good luck!! Any thoughts of trying to ship it standing eg in a container or on a flat bed? Too risky? Won't fit?

[GRadice]

We have considered shipping it intact but it would be too expensive and too risky. It would have to be lifted by a crane on both ends of the trip, travel would be at least a week and probably more like 10 days, the shed is quite tall and tippy when not anchored, the roof isn't built for high winds, etc, etc. If we were moving it down the street I'd do it that way but not 3900 km. Also, dismantled it will fit into the moving van we are hiring and will travel essentially for free since we are already paying to move our household and my shop. I certainly know how it is put together and I'm sure I can take it apart. Although wouldn't it be fun to see it flying through the air under a crane?

[mic-d]

OK, change of plans. Over the last couple of months my wife and I have decided to move house 2400 miles/3900 km away. And after much discussion have decided to take the shed with us. That means dismantling it here and rebuilding at the new site. We have purchased the new house and hope to sell our current one in April/May, with the move planned for early June. Wish us luck!

Canada or Mexico?. Best of luck for the move!

[GRadice]

Here's an update. In April we bought a house in Bloomington, Indiana. Middle of the country. Our current house has been sold pending all the financial paperwork being completed and the sale is scheduled to finalize on May 19. Movers are coming June 2. We will arrive at our new location June 9.

I started disassembling the shed on April 21st. First the roof, then the walls. Yesterday it looked like this:

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Today a crew of six friends came over to take the frame apart. Four hours later it looked like this:

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Disassembly went smoothly I'm very happy to report. No injuries to people or shed. All the parts are labeled and under cover. I will wrap and pack some of them and the movers will do the rest. It all will go along with our household and my shop in one big truck.

[GRadice]

We arrived at our new home on June 9th. I spent a horribly hot and humid summer outfitting my new shop, which is almost done. Today I picked a site for re-raising the shed. I hope to get the foundation piers installed in the next two or three weeks. Fingers crossed and weather permitting I'm hoping to raise the shed frame again in November.

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And had a modest jinchinsai ceremony to pacify the local spirits.

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[Optimark]

I had no idea where in the USA Bloomington was, so I looked it up. It appears to tick quite a lot of boxes, hopefully things cool down for winter.

As an aside, I noted that it is 39º north of the equator, so within reason your weather patterns may be reasonably similar in some aspects to Melbourne, which hovers around 38º south of the equator.

Mick.

[GRadice]

Thanks, Mick. Yes, here in the mid-continent there are hot humid summers and cold winters. Some snow but usually not much. Beautiful fall and a long spring. This week for example it is clear and dry, 12-13 degrees C at night and 28-29 C during the day. Wonderful hardwood forests full of cherry, walnut, beech, maple, hickory, oak and ash, although sadly all the ash is on its way out because of the emerald ash borer. Bloomington is also in the center of a limestone belt. Much of the building limestone for the country comes from here and many, many local buildings are faced with limestone. And it is a college town (Indiana University).

[GRadice]

I moved the build site a few feet to avoid a partially overhanging walnut tree, then hired two guys to dig the holes for the piers. I hope to get those poured in a couple of weeks.

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