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Originally Posted by nightfighter
Trevier is spot on with suggesting a main beam spanning across your sonotube footings.
I have to disagree with Gup however.... I am one who hates all the red tape, but if you build it and a neighbor gripes, you will have to take it down if you haven't complied with local ordinances.... Set back, and height will be the most likely complaints. We have a 15 foot set back here, but can go closer to property line if approved by Zoning board of appeals. First step is to set some stakes where you would like it located, then a long piece of strapping whose height will represent the height of the sheds ridge pole. Once those are in place, go get your blessing from the abutting neighbors. You need them in your court. Much easier to ask for permission than to beg for forgiveness. Can be much more costly to do the latter first.
4' for footings here ie. frostline
start with the larger sized, you can always go smaller if you are forced into concessions
any way to have it share a common wall with the garage?
some of the pre fab sheds are pretty good, and are competitive to building yourself, financially. You post up the beam on the sonotubes and they will have it done when you get home from work.
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I got a permit for a different location in the back yard last year. I'll need to call the town and let them know its moving locations, but most of the red tape crap has already been done.
While I like the idea of a prefab, I do have a credit at a local lumber yard, 8 sheets of exterior grade plywood and about half a roof worth of underlayment, bitchethane, and shingles left over from my house roof last year. I think building it myself will help get some of that stuff out of my garage and save me some of that DIY $.
The beam is 100% happening, my bigger concern was the effort involved in building what the beam is going to sit on. If I calculate correctly, the footings are supposed to be like 2'x2'x8" and have rebar out of the top of them, then have a sonatube set into that rebar which will create the base for the beam. If thats the case, I'm worried that digging enough earth out of there to fit that kind of footing at the base of my driveway might cause an erosion problem affecting my driveway.
Did I do a good job in that last paragraph of describing things? Or is it confusing?