Oooh, I'd love to see that video.

Once you've done it a few times, the confidence to know what to do is second nature. That's why doing things for the first time seems that much more difficult...at least that's what I think.

Get a roll of heavy plastic and put it on the ground to keep moisture from coming up.

Man! That looks 1000% better. Great job all around. Driving older cars that run good forever is the best. Makes it easier to stomach driving the older rigs when they look this good. Awesome work.

You need something to keep the wood off the ground and allow air to circulate.

Yep, if you get a lot of rain this is the best idea. Plus, dirt already has a lot of moisture, you dont want to get moldy firewood.

People get mad at me when I say some things aren't that hard you just have to figure out how and do the work, they don't want to do either of those things

All we ever did was lay 2x4 pressure treated runners on the ground to get the first row of wood off the ground a bit. Runners may or may not be nailed to your shed.

I've done this 😁

The car gods demand more blood sacrifice

I should have specified when I said a "lean to" I meant a freestanding structure open at the front with a single pitch roof caused by building the front side higher than the rear. I have no intention of butting this thing up against my house. Thanks

I use the terms interchangeably because I'm a rookie/frequently wrong but yes, I'll be using treated lumber for the structure.

Thanks!

Ding ding ding, I have no idea why that didn't occur to me ahead of time. Glad I asked.

The fiddling to get things to fit is the part that cannot be understated. For me that's a massive portion of doing anything myself.

I see a how-to youtube video and think "Oh that looks easy" and then I proceed to take way longer than the guy in the video to get that one thing to actually fit in or come off right.

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You're a good man Charlie Brown.

I have a worn out faucet in my kitchen that ive been reluctant to replace because I know getting the old one off will be really difficult. Its a delta “touch” faucet. Does that have a top mounted set screw/ allen screw as well?

/r/mademesmile

Damn fine job, and what a considerate gesture. Your momma raised you well!

Somewhat depending on your location, but in general wood in contact with soil means bugs. Termites are your worst enemy, but I assume you don't want to bring any bugs into your house with your firewood.

Two things you never want to do: stack firewood against your house (garage or any structure made of wood); or lay your wood directly (indirectly) on soil.

There are plenty of barriers you could use that are cheap and would offer some protection (pressure treated lumber and tarps is one way to go)

Why not just use pallets as a floor? That will give you airflow and they are cheap. Wood coming into contact with the ground can cause it to rot.

put some old pallets on the floor. You want a little air circulation under there.

Yes you need a floor, wood does rot

Use treated lumber rather than just construction lumber - things in contact with soil will rot quickly otherwise. You're not saving money if you have to rebuild in a year or two.

You don't need a floor in my opinion, though you absolutely want to elevate the wood off of the dirt. A couple of the aforementioned pallets might help there.

I would advise a vapor barrier

Maybe put the runners up on cinderblocks. I keep firewood on racks made of cinderblocks and Garden Timbers/4x4 year round on top of soil with no issues