Partial Disassembly and Moving a Tuff Shed?

[TransPecos]

I have the opportunity to get a large tuff shed from a house that is being flipped. It’s recently built and painted a nice peach color! I need a place to stay at my lease in Uvalde...so I asked if I could have the “Peach Pit”. It is a large 2 story shed. The interior has been wired, sheet rocked and insulated. The inside has 2 bedrooms and a window unit downstairs with a ceiling. Upstairs is just storage.

My problem is the shed was built on site in the backyard. The flippers are going to take down the back fence (6 foot cedar), so that obstacle will be gone and there is alley access behind. Along the rear property line there are some heavy duty electrical lines that are several feet below the roofline of the shed. Therse are hard lines 2 inches in diameter, not something with any give.

Would it be more trouble than it is worth to take off the top story, reassemble, and move 68 miles? I don’t mind re-siding, re-roofing, etc. This would be so much better than a cheap RV...and can’t beat the price.

[captainsling]

I would get estimates. 68 miles is a ways for mover to move something like that.

[Rick]

is the upstairs sheetrocked? shingle or metal roof? it sort of depends on how the walls were built, but taking It apart wont be simple

[doright]

Just like puppies . Free is not free.

[TransPecos]

Upstairs is not insulated. Shingle roof. Nailed together. It’s 16’ x 12’ and 14’ tall at the roof peak.

[Smithwr]

Demo the top section completely and re roof your new 1 story cabin when you get it moved

[dpg481]

I priced to have a 24x24x16 tuff shed moved last year about half that distance. I was quoted $3,000.00 for it. The mover said they would have to take the top of it off due to the height. Also I learned a tuff shed's bottom frame is not built like a normal building. It has a extruded steel floor for the base that will buckle if lifted incorrectly. Basically the mover will have to build a new pier and beam style base before it can be lifted. In the end I decided against the move. Someone came out a week later and moved it on a 18 wheeler equipment trailer and picked it up with a large tractor. Needless to say, they trashed the floor and probably the whole structural integrity of the building. If you can tear it down yourself and re assemble that will be the cheapest way out.

[TransPecos]

You can see the power lines behind the shed.


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[canny]

I'd scrap the roof and then cut down each corner with a sawzall and a demo blade. The idea would be to get all 4 walls and the floor. Reconstruct onsite and build a new roof.

[Hoggslayer]

I'd tear it down and rebuild it.

[JhuntsAlot]

I'd scrap the roof and then cut down each corner with a sawzall and a demo blade. The idea would be to get all 4 walls and the floor. Reconstruct onsite and build a new roof.

I would say this as well. If you are decent with working with wood working/handy man, you should be able to get this done.

I hate doing roofs, even small ones, so if I wanted to keep the roof I would use the saws-all at the peak and the transition. Depending on the saws-all, it does pretty well on cutting nails to salvage studs and framing. Then just replace the shingles & ridge caps when back together.

Also, I would start with prying off the trim work where you might be cutting. Can see a lot with them off and save money if able to cleanly take then off.

When getting back together, caulking is your friend.


J

[Dale Moser]

The sheet rock is gonna be a large problem.


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[Smokeater]

The sheet rock is gonna be a large problem.


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Yep. I think I'd just rip it all out and be rid of it then go back with OSB. Be able to add electrical etc., hang shelves/coat hooks and whatever else. Be rid of the extra weight for transport too.

[TransPecos]

I figure the rock has got to go. It’s nicely taped and floated but no texture or paint.

[TransPecos]

Going from a 2 story to a 1 story seems like a good idea. It was also suggested I bolt 2x6s top and bottom on one side, lay it over to make it only 12 foot tall.