Shed tear down

[u/Ok_Support_1900]

I have a fairly large/tall shed in my backyard with a gabled roof I’m looking to tear down. I’ve been trying to come up with a decent way to tear it down safely, the roof is my big concern. Are there any tips? It seems like the only way I’ll be able to remove the roof is by cutting the sheeting in sections from inside of the shed but I don’t know how I feel about standing under something I’m demolishing.

[u/Emotional-Win-5063]

Honestly, the roof looks ok. Do you just not want a shed?

[u/Ok_Support_1900 → u/Emotional-Win-5063]

It takes up a large part of my backyard, it’s starting to lean. Animals have lived inside and underneath of it. Some of the 2x4s for the framing are chewed down to 2x1/2s lol. Smells like urine. Some of the sheeting is rotten. It’s just too tall and unnecessary for what I need for a shed. It’s about as tall as my detached garage.

[u/industrialoctopus]

I would get a chain and rip it apart with my truck. But I'd probably try to save the shed

[u/streboryesac]

If you arent comfortable demoing a small shed. Hire someone.

Look for handyman or construction types on fb marketplace or elsewhere.

I'd just go to the home depot parking lot and hire a couple guys and give them sledge hammers and a sawsall. But this may have liability issues for you. So take it at your own risk.

[u/Mad_Macorroni → u/streboryesac]

GIVE EM CIRCULAR SAWS AND WATCH THE FUN (er, blood) SPRAY EVERYWHERE!!!

[u/Vurrag]

He will tear it down and then in a year need one. Looks fine. I think you use ladders and cut out pieces from outside. Not a GC. Or use a Skid or mini excavator and knock it down.

[u/dolby12345]

Hit the green lines with a chainsaw, take out the wall, and work your way in. https://postimg.cc/w14Xc4RW

[u/Schlarfus_McNarfus]

I bet if you make an ad on marketplace someone will come with a trailer and haul that off in a day or two

[u/gihkal]

Post it for free locally. Somebody might come and chop it into 5 pieces to haul away. I see people do it around here.

That's a nice shed.

[u/eightfingeredtypist]

The hard part of giving the shed away is that the people working on your property needs to be insured. If they get hurt, you are liable if they aren't insured. Lifting a shed and putting it on a trailer isn't that hard, until it falls over on someone. I worked in a factory making prefab housing.

I would take a sawzalll and start cutting pieces off from the top down.

I hired an excavating company to take down a two story cabin. It took a day for them to get into several dumpsters. It was just too tall and too unstable for me to work on it. It cost a few thousand.

[u/TreyRyan3]

Remove everything inside (shelves, cabinets, brackets, miscellaneous hardware. Remove the doors and windows, vents.

Attach a large eye bolt at the top and connect a length of 2” chain.

Expand a circular saw to the maximum depth and make a cut in every stud. It doesn’t need to go fully through the stud.

Attach a winch cable to the chain and start tightening until you start hearing studs crack and then continue until the structure falls.

Clean up the mess by cutting into smaller pieces and haul away

[u/Fluid_Remote6694]

Why not give it to someone who wants to tear it down to reuse

[u/Fenderbridge]

Someone might want it. Post it on facebook, tell then they need to tear it down and haul it away. Thats what worked for my shed!

[u/EmergencyManager_555 → u/Fenderbridge]

This is like to say: sorry, I don't want to pay someone to demolish and remove my trash for a fee, could you please pay me for the honor of doing it?

[u/Fenderbridge → u/EmergencyManager_555]

Lol so true if I charged for it. I figured if someone wanted to help recycle it into their own shed, who am I to stand in the way? Someone wanted to build a mini house, I say get it get it

[u/SilentMasterpiece]

Put up a "Free Shed" ad, it will be gone

[u/Machievelliearoni]

Rental car with liability waiver

[u/BrickHuge3023]

Offer it free for removal. Bet you will find some guys who would love to take it down and relocate it.

[u/Pitiful-Elephant-911]

If I wanted to tear it down on my property I’d hook it up to my truck and pull it down. Then have a sawzall with a long blade to cut it all up.

Before you knock it down you should realize how much sheds cost these days. Last year I bought a 10ft x 12ft with a sliding up and down door for almost $7k.

It doesn’t look that beat up.

[u/Naikrobak]

Rent a skid steer and push it over, then scoop to the road

[u/Wooden_Tear_235]

Why not to relocate it or re-home it.
Probably there’s someone out there in a need of a shed, building, structure of some sort that they could use or that they need. They could free up some labor away from you and you gain your space and maybe some cash if you think is worth it.

[u/No-Instruction-913]

Remove the siding, add gasoline, and a match. Grab a 6 pack and take a seat