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Wind Destroyed my Tin Shed

 
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The wind storm that blew through the midwest picked up my 10x14ish tin shed, threw it upside down, and ripped it into pieces.  Is there anything I can do with that tin?  I'm stuck for ideas.  I live in a small town so there are lots of rules about permanent structures...and lucky for me almost all of the nuisance laws are based on and enforced by neighbor complaints.  I think I'll probably turn the roof of the shed into a roof for an outdoor kitchen i have planned, nothing permanent, just buckets filled with cement for the base and a 4x4 post in the bucket to hold up each corner.  That way i don't need permits or permission... Any ideas out there? Thanks for the help!
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Sheet metal makes a great lid for stacks of firewood, just to keep the rain off the top.

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I am sorry about your loss.

Using Michael's idea, why not stack firewood on a piece to keep it off the ground.  If you don't have a fireplace that wood would be great to use in a smoker or grill. Is that a firepit in your picture?

I would take the shed apart, then stack the pieces neatly in an unused corner for future use.  

If you build another shed those panels might be used for the roof.

During the summer when it is hot those pieces will be great for killing grass to start a new garden.

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Sorry about the shed.  Not that it helps now, but I have had good luck staking down sheds like this with a piece of rebar bent at a 90 degree angle so that you can pound one side into the ground a couple feet and a few inches hang over the 4x4 or 2x4 or whatever you have for a base.  It is still a temporary building, to "release" it, you can just turn the rebar so the short piece isn't holding the shed any longer.

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The way the metal bent into a near perfect A-frame at the far right of your photo looks like you could have materials for small A-frame style roofs. Maybe a bunch of small projects with smallish A-frame covers: rabbit hutch, chicken dude ranch, play house, dog shade structure. Perhaps you could keep the white on the upside to keep the critters cool.

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If you are into solar drying food, then pieces of tin could be used for that.  I make a shelf up on legs to lay the food pieces out on, but instead of the shelf bottom being wood, it is screening. This shelf is positioned 1 inch  below the tin roof. The sun heats the metal roof, thus drying the food pieces below on the screen shelf. Works great for me, better than some more complicated solar dryer setups.

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Have you thought about using it for raised beds?

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As well as agreeing with most of the suggestions above, I've used old roofing sheets for sides for compost bins. Not ideal, as they have no insulative value, but I suppose you could double skin the bin if that is an issue.
If you ever need a root barrier, they would last a while underground, and would be pretty effective.

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