Watched a guy in Boise build a whole shed from fence boards and it changed my whole plan

Rowan Webb · 2026-10-11T04:00:05.362182+00:00

I was at my buddy's place in Boise last spring helping him tear down an old fence, and his neighbor walked over and asked if he could have the boards. We figured he wanted firewood or something. Two weekends later the guy had a 10x12 shed framed, sided, and roofed, all from that fence wood plus about $140 in screws and hardware. I stood there looking at my own plans for a new shed, where I had budgeted $1,800 for lumber alone. He showed me how he pulled nails, sorted boards by thickness, and doubled up the thin ones for the studs. The roof panels were the one thing he bought new. I went home and redid my whole material list that night. Has anyone else built something out of reclaimed fence boards, and did you run into trouble with boards splitting when you nailed them?

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