A nice, simple, strong ramp is a pleasant convenience for moving tools, storage items and sometime even heavy equipment in and out of your nicely build shed. If you are using a simple design, you can make the slope of your ramp as gentle or as steep as you want. Use your common sense as you know the gentler the slope is the easier it will be to roll things up and down the ramp. I recommend using pressure-treated lumber that is rated for ‘ground contact.’ If you are looking for more stability, as you should be, set the bottom end of the ramp on compacted gravel. This is an easy project you don’t have to worry about it taking too much of your time.
First let’s set aside what tools and materials you will need: Saw, Drill, Framing Square, 2×4 pressure-treated lumber, 2×6 pressure-treated lumber, 3” corrosion-resistant screws.
Step 1: Figure out what your slope is and install the ledger: Right in front of your entrance where you want the ramp, set a board onto the shed floor with its end touching the ground. Play around with different placements so that you can find the slope that meets your needs. Once you find the proper placement mark the ground where the end of the board meets. Measure in toward the shed in about 6” and make another mark, this will represent the end of your ramp.
Step 2: Now install the ledger. Draw a nicely level line onto the shed’s floor with a frame of 4 and five eighth of an inch right below the shed’s floor surface. Slice a 2×4 ledger board to length so it equals the total width of the ramp. Place the ledger on the level line that way it is centered from each side under the door.
Step 3: Cut the first stringer. Mark the angles for the stringer cuts, on the shed floor plot the layout of the ramp. Use the framing square to make two lines that represent the front of the shed and the ground. Take measurement of the height of the shed floor, take that measurement and subtract 1 and five eighth”. You are going to transfer the dimension to one of the layout lines. Measure from the shed to where the ramp finishes which is marked on the ground, then you need to transfer this dimension to your other layout line. You need to place a 2×6 stringer board onto the layout line so the top edge meets the two marks. Use the two lines to mark the angled end cuts on the stringer. Carefully make the cuts. To accept the ledger cut the upper end of the stringer by making a 1 and half inch deep notch beginning 2 and three quarter inch down from the top edge. The end of the stringer should be parallel to the notch.
Step 4: Now you need to cut and install the remaining stringers. At this point make all the adjustment to the stringer as necessary. Test fit the first one on the ledger and be sure the 2×6 decking won’t extend up the shed floor. Now rinse and repeat, use the first stringer as a template to mark the cuts on the remaining stringers.
Step 5: Lastly install the decking. Slice and cut 2×6 decking boards that equal the width of the ramp. Have the stringers perpendicular to the shed, With 3”screws fasten the decking boards to the stringers. Leave some gap about ¼” between them in order to have proper drainage and add some traction on the surface of the ramp. If you so desired and to make the transition at the bottom of the ramp easy, you can bevel the front edge of the board at the bottom of the ramp.
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