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3x6 Compost Bin Plans

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All Our Shed Plans Feature:

  • Cost Effective - Building your own Compost Bin costs much less than purchasing a built bin.
  • Easy To Build From - Professionally drawn with step by step instructions to show where each part goes. (see the plans example below).
  • Start Now - Instant download - The compost bin plans are emailed to you when you purchase so you can start immediately. We use the free PDF file format so you can print them on your home printer or we can postal mail them to you.
  • Materials List - The materials list will make picking out and ordering the materials easy and save you hours of time walking around the lumber store.

 

The wood compost bin plans include:

  • Smart Design - We have spent days figuring out the details like the door sizes and lumber cut lengths so your job of building the compost bin is kept to to the fun part, building.
  • Solid Wood Construction - Using Redwood or Cedar helps reduce decay of the compost bin and keeps dangerous chemicals that leach from treated lumber out of your fresh top soil and the food you grow in it.
  • Easy to Follow Plans - Our garden structures plan layout have been organized to make them easy to follow and simple to build from. (see the plans example below)

3x6x3 Wood Compost Bin Floor Plan

3x6 two bin compost bin floor plan

Compost Bin Plans Example: 2 bin compost bin plans

3x6x3 Wood Compost Bin Plans Include The Following:

  • Materials List: Use the included materials list to get pricing and to simplify the ordering of materials.
  • How To Create Compost Instructions: An abbreviated explanation of how to create a compost pile and work it to create beautiful black topsoil.
  • Wood Construction: The wood specified is redwood or cedar because of their natural resistance to rotting but other woods may be used.
  • Walls Framing: 2x6 boards attached to 4x4 posts.
  • Wall Height: The top of the bin walls is 3' 2 1/2".
  • Single Bin: Three bins allow you to rotate the materials as well as keep different pile composting at different stages of decomposition.
  • Doors: The door is 1'-10" tall which allows you to have access to the compost pile to make it easier to rotate the materials. You can also use the door to remove the material once it is fully composted.
  • Door Latches: The simple door lock design uses pipes to hold the doors in place this is much simpler than using hinges and latches but hinges and latches may be used if desired.