Before.
The old storage shed is now on the burn pile.
I know at least 6 schemes which WILL NOT break up this slab.
Maybe I can just get it out of the way for now.
Yo mama.
I'll have to deal with this later.
A couple of big balsams taken out.
This is my next idea to deal with the slab.
Chris working on it
And here's me taking my turn.
This isn't easy but it's working.
Four hours later and it's 3,500 pounds of rubble.
Nothing very photogenic. Shoveling dirt and hauling rubble to the dump.
With this stump most of the excavation is done. (I hope.)
This stump had to go too.
Stump free at last. Now just dirt to move.
I'm building the foundation and retaining wall out of pressure treated timbers.
Notice that all of the big concrete chunks are gone.
I'm still digging.
This is pretty much all the digging until I get the foundation timbers.
Here's another diagram of the what I'm trying to do.
It's too late to turn back now.
Half-laps for the timber joints.
That all important first foundation member.
Here's Chris moving teaspoons of sand to get the timbers absolutely level.
Here's me pounding in 3' sections of rebar (4 per side) to help stabilize the foundation.
Here's the first course of 5x6's absolutely level and square.
"Dry fit" of the second foundation course. There's still more to do here.
The timber foundation is finished.
T&G Plywood glued and nailed to the foundation.
Making half laps on the 4x6's.
We're getting good at it.
Here's the first two courses of the retaining wall.
Here's the 4" drain tile (can your see it?) before the gravel and landscape cloth.
Third retaining wall course done.
5 rows done. This is getting boring isn't it?
Another 2 rows - 5 more to go.
The wall is finally high enough to apply that self-adhesive waterproof membrane.
At last the retaining wall is done.
And we can start in on the framing.
Framing is faster and more fun than working with those big timbers.
It appears that we are only capable of building one side a day.
There's the four walls. Now what?
My home away from home.
I hope this is the last load: roof stuff and trim.
Here are the two pattern rafters: 5 on 12 just like the hill cabin.
This is a jig for cutting the bird mouths. All of the rafters are ready.
9:00am - Too windy to fish.
1:00pm - four hours and this is all we could do before lunch. We must be paid by the hour.
5:00pm - rafter are up (all but the lookouts). Nobody fell off of a ladder!
Here are the lookouts for the front and back overhang.
The fascia is up. The red is prime paint, the final color will be white.
The plywood is on the roof. This took all day too.
PT 2x6 running around 3 sides of the shed at the dirt line.
Roofing felt and drip edge done.
A light rain today so we moved on to the siding.
Damn. I'm 3 shingles short.
I got another bundle of shingles and finished the roof.
I got two siding boards today so the siding is all done.
I'm 3/4 done with the soffit. This too is taking a lot of time.
I'm still working. The soffits are done and most of the trim too.
One door on.
Here's the ramp: PT 2x6's, 31" x 60" with a 10 degree slope.
I'm trying to unwarp the plywood doors. If this doesn't work I may have to scrap them and try something else.
Doors look good, right? Wrong - it's the burn pile for them.
This is my next idea for the doors.
I've started to move stuff out of the garage...
and into the shed.
At last I'm starting the glue-up on the new doors.
Moving more stuff into the shed.
Shovels and rakes too.
Presenting Door 2.0 - not entirely without issue.
Here are some random final pictures of the shed.
I couldn't have done this without you.
Electricity next year.
I'm sure it will always be this neat.
I like it.
After.