Sunday, July 15, 2012

The Shed Post

This past Friday evening with the help of my neighbor and his son the shed was completed (with the exception of a few shelves to put up inside.)

I roughed out the location of the new shed a few weeks ago, and after talking with a number of people with differing opinions on how to build a foundation I started getting things together.


At first I thought of having the front left post (the closest post in the picture above.) as the guidepost and having the wooden platform rest 5" above the ground.  After doing the line measurements that had a bunch of dirt having to come out of the rear right corner I changed the line measurements up to 9".  

Dave Sabat and I finalized the platform:

Yes, it looks like a huge palette.

After the foundation was verified level, I started the actual shed construction.  I was able to get the below completed by myself in a few hours:




Then Friday evening my neighbor and his son came over and we put the doors and roof on.  Its all waterproof since it rained that night and the shed was dry.


Now I can start moving things around and out of the utility room and the old shed.

Sorry for the rambling nature of the post.  Last night was quite the bachelor party for a friend of mine.