Shed

So I needed to build a bigger shed. I had place one of those rubbermaid click together sheds in my backyard before I left for Iraq to help store the lawn stuff because it was quick and easy. Well, now with the baby on the way I needed to build something bigger so I could store more stuff in there and get the nursery cleaned out and set up. I ended up getting free 2x6's from a friend so that is why it may seem a little "overbuilt." Here are some pics and stuff about how its going:


So here is the framing as it is almost done. When putting in the second layer of the rafter base I hit my thumb with my new framing hammer. Somehow I was able to completely detach my thumbnail in one swipe and it started bleeding everywhere. Also, after i finished the rafter framing I realized I had not accounted for an overhang with my ridge beam which I originally intended to do. So, I had to take them apart the next night and put in a longer ridge beam.
















Here it is with the new longer ridge beam and the roof sheathing attached and the roofing paper down.
















The siding is going on at this point in the picture. My dad, my amazing father, came over to help with this and we got it knocked out pretty quickly.
















The day after the siding was done i was working on installing the 2x4's around the edges of the roof and later my dad came over again and taught me how to flash and roof it.
















I have also built a couple of shelves and still need to do the following to be finished:

1. Build two more shelves
2. Install hangers for the weedwacker, shovels, brooms and the like
3. Construct and install the door
4. Install siding trim
5. Paint
6. Fill it with stuff

Starting Up

So this will be a blog to track my endless projects that I do around the house and even ones I do other places. I am by no means an expert at anything really, but love to be able to accomplish my own work and help people when they are in need. Most of this is not for anyone else but for me to record the things I have done and have grown in.