bonnie & jason

The shed has walls, a roof, and doors

By jason, July 17, 2009 on 8:59 pm | In ashley, projects | 5 Comments

Bonnie’s dad came over this afternoon to help with the shed. Definitely needed a second set of hands for almost everything that got done today.

First we put the roof rafters up. They were pretty close to identical. Had one sort of stick out just a hair. Then we put the back wall up. This was pretty straight forward. Just lots of nailing. From there, we put the roof decking on. This was kinda hairy since 4×8 plywood is pretty heavy and the roof is kinda steeply pitched. In retrospect, I would have altered the plans for a smaller pitch angle. Also, it was hard to reach the second half deck panel so I had to sort of hang from the roof to get that installed.

Ok, it wasn’t that bad.

Once I got up there, I was pretty comfortable. It was getting up there in the first place that was a little scary. Next step was to get the front wall and doors in. Not rocket science, but it did take a bit of cutting and nailing and measuring. For some reason, the front wall ended up slightly out of square compared to the back wall but you can’t really tell. After some bracing and extra reinforcement in some key areas, we ended up with this:

I then trimmed the walls to the roof and here’s where things sit now.

And with some stuff already in it.

This is what Ashley thinks of it.

Then I told her that this is where she will go for time out if she’s a bad girl.

Another funny story… when Alissa went down for a nap, the roof wasn’t up yet. When she woke up and saw the shed in it’s later stages, she exclaimed, “Look at the house! Who’s house is that?”

Next steps are to get the roofing felt, shingles and drip cap up. Then I have some trim pieces to install before priming and painting. Still a lot to do but today was a productive day.