The "Hunting gear" storage shed project

You doing a quality job !

 

[FONT=&amp][/FONT]The metal drip edge is installed which means we are ready to start shingling the roof.



We look forward to the weekends because it affords a lot of time to work on the shed. The weather doesn’t care so we suffered a rain delay.



We looked out the window and saw the local inspector checking out the progress.



When everything dried up we build more temporary scaffolding so we can safely work on the roofing.





The hole in the roof for the vent.



The back side is complete.



Nice straight lines.

 

With the exception of the ridge cap, the front side of the roof is complete as the sun sets on another day.



The ridge cap is added the next morning and completes the roofing job.



Now that the roofing is complete the scaffolding is removed so the final wall can be closed in. The windows are the first thing to go in.





Then the last sheets of cement siding.



It’s starting to look like a shed now.

 

Nice work !

 

The fiber cement siding is very heavy which means the doors need to be stout so they won’t sag over time. The door framing is finished.



Tight joints, construction adhesive and long decking screws should keep the doors from sagging as time goes by.



To make the doors really strong and to tie it all together, the fiber cement siding is attached to the frames with construction adhesive and nails. The door frames are spaced and shimmed and held in place with big clamps so the siding can be added right in place to better control gaps and clearances.



The clean up crew grabbed the camera while we added the cement siding to one of the doors.



Then the entire door is removed and painted before the trim and hinges are added. The trim is painted too.

 

When the paint dried the Heavy duty hinges are added and the doors hung. Each door weighs about 90 Lbs.







Lastly, all the trim is added and caulked and painted again.

 

While inside the shed, we heard a cluck. We looked outside and then grabbed the camera when we saw the building inspectors show up.

 

Looking good!

 

Before the big storm hit, the windows got trimmed.



And we closed in the short side eaves to keep out the birds, bats and bees. Vents were included and the last pieces of corner trim were added.

 

Looks great!!

 

Very nice and great attention to detail. Thanks for letting us follow along.

 

Spent the weekend up north so not much shed work was done. Did however manage to work on the ramp. The ramp is made from a 8 ft, 2 x 12 that is cut in half and then the two halves cut diagonally to create 4 tapered ramp stringers. The 4 stringers were screwed to the shed floor so everything would be square and flat and then treated decking was screwed to the top.







The ground is leveled and the ramp is attached to the shed with 4 inch deck screws.

 

Looks good!

Did you have to dig past the frost line for your pavers?

 

No. Not required.

 

Looks sharp !

 

Very very nice.

 

I'd put in a nice quite sliding window for turkey season next spring

 

Since the shed is raised off the ground, its created a living space for skunks and other vermin. To address this, the exposed floor joists are skirted with treated lumber and caulked and painted. When everything dries, treated landscape timbers and rock will be added to improve the look and to further detour animals from taking up residence under the shed.



The Door latch was also added and a deadbolt inside the door.

 

nice craftsmanship sir.
may need some cripples under/over window

 

Dang this oppressive heat and humidity and rocky ground.

The shed is surrounded by treated timbers and then another double high row 22 inches away. Long sections of rebar pounded into the rocky ground to hold the timbers in place.