Down Came The Shed

[cheesy]

The new larger shed has been ordered, with tentative delivery scheduled May 16th. So, it's time to get cracking on the old one.

While cleaning it out, I found these little b*st*rds making short work of the lumber I stored in the shed.
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Doors are off. Time to get serious.
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One of the tools for the job, my 25 year old Sawzall. Also, an 8lb BFH, the Jeep and the JD.
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Time to rock n' roll.
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That didn't work so well. Missed a stud. Moved the shed about 3' while Mrs. C split a gut.
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Next try did the trick. Set the Jeep up ninety degrees to the previous pull and gave a yank. However, it started raining about this point.
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Now the hard work starts. Did I mention it was raining.
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The only real casualty in the whole operation was the trash can in the above pic. The shed rolled over before splitting apart and hit the can. I spent the rest of the morning busting up stuff into smaller sections and dragging those with the JD to a future bonfire site. Need to cut up the floor today then start site prep next weekend.

I'll need the week to recover.

[2LZ]

Nice demo! That's a great way to have fun with a Jeep!

[FastDoc]

Nice demo work!

Are those termites? Gross!

[Sport Rider]

I woulda just set it on fire. :yay:

[SeerAtlas]

hmmm, when I was a kid I had a MUCH smaller ant farm:)

[cheesy]

I woulda just set it on fire. :yay:

I gave that some thought but figured once the big blue spruce trees over the shed went up in flames and then, in turn, took out the power lines, there'd be more people than just Mrs. C PO'ed at me.


Doc-Too cold here for termites. These were Carpenter Ants.

[Stoneman]

Looks like you have my sawzall! Ive had the same one since the early 70,s Used it in the masonry trade cutting holes in roofs. built to last!

[cheesy]

Looks like you have my sawzall! Ive had the same one since the early 70,s Used it in the masonry trade cutting holes in roofs. built to last!

Bought new in 1991. Back then, I was a new hire at an outfit that delivered and installed dry cleaning equipment. One of my first jobs was to replace a washer and we found the hold down nuts rusted beyond removal with a wrench of any sort, so the 'experienced' busts out a hacksaw and starts going at it. I just said "Nope" to myself and told the guy I'd be back in a few minutes. He got a little pissy(big bosses kid) and I gave him the finger. I wandered to the Ace Hardware next door and came back with that Sawzall. I knocked out the other three hold downs before junior finished the first one.

The dry cleaning equipment company taught me that the grass is brown on both sides of the fence and shortly went back to the job I'd left. But not before I broke junior's nose in front of his Dad.:D

[cheesy]

Prepping the site for the new shed. The install got moved back a week, so I have a bit more time to get things ready.
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Spec for the new shed calls for the site to be within 6" of level. The 14' x 14' pad for the shed was 13" out, hence the short wall. All that is left to do, if it ever stops raining, is to fill with gravel and compact.

More tools of the trade. A small, easy to handle 20v Dewalt 1/2" drill and the 'Beast', a 36v Bosch 1/2" wrist snapper.
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[2LZ]

That Bosch looks like it should come with an arm brace!

[cheesy]

That Bosch looks like it should come with an arm brace!

It has an extra handle but I never think to use it.

[Weldangrind]

36 volt! Wow!


Are you using tie-backs or angle bracing in your retaining wall?

[cheesy]

36 volt! Wow!


Are you using tie-backs or angle bracing in your retaining wall?

As I'm making this up as I go, there are one dozen 36" pieces of half inch rebar driven in through the timbers with two in each corner. Hence the wrist snapper with the extension. There are almost two hundred 3 1/2" #10 deck screws holding things together. The timbers are set below grade on compacted gravel.

Planning on the first load of grade 8 gravel fill this afternoon, with the second tomorrow. Then renting a compactor over the weekend.

[cheesy]

Ready for the shed.:tup:

My son in law, who spent his youth building houses with his grandpa, said I wouldn't need more than 1.5 yds of material.
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You are looking at 3.25 yds of compacted grade 8 stone that I moved by my lonesome. Mrs. C helped with the leveling of one load, but that was it.

That little rental compactor was the catsass for this job.

[Bruce's]

That looks like some nice work .Thats a nice size plate tamper ,mine is a little larger but way heavier which is a problem when you want to move it somewhere else .I don't see a water hose though ,you have been wetting it down as you go right ?

[cheesy]

That looks like some nice work .Thats a nice size plate tamper ,mine is a little larger but way heavier which is a problem when you want to move it somewhere else .I don't see a water hose though ,you have been wetting it down as you go right ?

Didn't need too, it has rained every day this week and it was raining when I did this. And the gravel was wet when it went in.

[katoranger]

That looks like some nice work .Thats a nice size plate tamper ,mine is a little larger but way heavier which is a problem when you want to move it somewhere else .I don't see a water hose though ,you have been wetting it down as you go right ?


I move them with the bobcat.

[cheesy]

Mrs. C got a call Wednesday from the people who are putting up the shed. Nothing happening until next Thursday now.:ohno: So, I called them from Mexico City to see what the holdup was and spoke with an exasperated gentleman named Gene, who also owns the installation company. It seems that the builder of the shed is almost two weeks behind in filling orders. Gene was embarrassed because he has never had to postpone an install twice and unhappy because if he isn't installing sheds, he isn't getting paid. I figured there was no reason for me to get pissed at the guy if he can't get the product delivered to him. Heck, it took me almost two days to locate off road LED lights here in a city of 23,000,000 people.

Guess I shouldn't have busted my butt getting things ready.

[Weldangrind]

It's even hard to get mad at the shed builder, if he's having trouble keeping up with demand. That would be a good problem to have.

[cheesy]

Supposedly going up today. Pics if it happens.

[cheesy]

The installer showed up this morning. One guy with a pick up and a trailer. He was happy that he could just drive right up to the site.
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It's a floor.
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One wall up, three to go.
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It's starting to look like a building.
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Save for paint(this weekend), it's finished.
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A clean slate.
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[SpudRider]

The shed looks great. :tup:

[Weldangrind]

Awesome!


What's under it? It looks like three 4x4 ties on stacks of plywood.

[cheesy]

Treated 4 x 4s ties on leveling blocks. The three ties are secured with two 24" earth anchors each. Then the frame atop the ties.

I know how much I hate having someone watch over my shoulder while I work, so I just left the guy alone and checked to make sure he was okay every now and then. About eight hours from start to finish.

[cheesy]

Filling it, but with some organization this time. Still kicking around the idea of a small work bench in here.
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I planned on getting more done yesterday but the day turned to crap with a capital CRAP when I decided to take one last ride on the bike shown above before my surgery and promptly lost my wallet. It was found and returned intact but not before lots of backtracking, filing police reports, and canceling of credit cards.

Also, by late afternoon, the walk from the shed to the garage, and back to the shed starts getting pretty long.

[FastDoc]

Up goes the shed.....

Did it take longer to remove old one or put up new one?

[Weldangrind]

Treated 4 x 4s ties on leveling blocks. The three ties are secured with two 24" earth anchors each. Then the frame atop the ties.

Do you plan to skirt around the ties to keep critters out? Are you considering a post for the mezzanine?

[cheesy]

Do you plan to skirt around the ties to keep critters out? Are you considering a post for the mezzanine?

I haven't thought that far ahead yet, weld, but both are good ideas.

Got it painted today.:yay:
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The Graco airless sprayer is the catsass for the bulk of the job. Forty minutes from start to finish. Of course clean up on the sprayer is also forty minutes.:ohno: Two hours to do the trim by brush. I don't think it came out too bad.

[willy dog]

i like the shed, but the time spent posting pic. you might have built it yourself

[FastDoc]

I'm still sorry to hear about your upcoming surgery, but glad you got one last ride in. The shed looks wonderful. I like the paint job. Sorry to hear about your wallet, but glad that you got it back. Funny, nowadays, the money in the wallet is the least of a person's concerns.

[Weldangrind]

I don't think it came out too bad.

I think it is outstanding! I'd love to build one just like it. I was inspired by your pics and found myself measuring in the yard today.

[cheesy]

Up goes the shed.....

Did it take longer to remove old one or put up new one?

Throw in prepping the site, it took a lot longer to put up the shed. Otherwise, tear down and building ran about the same. Plus there was a pro putting up the shed and someone 'making up as he goes' with tear down and site prep.:hehe:

willydog-With my lack of ability to cut a straight line in wood, even when using a saw guide, I doubt I'd even have the floor framed by this time. When it comes to most carpentry projects, I'll pay someone.

Weld-Thanks. Just so you know, it's a Heartland Estate 12' x 12'. On this side of the border, they're sold through Lowe's. http://heartlandind.com/
When I called it a day yesterday, I threw some chicken on the grill and sat down with a Brown Dog single malt and just relaxed.

Doc-Thanks to you, too. Surgery is a week from tomorrow. If I didn't have to work in Jersey City this week, I'd get in a few more rides. And you are right, I didn't care about the money, which I gave to the gent that returned the wallet.

[minimac]

Looks great! When I did mine, I cut some plywood to cover up the bottom, sunk about 6" into the ground, all around. Then I screwed some plaster screening onto the plywood(carefully, that sh*t is sharp!), and smooied some mortar over that. It made the shed look like it was on a real concrete base and keeps the critters out from under.

[Weldangrind]

...I threw some chicken on the grill and sat down with a Brown Dog single malt and just relaxed.

I've never heard of it. It's a single malt and not an ale?

Are you addicted to boneless skinless thighs on the grill like I am?

[Weldangrind]

Queso, that shed is advertised as 10x10; what are the actual external dimensions?

[cheesy]

I've never heard of it. It's a single malt and not an ale?

Are you addicted to boneless skinless thighs on the grill like I am?

It's distilled at an apple orchard/winery in SW Wisconsin, so very local.
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Any other time, I'll pass on the chicken. I must have eaten it everyday as a kid. BUT, if it's done on the grill, I'm there. I also find chicken that is 'Broasted', quite acceptable.

As to my shed size, definitely 12' x 12'. The website is kind of funky. I found my shed on using my phone without a problem. But on the PC, it took a bit. You need to filter by price. The Estate is available up 16' x 20'.

[Weldangrind]

Ah, that's like these guys, just a few minutes across the border from me: http://bellewooddistilling.com/


I might just use the pics for inspiration and build a 10x10 shed. That's all I can do (legally) without a permit.

[cheesy]

The final step to the shed, hanging up the commuter bikes because I won't be riding them until the bike bridge across the Fox River gets rebuilt. And to get the PITA 1946 Schwinn frame out of my way.
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All morning, no sun. Go to take a pic, blinding light.

Another wall of the old shed going bye bye.
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[cheesy]

Bump.

Just an update about something I didn't harp on. When the guy put up the shed, it was found that the piece of trim for over the doors was not included in the kit. The guy was on the phone with Heartland and was promised the piece the following week.

Nothing happened.

Both my wife and I made calls to Lowes and Heartland asking where the piece was and we'd get promises and no piece of trim. This went on for a couple of months.

Last week, Lowes corporate called the house and spoke to Mrs. C, asking all sorts of questions about the shed: How'd we like it?; Was the builder professional, did he leave a clean site?; that sort of stuff. She hit them with the missing piece of trim and what we've done to get it.

She was put on hold for about ten seconds and transferred to a young woman who took down everything about our efforts to get the one piece of trim. She called back with a FedEx tracking number within five minutes.

Monday, FedEx delivered the trim. Not just the one piece we needed, but the entire door trim kit.

So, I got a few extra pieces to play with.

[Weldangrind]

Glad to hear that you reached the right person. Looking forward to pics of the installed trim.

[cheesy]

Glad to hear that you reached the right person. Looking forward to pics of the installed trim.

Just the piece across the top of the doors.
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[Weldangrind]

That looks really good.

[FastDoc]

Glad the last detail is sorted. Good looking result. All set for the Cheezeland winter. It's September 20. Winter should be there in about 6 hours ;-)