As thrilled as I was at the shed being ‘completely done’ the glory was, sadly, short lived. It began to dawn on me how much work laid ahead to actually make use of the shed. Cleaning off and cleaning and moving the shelving and everything on it from the garage is a daunting task. Made more cumbersome by the fact that I’m not allowing anything in the shed that hasn’t been thoroughly cleaned. The things that were in the old shed didn’t fare extremely well with a coating of dust on pretty much everything and even some damaging rust to the shelving units in there. But a wire cup brush on the power drill and some spray paint and they’re almost as good as new. The press-board shelves that have all but fallen apart have been replace by scrap T1-11 cut to size for a durable and heavy duty shelf. Slowly but surely it’s taking shape.
Author: aron
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Watched – Jakob’s Wife
I’m pretty good at picking some off the wall movies, or maybe that’s just what’s out there these days. This is an odd thriller/horror movie that has a new twist on vampires and the occult, this time the possessed is a preachers wife. Let the hilarity (or gore in this case) ensue. It’s not entirely terrible but you still walk away from it with the thought that you could have spent the last hour and thirty eight minutes in a better way. 2 out of 5.
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Second Floor
So I wasn’t sure if/when I was going to put in a loft but the difficulty in raising the roof seems to necessitate it. Here’s to building on up!
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Fully Vaccinated
Got my second Moderna shot today! There is a huge sense of relief getting this, the freedom that everyone is bitching about comes from this shot. Now I don’t have to worry about catching this ridiculous virus and I can’t wait for life to get back to somewhat normal.
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Hell Hath Frozen Over
I’ve dealt with cold before doing time in Erie, Pa but this is a bit ridiculous. Fortunately the power is still on and we’re staying warm. So far so good, nothing major had been destroyed.
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Floor Frame Mostly Complete
I’ve got all the cross members for the floor frame in place and screwed into the frame. I used saddle brackets for ALL of the cross pieces. Overkill and an extra $150 in materials but I guess it’s better to over build. Let’s face it, you can’t go back and put them in later.
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Groundwork Complete, Framing Started
I finally got to use the chop saw for what it’s here for. And I managed to screw around and bend the fence… Grrrrr. That’s not fun. I managed to get it somewhat back to strait, it was after the floor frame was cut so we’ll see how it does on the walls next week. Anyways here’s the progress.
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Concrete is Heavy
So I’m having to pour pilings and was somewhat disheartened to find that an 80lb bag of concrete has exactly .6 sq/ft volume…
2 8in x 4ft tubes will take 2.8 sq/ft so 5 bags. Yay science!! -
More Groundwork
I really hope this is the hardest part because this is not fun. The root has been extracted and we’re continuing the trenching to bring everything even. Fortunately for digging the trench, I’ve been using the tiller which is making fairly short work of it. I’m getting a major workout for sure.
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Root of the Problem
Or the problem of the root. I’m beat!!! So I’m trying to get everything nice and level for the skids, two of them are on the existing foundation and the other two are slightly uphill from the first two. So I’m going to lay down pavers at the same level as the foundation, started trying to dig out the trench for the pavers and got the great idea to use my tiller. Aside from it eating up my string line, it went well enough until I ran into a root, this thing is huge so I’ve mostly dug it out and I’ll tighten the chain on the chainsaw and do what needs to be done.
