That's What She Shed

 Alright.  We're slowly preparing to move out for a rebuild.

 And I have tools that I don't want to hire a rigger on to come and lift them.  I had put them on casters way back in the day, so I can actually roll them to where a rigger would lift and tie down on a trailer.  But, I'd need a rigger at the other end, and then when done with the rebuild, I'd need a rigger at the other end to re-load it, and the drop it off again here.

I needed a place to store things like lathes and drill presses and oxygen and argon tanks that are awkwardly large, and would need a lot more work to build the safety requirements necessary to even haul them.

So I built a shed.  Well, one minus a door.

After having gone through some of the health trauma, I know I'm not nearly where I was before that happened.  So this had to be very strategic.  It needed to be small enough, yet large enough to fit a few lathes, a drill press, welder, and hopefully a bandsaw.  I need this to last for exactly one year while the house is being built.  It doesn't require insulation, but it needs to shed (pun intended) water.

I started out by building the walls.  I took a day for each panel.

I also built some rafters (again, about a day for the lot).

Next, I measured out a foundation (using deck blocks).  This took two days, because I was working to get things parallel in three different dimensions (so that this could be level).

Once I was ready to proceed (there was a bit of a delay here), I threw in some nice 2x6"s and screwed the base together.

Once that was up, I dropped the base sheet of plywood.  Then, I could prop the walls up quickly (took a day for the two sides and the base sheet).

After a nice nights rest (I'm pushing myself too hard in order to beat a forecast of rain), I set the rafters on top of this thing and locked them down.  It was fairly sketchy at this point (a wee bit wobbly), but once the top roof sheets were on, it should tighten right up.

With that ready, I painted (a nice, acrylic latex outdoor paint).  Color didn't matter, but since I had to make someone mix a color in, I went with a nice wood plywood color.  Seriously.  I could have painted this thing purple, but then the neighbors would have proof that I was a mental case.  I still should have painted it purple.

And then I could do the roof.  First the plywood. Then tar paper (moisture barrier), and the shingles.  Before anyone says anything about the pitch of the roof - it is intentional.  I want this thing to shed, not just be a shed.

Anyway, as soon as I got the roof on, the rains hit. It couldn't have been better timing.  But, I still need a door.