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Re: Oh sure, here I am alone again, just like last night. 

By: Zimbler0 in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (1)
Fri, 07 Jun 19 1:11 AM | 46 view(s)
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Decomposed > It occurs to me now that thanks to your obsolete browser you might not be able to see any of the pictures below. Oh well.


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Re: Oh sure, here I am alone again, just like last night.
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Thu, 06 Jun 19 2:55 PM 		Msg. 33504 of 62138

Angie:

Re: "Tis the season to ride your motorcycle, mow your lawn, put up another shed and enjoy your life." Funny you should mention that - though I have this sneaking suspicion that your aim wasn't to be funny. Yesterday, in fact, my wife and I did put up another shed. When I saw your post, I considered going out and posting a photo, but it was pouring and I figured that it could wait.

This shed was the used one we bought a week or two ago. The previous owner had done minimal disassembly - four walls, two pieces of roof, and a wooden base sawn in two. He figured that not dismantling it completely would make our job easier, and it probably did. We at least knew where things went, but the fact is that we had to dismantle a lot of what he'd given us in order to reassemble it. The roof, for instance, sagged so badly when we tried to slide one half of it into place to meet with the other half that we eventually ruled it impossible, took it back down, broke it into smaller pieces and put them up little by little. (You see how the walls are made of smaller panels? The roof is like that too.) When we were practically done with the roof, we found that the whole thing was on backwards. We were able to work around that.

Rebuilding the base was straight forward. I ran two 2x4s up its length where the prior owner had sawn, used carriage bolts to clamp them together, then ran two more on the outside to form an "I". It's pretty strong. Leveling the thing on my %@#$ hill was hard, though, and as you can see in some of the pics below, I now need to build a decent-sized ramp to get anything heavy to wheel in and out.

It was still raining this morning, but not so hard, and I took the photos below. It was also a good opportunity to look for leaks. As you can see, I do have one. Water on the base's side trickles in along the floor. Some sort of sealant... exterior caulk? ... liberally applied will take care of that. (Do any of you have a recommendation? Maybe roofing tar? It will have to seal between the wooden base and a metal rail that's screwed onto the wooden base.)

The shed is in need of a good washing. (See the interior door.) Letting its pieces live in the grass for two weeks wasn't such a good idea. (See the final photo.) I'm also going to have to put some wooden lattice in beneath the base to make the gap look a little better. It's just too redneck looking as it does.

It occurs to me now that thanks to your obsolete browser you might not be able to see any of the pictures below. Oh well.

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