My "Pinterest" Project Shed Build

[tara1973]

Love it so much! What a joy. My heart sank for you when I saw it blown down but it's looking amazing now.

 

[Finnie]

Thank you very much.

 

[TerryH]

It's turning out SO cool, Finnie!!

 

[Finnie]

Thank you.

 

[ottbmom]

Following! I love love love your inspiration photo and can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[7littlegirls]

It looks beautiful! Can't wait to see it all finished!! Great job!

 

[Finnie]

Thank you!

So Saturday, Sunday and Monday were rainy days and the man didn't come out, but yesterday he was here and he got pretty much everything done except for the metal on the roof.

Installed my tulip window:




Added the soffits to the overhang on the gable ends. (I didn't know it was going to have these- I had thought the decking was just going to be sticking out.)





The man must be really strong! He first made these like thin ladders, and then hoisted them up and secured them by himself. I was collecting eggs, and I heard him make an awful grunting noise. He was standing on his ladder hefting one of these in place, and I held my breath until he got it where he wanted it, and then had to hold it in place with one hand while he reached for his nail gun, and I was very relieved when he got a nail or two in, and then was able to let go of it. Then he attached it the rest of the way. Whew! That's crazy!

And then there was a snafu with my interior door. I wanted (still want) this door that we saved from our house remodel.





But he framed the opening in a weird way. His plan was to attach black hinges to the door, but when he tried to screw them on, the door turned out to be hollow, not solid core. So his screws wouldn't hold the hinges. Then he said he couldn't use this door, because the only way to make the hinges swing the right way would be to put them upside down, which wouldn't work. The pins would fall out. So he talked me into using a different door that I had in my collection. But I am not happy with how the other door looks.

It doesn't even shut quite all the way, because it rubs on the hinge side. But mainly, I think he could have used my preferred door if he hadn't framed the opening like this:



I guess he framed this (the back side) smaller to serve as the door stop. But today I feel less gullible, and I don't really believe that my other door is unusable. He said it's because they didn't save the original framing that it was hung by on our house. But surely if you are framing a door opening, you can put the wood in such a way that the door will fit. I'm going to ask him about changing it. If he doesn't want to, then I think I could do it myself.

Besides, I don't like how the doorway is so narrow on this side. But I have to be tactful. I truly appreciate all the work he has done, and that they company is trying to contain the costs for me. I think I might even say nothing at all, and just change it after he finishes and leaves.

 

[TerryH]

Your original door should be able to be made to work. He is partly right because that door would have been mounted in a separate jamb and then that entire assembly would have been mounted into the framed opening. The door may be hollow but there is structure on the edges for mortised (recessed into the door and jamb) hinges. It can be made to work but it might mean reframing the door opening. That would not be a huge deal. He is obviously an experienced builder. He can figure out a way to make it work.

 

[Finnie]

I can see on the edge of my preferred door what you are talking about where the mortised hinges go. I saved them, and their screws from the ground. So I'll be able to hang the door. I decided not to say anything to him about it, because I don't want him to feel bad about my plans to dismantle his door frame.

I emailed the pictures to my husband (he's in Germany this week) and he wrote back that he would take a look at it when he gets home and we can figure it out.

I think you are right. It would not be a huge deal to pry the 2x4s off that he has there and reframe the opening. But I know he has gone a little over budget from what they estimated in the beginning, and he's conscious of racking my bill up higher, so I won't ask him to do the extra work.

Well, today's addition is some of the roof metal! I had to be away for a vet appointment this morning, and some other errands, and when I got back, one side was done:


Well, not all done. He still has to get up there and put in more rows of screws. And in the afternoon, he made a lot of progress on the other side:



He sounds a little worried about how he's going to get the ridge cap up there. I wish he had someone to help him. But he thinks it will only take a couple of hours tomorrow, and then he will be all done.

I am nervous to begin my part of it! I made a list of all the different tasks I need to do and it is a HUGE list.

 

[TerryH]

The door should not be a big deal. I'm sure you guys can figure it out. The ridge cap, on the other hand, might be quite a trick. You really can't walk on that metal once it's in and with that roof pitch... Glad it's him and not me. I'm sure they will make it work.