Monday, August 23, 2010

Completed shed

I added a rock base for better drainage and hammered in rebar on the up hill side to attached to the shed.  This will help keep it in place while it settles.  This area has an extremely high snow load, so I want to make sure it doesn't go any where by next season.  I have never built a roof before, so the major lesson I learned is to build it on sight.  Even with a roof of about 5ft by 5ft, it was very heavy and tricky to lift up on the shed.  It was not hard to learn how to shingle the roof, so off side prep was not required.





Wednesday, August 18, 2010

View

Here is the view from what would be the deck:  Not very impressive from a picture, but you can see all the way to Arizona.

Shed Prep

Here I created steps using logs and lots of rocks.  The soil in this area almost has more rock than dirt, but I will find lots of uses for all the rock.  Once the pad was cut into the slope there was no easy way to get up above, so the temporary stairs will allow me easier access to the top of the lot and to the shed.  Oh, the outhouse I built is now a shed!  I realized that I couldn't put in an outhouse at all, so I changed it to a shed with a porta potty inside.  This will give me more storage once the cabin is build.

Steps and the dig area for the shed:

Dug

The dig work has been completed.  I just paid for a basic dig, so I still have lots of work to do to prepare the area.  I need to start building some type of retaining wall for the driveway area and the parking area in front of the cabin, haven't decided what type of retaining wall yet.  Not much left for this year, will let the soil settle over the winter so I can build it up next year, this way the ground is compacted as much as possible before I finish the ground work.

Before and After: