The Shed Chronicle Part V

The roof is done. Next up is the siding.

Since I've decided to go with sheet siding, I needed to add studs at the halfway point on the end walls. That was today's job, along with ordering eleven sheets of siding.

The siding is to be delivered tomorrow morning.

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Siding Delivered -- FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2018

And three pieces of siding installed.

The structure now has a great deal more rigidity; it can withstand wind gusts.

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Three More Pieces Of Siding Added -- SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2018

One More Piece Of Siding Added -- SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2018

It rained for much of the day, so I didn't get a lot done.

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And Another Piece Of Siding Up -- MONDAY, JULY 23, 2018

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Gable Ends Sided -- TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2018

And Potential Trouble Surfacing

I'll have to add eavestroughs at the front and rear to forestall the erosion effects of rainfall.

And hairline cracks have appeared in two tiles.

Things are settling into place, for better or worse.

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Windows Trial-Fitted -- WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018

'Don't have a photo. The windows I bought come without fastening holes, so I drilled holes and trial-fitted the windows in their openings with fasteners. That turned out well. I just need to buy some caulking compound before I install the windows for good.

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Eavestrough Started -- THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018

I found a Plastmo product at Rona that one man can install unassisted, so I went with that. Here's a view of my trial progress so far from this morning.

And A Theft

At Rona this afternoon, I left my cart with some more eavestrough items on it unattended for a bit in the roofed loading area while I brought my car over. (It happened to be raining heavily, else I would have wheeled the cart directly out to my car in the parking lot.) Just as I was getting back to the cart, a big white pickup truck left in a hurry. I looked at the cart, and saw that one of two lengths of downspout pipe that I'd just bought was no longer there.

Hmmph. Nothing to be done; the low-life got away with it. May he bask in his karma.

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Update To "And A Theft" -- FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018

'Turns out I was full of shit. When I got to Rona today, they had the downspout pipe waiting for me. It must have rolled off the cart, but the truck speeding off caused me to leap to the conclusion that it had been stolen. All I would have needed to do was to look down, and I would have found it. 'Time I was stashed away in a home with all the other irredeemable geezers.

Anyway, the eavestrough is up, rear and front.

Windows Installed And Caulked -- SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2018

And the front centre sided, in preparation for a door. The door is going to be difficult.

Siding Done And Doors Up -- SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2018

Door Details -- MONDAY, JULY 30, 2018

• Added barrel bolts to the left side door inside to secure it closed.
• Added a lockable hasp and a door handle.

Floor Repainted -- TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2018

The floor's paint job took a beating during construction of the shed. I had enough paint left to give it a fresh coat.

And that's about it for now. The shed is built.

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A Threadless Screw

Well, what have we here?

A screw blank with a perfectly formed head, but no thread.

One wonders how the things are made, and how this one managed to dodge getting threaded.

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The Shed Chronicle Part IV

With the wall framing pretty much done, it's time to get on with constructing the shed's roof.

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A Twelve Foot Long 2"x4" In A Hyundai Tucson -- TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2018

That's the roof ridge board brought home from Lowe's.

Roof Ridge Board Up, And Two Front Rafters Installed

Getting the ridge board up unassisted was challenging, but doable, evidently.

Cutting rafters with precision and uniformity is way beyond challenging -- it's excruciatingly difficult. And all the little errors that may have crept into one's wall framing express themselves when you get to the rafters. We'll see how my roof turns out; I expect that it may be the worst feature of the entire shed.

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Front Rafters In Place -- WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018

And Roof Ridge Board Support Post Doubled Up

Tomorrow I'll start in on the rear rafters.

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All The Rafters Are In Place -- THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018

Tomorrow I'll install the doorway's lintel, and decide on what I'm going to do for ceiling joists.

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Doorway Lintel Up And Cross-Ties Added To Rafters -- FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2018

The doorway's height is now 6'3".

The cross-ties are 1"x3"s, which is admittedly very light stuff for anything structural, but I think it's entirely adequate for what it has to do.

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Eave Boards In Place -- SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2018

Some Roof Board Courses In Place -- SUNDAY, JULY 8, 2018

And A Setback

I'm unhappy with the building's plumb, and with its rigidity. I'll be adding two more courses of blocking throughout.

So It's Back To Framing For Awhile -- MONDAY, JULY 9, 2018

Two extra courses of blocking on the end walls completed today.

Tomorrow I'll start giving the front and back walls the same treatment.

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Extra Blocking Done To Front Wall -- TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2018

Additional Blocking All Done -- WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2018

And Some Progress On The Roof

Front Slope Of Roof Boarded Up -- THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018

And Rear Slope Partly Done

Some More Rear Slope Progress -- FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018

And now I'm between a rock and a hard place. To finish up that roof slope, I'll have to clamber about on top of the roof, and I'm not a young man anymore. A 'Plan B' is in order, but I don't have one.

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Rear Slope All Boarded Up -- SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018

The clambering proved to be doable, but tiring. That's all I got done today, aside from a trip to the Home Depot for drip edge. Tomorrow, I should at least get the drip edge installed (weather permitting).

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Drip Edge Installed -- SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2018

And I bought four bundles of shingles. Aside from that, it's been pretty much a day off.

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One Bundle Of Shingles Up -- MONDAY, JULY 16, 2018

'Gave me 4 1/2 courses of shingling. And now there's a severe thunderstorm watch posted on the CBC's weather report.

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The threatened thunderstorms never materialized. I managed to get the entire front slope shingled.

The shingles are GAF Marquis WeatherMax, Charcoal colour, from the Home Depot.

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Rear Slope About 2/3 Shingled -- TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018

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Shingling Done And Roof Ridge Capped -- WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2018

I found the ridge capping to be the most awkward part of the entire roofing job. I'm not too thrilled with the result I got, but it will have to do.

So that's the roof done. Next up is the siding. I've decided against the board-and-batten treatment that I'd like to have done -- too costly, and too difficult to obtain proper material for. I'll have to go with sheet material.

And so, it's on to Part V.

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