Shed Revamping

[formariz 11,988]

So for quite sometime I had this shed . At the time I got it it was just put on blocks since i did not have time for any footings. Sure enough over the years between the flood which placed a ton of sediment against the front of it and the tunnel system underground by Mr Ground hog , the sill plates rotted and the whole shed was virtually collapsing on one side. Had to raise entire shed replace all sills this time doubling them ,dig and pour footings. Decided to also make a deck in front. It’s been three weeks of hard work all by myself but finally except for some paint on replaced parts she is looking good. Even wife got into it and made some valences for windows and put candles at windows. Incredibly she also asked me to place one of the 35s as an ornament there. Center section of fence is clipped in with z clips and comes out to place ramp when needed. I ordered a nice long ramp of aluminum 7-6” x 48” long.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2020 by formariz

[SPINJIM 1,981]

Nice work, especially the dove-tailing.

[tunahead72 2,439]

13 minutes ago, formariz said:

 

 

 

But of course you dovetailed the top rail, doesn't everybody?  Beautiful! 

 

[tunahead72 2,439]

18 minutes ago, formariz said:

 

What can you tell us about the ramp and the doors on the right side here?

 

[formariz 11,988]

7 minutes ago, tunahead72 said:

 

What can you tell us about the ramp and the doors on the right side here?

 

Those doors just hide more stuff. 
I will post a link to the ramp later

[formariz 11,988]

18 minutes ago, tunahead72 said:

 

But of course you dovetailed the top rail, doesn't everybody?  Beautiful! 

 

Keeps things aligned when put back down.

 

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,355]

I thought you had retired .  Love all your wood working skills . Very nice work .

[ebinmaine 68,450]

Absolutely beautiful.

You come on up to Maine anytime you want and I'll let you do that to something of ours.

[lynnmor 7,354]

Nice work!  Did you do anything to exclude groundhogs?  I had that problem until I added vinyl siding with fence wire up the sides and extending underground several feet.  I no longer need to set a trap to collect cats, skunks and a few groundhogs.

[ebinmaine 68,450]

13 minutes ago, lynnmor said:

skunks

That's GOT to be a fun one right there

[lynnmor 7,354]

49 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

That's GOT to be a fun one right there

Yes!  I tossed a sheet of plastic over the trap and dragged it down in the woods where I unlatched the door and pulled the plastic off with a rope.  I ran away unscathed.

[formariz 11,988]

2 hours ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

I thought you had retired .  Love all your wood working skills . Very nice work .

Thank you. Retired? I guess officially but never in reality. Only one event is going to establish that hopefully.

 

1 hour ago, lynnmor said:

Nice work!  Did you do anything to exclude groundhogs?  I had that problem until I added vinyl siding with fence wire up the sides and extending underground several feet.  I no longer need to set a trap to collect cats, skunks and a few groundhogs.

Thank you.I am not sure what is going on, but the groundhog that was there for the last few years and had many young ones  there also, all of a sudden about 4 months ago they all disappeared and no trace of them.. I am however going to install some nice looking heavy duty metal mesh perhaps stainless steel in all the access points to the underside. I definitely am not going to tolerate them anymore under there whatever it takes.

 

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Absolutely beautiful.

You come on up to Maine anytime you want and I'll let you do that to something of ours.

Thank you. Be careful what you wish for. Both I and the wife love Maine.

 

3 hours ago, tunahead72 said:

What can you tell us about the ramp and the doors on the right side here?

Here is the ramp that I ordered. Pricey but perfect for my needs. I can just separate the two sections and slide it under shed when not in use. It will allow me to drive right in if I need to. I did not want to have a ramp sticking out there all the time.

https://www.discountramps.com/cbr-13560/p/CBR-13560/

[ebinmaine 68,450]

8 minutes ago, formariz said:

Thank you. Be careful what you wish for. Both I and the wife love Maine

I have conferred with my female at length. She would like you to know that she has a great appreciation for your railing sections with the triangular boxes.

She also said "yes"  after I said "jump in the truck" ....

She's informing me she can cook up some chicken.

 

 

[AMC RULES 37,134]

Any permits necessary to make the upgrades?

[formariz 11,988]

9 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

She would like you to know that she has a great appreciation for your railing sections with the triangular boxes.

Glad she appreciates them. Inspired by the railings at Jefferson’s Monticello. A place very dear to me in which I have spent many hours.

[formariz 11,988]

1 hour ago, AMC RULES said:

Any permits necessary to make the upgrades?

Let’s not go there. We have an agreement in town here. They don’t bother me and I stay quite.

Edited October 10, 2020 by formariz

[SylvanLakeWH 25,973]

Beautiful work!