Phase one of the chicken coop shed.

Well, the shed has been reconstructed.  Before i begin, i would like to give a special thanks to Steve for helping this to become a reality.  It took us about five work days and 5 or so trips to Home Depot to complete this reconstruction.  Thank goodness i don’t do this for a living.  I wouldn’t make any money.

We first leveled out the gravel where the shed would sit.  We then dug trenches to put in some long metal posts that the floor would sit on.  This will help keep the wood keep longer because it won’t be touching the earth directly.  In one day, we got the floor in position and we braced up the left and right wall.

The next day, we put up all of the walls.

The third day we put the joists on. That was when we noticed that each joist was a different size. Interesting. This shed was obviously not from a home depot kit (or else home depot needs some qc) So anyway we went back and cut them to equal size.

The fourth day we put up the roof and the roofing felt that the roof material would sit on.

The fifth day we put the roll roofing on.  This material is just like shingles, but on a 50 x 36 inch roll. It goes on top of the roofing felt, and it is nailed to the plywood with roofing nails.  At the end of it all, we now have completed the first phase of the shed.

We still have to put on the trim, modify the inside for the chicken coop/shed, paint it, and box in and pour more gravel around the complete structure.  It is coming together nicely and i am very glad that the worse is behind us for this activity.  It was a doozer.  I can’t say thanks enough to Steve.  He dedicated four to five days of his body and a week or so of his mind to this project.  I couldn’t have done it without his help.  Thanks Steve.  It has rained a lot the last few days and everything is still dry.  So far, so good.