Big Ol' Storage Shed (Progress Report)

For the last few years we've been storing our patio furniture and the tractor/snowplow in an old metal garden shed plus a small shelter. Both were starting to fall apart - truthfully, the shed was barely standing anymore.

So, for the last few weekends we've been working on a new oversized storage shed. It's about 60% finished right now and looking pretty good.

We started by building a platform of 2x6s topped with plywood. Chloe stayed close by while the guys put up the 2x4 walls.

I spent a Sunday afternoon building roof trusses. By the end I was cold and my back was killing me, but I'm pretty proud of them.

The trusses at the front and the rear of the shed are different as each will have a window in the center.

Once the roof was ready to be added, Tom and a neighbor moved the shed into place at the back of our property. If only I had pictures of that. They wrangled it up onto a 30 foot trailer and then backed the trailer into the clearing and set the shed down in a spot that Tom had cleared and leveled with gravel.

Tom attached the trusses and covered them in plywood. He'll be adding corrugated roofing panels on top next weekend.

The siding for the shed is pressure treated spruce. It's hung in an overlapping pattern. First a row of boards was attached to the walls using a 2x4 for a spacer.

Then a second row of boards was added to fill the spaces. The boards are air nailed to the framework and to each other so that it stays tight.

Hopefully it will only take another weekend or two to finish it. Thank goodness, as we've already had our first big snowstorm!