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The "Hunting gear" storage shed project
Rancid Crabtree:
Since the shed is raised off the ground, its created a living space for skunks and other vermin. To address this, the exposed floor joists are skirted with treated lumber and caulked and painted. When everything dries, treated landscape timbers and rock will be added to improve the look and to further detour animals from taking up residence under the shed.
The Door latch was also added and a deadbolt inside the door.
Rancid Crabtree:
Dang this oppressive heat and humidity and rocky ground.
The shed is surrounded by treated timbers and then another double high row 22 inches away. Long sections of rebar pounded into the rocky ground to hold the timbers in place.
Rancid Crabtree:
A double layer of weed barrier was laid inside the frame
Then a little over a yard of river stone is spread inside the timber frame. All of this should discourage any critter from taking up residence under the new shed.
Then it was time to begin the rain gutter portion of the project but cruel irony had a rain shower end our progress as soon as we began.
Rancid Crabtree:
The front rain gutters are finished.
The eaves on the lean-to side are closed in, caulked and painted.
The rear gutters include a longer than usual run-off due to the landscape angle.
I dug a trench to direct the water away from the shed and down hill.
Rancid Crabtree:
It was suggested that because we so completely enclosed the bottom of the shed to keep animals from living underneath that we also starved the underside of the shed of the flow of fresh air. The moisture trapped could pose a threat to the floor so we added 10 vents around the perimeter. The vents are 2? in diameter.
To keep wind driven rain and snow from getting in above the doors we added a aluminum drip edge above the door.
We added thin ply to the bottoms of both doors.
While walking through home depot, there was a display of water damaged MDF that is 1/8? thick. The water damage only left stains along one edge that could be seen on the white side of the 4 x 8 sheets so they marked them down to $6 a sheet. The white color will brighten the inside of the shed and make good backing before shelves are added. 2 ? walls are covered. The back wall will be covered only half way up so small shelves can be added between the studs in the upper wall half.
Trim was added around the window.
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