We wanted to make sure that the floor was throughly secured to the frame, so Cheesehead chose these rafter ties to attatch it to the base we installed to raise it off of the ground. Cheesehead's coworkers teased and laughed a bit, but this shed is going to be built to last!
It is a rather big shed at 12x16, so before installing the 3/4 inch plywood floor, Cheesehead went through and added an extra support in the floor between each of the pre-built frames. We will be having some heavier equipment sitting on this floor and we didn't want the floor to warp. He centered each green treated piece of plywood in between each of the frames which he then proceeded to nail into place.
Once that was finished, it was time to install the plywood. It comes in full 4x8sheets. We took it and placed in on the floor. Then we traced out the supports from the frame which we would need to cut out in order to have flooring all the way throughout the shed. If we hadn't done that, there would be a large gap all the way around the edge and there would be nothing for the ends of the floor to be attatched to either.
After the template was drawn, we used a drill on the corners of the squares to create turning points for the jig saw. The jigsaw took out the extra pieces of wood to make the floor fit into place.
Once it was completely seated into the correct position it was time to secure it into place.
Cheesehead did this with a framing nailer a friend generously loaned us for use on this project. Five more sheets to go and this floor will be done! At least the middle pieces don't have to be cut. Sorry, I don't have a picture of the finished product just yet as we only got 1/2 of the floor done the other day before moving to the final wall. You might say we're a little ADD when it comes to completeing a project. Although to be completely fair it DID start to rain....
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Cindy
9 comments:
Looks like the shed is coming along nicely.
Better to take your time and do the job right then rush and have mistakes!
Looking good! You'll be so glad later that you guys took the time to do a thorough job We're the same way with projects...life happens and things take longer than we thought, but we do finish eventually. We've got a carport with two different railings on it right now because my husband is building new ones...he started in April, lol!
Yay its getting done!! I bet you are so excited!! It will sure be nice to have a storage area. (-:
Wow, that Cheesehead sure knows what he's doing. I am SO impressed!!! If you're ever in the mood to lend him out, we have about 1,000 projects that need working on down here...
Skeeter- It sure is. I hope to get a bunch more work done on it tomorrow. This is the third shed we've built. Uh, by we I mean Cheesehead. I'm finally helping on this one hence the documentation.
Amy- Well, when you spend lots of time and money on something you sure want it to last a long time, right? I'm hoping we finish by the end of summer, is that too much?
Cindee- That's for sure! You should see our garage, we really need the extra storage.
Ben- You and me both. It may be a while before he's available though, he's got a long honey do list here. MIL has a bunch of stuff for him too. Plus there's the 60 hours a week he works... At least we don't have to worry about doing stuff over in MN anymore too. Good thing I'm figuring out how to do some of these things myself, then he's not so busy with his time off.
Looks good!
Now I know why it costs so much to hire carpenters...it's a lot of work!
Once we traded our big old Suburban for a shed! I think we got a pretty good deal out of it!
Gail
I don't even have mine started yet. Looks like you have tons done. It won't be long now. What are you going to put in it? Is it for plants too?
Jean- Thanks.
Gail- No kidding! It will be well worth it when I have all of my stuff stored in there. I wish I could have figured out a way to bring our old shed with us too, then we could have one just for the kids' junk.
Anna- Are you having one built? It's a lot of work, but it sure feels good to get all of this accomplished on our own! One day soon we'll be moving our stuff in. We'll store our garden equipment in here, I'm not sure what all will fit. It would get too cold in the winter for plants unless we insulate it and add a heater, but I don't have that kind of money laying around. I do plan on putting a flower box under the window though.
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