Hammerin' Turtle, Day 3
Monday, August 20, 2012
Today was definitely a work day... finished the last wall (the trickiest one, with spaces for the window and doors) and then - it was time to start raising the walls and securing the whole thing.
Oddly enough, the gable trim was one of the toughest things to do - for whatever reason the dozen-plus screws on each side just did not want to bite into the gables. Ended up pre-drilling the 2nd one.
While overall things ended up fairly straight and level - the end result has a few spots that don't match up as well as I'd have liked. Ordinarily I'd blame my own incompetence - but in this case we were very careful, and all the wood was pre-cut. And therein lies the problem - especially since a lot of the 2x3's were warped to one degree or another. I can't say I'm all that impressed with the quality control of the company that built the kit - but perhaps this is considered a "cheap" shed and Ann needed to shell out a lot more money if we wanted to be sure that everything was top-notch instead of simply functional.
While Ann caulked all the seams and joints, I finished a last bit of building - the faux shutters for the window and much more importantly the 4 rafters for the roof. Over the next few days Ann will get the exterior painted and the whole thing pushed back into position - and then we can wrap up construction and she'll have a new shed.
JMH
