Storage Shed Restoration

[94BULLITT]

I have a 10x12 storage shed that I am redoing. The one side beam was rottening and I replaced it. The floor joist were originally on 2' centers. I went back and added beams for it to be on 1' centers. I forgot to take pictures of the underside before i let it back down. I have 3 4x4 runners underneath of it. I am going to move it. To get the building up to where I could crawl under it I used the L4240 to pick it up and then supported it with concrete blocks. Here is a picture of me letting it back down.

The tractor had now problem lifting it.

Now I need to get the new site prepped for it. Then move it. I am going to residing it with smart siding I think it is called. It is like t-111 but supposed to be better, It has a 50 year guarantee.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I'm looking forward to seeing this come together. What's the story on this shed? What was it used for before you tackled it? Has it always been yours?

 

[94BULLITT]

Thanks for the reply. It has always been mine. I don't know if I am going to to get a chance to do anything to it this evening, it's raining.

 

[Rayrla]

I will be following your restoration, too. I have a 8 x 12 behind a rental building. Current tennant has no plans to use it. I was thinking about moving it to my house and storing small items from my pole building in it. My previous tennant placed heavy filing cabinets in the building and several of the floor joints failed. I like your idea of placing the floor joists at 12 inches. Do you plan on using joist hangers? None were used on my building. Mind also needs a reroofing and some siding replaced. Enjoy your project!

 

[94BULLITT]

I will be following your restoration, too. I have a 8 x 12 behind a rental building. Current tennant has no plans to use it. I was thinking about moving it to my house and storing small items from my pole building in it. My previous tennant placed heavy filing cabinets in the building and several of the floor joints failed. I like your idea of placing the floor joists at 12 inches. Do you plan on using joist hangers? None were used on my building. Mind also needs a reroofing and some siding replaced. Enjoy your project!

I used strong ties on the joists.

 

[94BULLITT]

Here is a picture of the strong ties I used. I will get a picture of the underside when I move it.

I also used their nails for them.

Here are some pictures of the beams I replaced.

I did some clean up on the spot where I was going to put it Saturday but I got to doing some figuring and it would be to close to the property line to meet code. This spot needed cleaned up anyways. Here is a picture of before I started. The shed is now going to be placed in the direction of the arrow.

Moving the trailer

I cut down some trees. Here are some pic of the woods. I have a little more to split and add to the skid. Now I have brush to get rid of, I wish I had a chipper.

I forgot to take a picture of were I am now on the clearing :duh:and now I have a little more work to do since I am not putting the building here. These trees needed to go before the building was put there because that was were I fell them. It is so hard to get anything done to it because it gets dark so early. I will add some more pictures tomorrow.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I hear ya about it getting dark early. For those of us with day jobs who can only work evenings it makes a HUGE difference.

 

[94BULLITT]

Here is what it looks like now except I have last piece of wood cut and split.

They spot building is actually going to set has lilac bush that need relocated and a few trees may need to come down. Once I get the trees down I will grade the whole area. I am going to have to rent a stump grinder sometime, maybe in the spring. I want to have a bunch of stumps so I can get my moneys worth.

I hear ya about it getting dark early. For those of us with day jobs who can only work evenings it makes a HUGE difference.

By the time you eat supper there is not much daylight left.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

...By the time you eat supper there is not much daylight left.

And then in November daylight savings time ends and what little light we have had in the evening is gone.

 

[cj7]

Nice!!! Two tractors and a JEEP!!!!

 

[94BULLITT]

Nice!!! Two tractors and a JEEP!!!!

The Jeep is a customers. It's a 1953 CJ3A. It had a Koenig Ironworks top on it but they wanted it taken off. I did a bunch of work to it, it had been sitting for years. They are going to drive it on their farm.

 

[94BULLITT]

I haven't updated in a while cause nothing exciting had really happened. Here are some pictures of what I have been up to.

Here is a lilac bush that was in the way that I had to move.

Here is the spot of where the building will be after I moved the lilac bush.

I cut a bunch of trees out of there. There were 4 trees that were all grown in to one and they were all dead. I think I have cut about a cord and half out of there, I need more skids to stack it on to really tell. Here I am moving brush.

Here is the spot all cleaned a graded up. I am going to have to rent a stump grinder in the spring, by then I will have more stumps to grind. I like to get my monies worth

I have already started moving the building but I ran out of daylight. It is a little time consuming to move because it was not a strait push, so I had to carefully turn it with the tractor. Hopefully Monday I will get it to its final resting place. Then I will have to level the building. After that the new siding can be put on and the new door.

 

[94BULLITT]

I got the building moved into place. I used the L4240 to lift it upon the blocks. I have it sitting level. I have blocks sitting under each corner. I want to go back and add some blocks in the middle for extra support. I started putting some siding on it. All I have is just the one side.

 

[crbr]

Thanks for the pictures

 

[94BULLITT]

Thanks for the pictures

No problem I will add more soon hopefully.

 

[94BULLITT]

Here are some more pictures. The door is just on there temporally, it still needs to be trimmed out on I am going to put 4 hinges on it. The front of the building of still needs the vent put in the top, it should have been done before the siding was put on. The corners of the building need trimmed out also. I still need to go back and add more cinder block supports underneath of it. I decide to go with one big door this time instead of 2 small ones.

 

[94BULLITT]

I finally got a chance to work on it Saturday. I got the door trimmed out and the hinges on it and the vent in the front.



I was going to use a hasp on the door but I changed my mind. I need to order a latch for it. I still need to add more block under it for support and build a ramp into it. I guess I will put lattice panel or something like that around the bottom. I also need to paint it.