Building a shed

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robbyr

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Started building a shed couple months ago. Only work on it on weekends and have been sidetracked away from it the last few. Something for horses or cows to get under. Looking online I've noticed them called loafing sheds. Never heard that term before. Doing it by myself with the help of the platform my late father in law built to slide over the forks several years back. I know pretty much nil about construction but doing it anyway. Measured diagonally for the corner posts yet somehow didn't get it square. The back ended up being about six inches longer than front. Guess the cows won't care.

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   / Building a shed #2  
Looking good.
If a cow does complain; eat it! :laughing::licking:
 
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No better way to learn how to build then to start out on a shed!!!
 
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Gazebo I build to marry my wife at my pond. Took six months to build and now it's where we hang out when we do down to the pond.
 
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I was leaning more towards Lord of the Rings
 
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Started building a shed couple months ago. Only work on it on weekends and have been sidetracked away from it the last few. Something for horses or cows to get under. Looking online I've noticed them called loafing sheds. Never heard that term before. Doing it by myself with the help of the platform my late father in law built to slide over the forks several years back. I know pretty much nil about construction but doing it anyway. Measured diagonally for the corner posts yet somehow didn't get it square. The back ended up being about six inches longer than front. Guess the cows won't care.

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To get square corners use the 3,4,5 triangle bit. It doesn't matter if it's inches, feet, yards or multiples as long as the proportions all remain the same. If you measure three feet down one side then four down the other, the diagonal distance between those marks should be five feet if it's a square corner. It's just a right triangle like you probably used in school.
The diagonal corner to corner bit is so it's a square and not some other odd shape.
I doubt the cows will care what shape it is as long as it's shady and dry when it's raining out.
 
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To get square corners use the 3,4,5 triangle bit. It doesn't matter if it's inches, feet, yards or multiples as long as the proportions all remain the same. If you measure three feet down one side then four down the other, the diagonal distance between those marks should be five feet if it's a square corner. It's just a right triangle like you probably used in school.
The diagonal corner to corner bit is so it's a square and not some other odd shape.
I doubt the cows will care what shape it is as long as it's shady and dry when it's raining out.
Except that 6" might come back to bite him when he tries to side it or roof it. If big enough I guess he can hide it depending in the materials used (steel panels on the roof will probably be a big PITA)...when I lay out such structures I use the batter boards and string. A square/plumb/level structure makes the next steps so much easier (and you save a lot of money on hammers...when you throw one into the woods out of frustration you have to go find it or get a new one). Don't ask how I know that...
 

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