I feel like Spencer junior!

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The end of the day yesterday...

I decided to make the left half of that intermediate beam a built up 8x8, so I could maintain the thickness of the beam and bolt it to the 8x12 using some kind of cleats...probably 2x8s.

The left end of that lifting beam also needs to be securely attached to the post, which I will do in a way I have not decided upon yet... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I did not get a chance to do much more than lay the 2x8s up there and clamp them together...

This picture starts to give the idea of how things are coming together. The ridge of the old shed will be extended. The beam that I add will come over to the right and be supported by that built up 8x12.

There will be two entrance ways, the one on the far side is 12 feet wide, and the close one is 14 feet wide [more or less]. I don't know what I will do there to keep the snow out in winter. Maybe some kind doors? Just tie a tarp across the openings?

The half of the old shed roof on this side will be removed. The half on the far side will stay. I will have to decide what to do about the shingles there, either just leave them or remove them and put new ones down. The roof line of the back half of the original little shed will be maintained.

I could have taken down the original shed, but I am kind of glad I did not think to do that because it will end up giving me a lockable storage place within the shed.

My high hopes of getting the rafters up today were dashed by ANOTHER day of rain!

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Saturday it rained but I was able to get out in the late afternoon and got the beam installed that goes across the wall of the old shed.

That was about it for Saturday...

 

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Sunday I started laying out the locations of the rafters, trying to make sure they would be positioned correctly with respect to the old shed ridge line and the new stuff.

The up the rafters went. Had good fortune that someone came buy who could pass the rafters to me, so I did not have to keep running up and down the latters at each end to get them up and laying there ready to be put in place. The ten minutes it took two of us to place them up there probably saved me an hour. Or more...

 

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By the end of the day Sunday I had the rafters where I thought they should be and an end board ready to be nailed in place...quite early as a storm was approaching...glad I did as it was a pretty bad wind storm...

 

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Another view of the progress...always like to see the wood go together...

 

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Monday morning I got the boards on ends of the rafters and when I checked my layout I found I was out of wack a little!!!

Sugar! [The word I actually used wouldn't taste that good... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif ]

So I had to repostion ALL the rafters a little. Glad I used those hurricane ties...easier to pull the nails out. Such is life...probably took an hour and a half to square things up.

Plywood ready to go on in this picture.

 

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Got three rows of plywood on and roofing paper down as the day ended. It was too dark to take a picture of the roof with the tar paper on it...I was tired as it was a non-stop [except for 15 minute lunch and no dinner] day...started wishing it would rain and slow me down...

 

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Tuesday morning...the picture I couldn't take last night.

Goal for today is to get this side half of the old shed roof off, new rafters installed and the plywood on and covered with tar paper...rain was coming Wednesday...my tarp was not doing a very good job keeping the rain out of the old shed...really wanted to get the new roof over the old shed.

Tuedsay started like this and was a great weather day.

 

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My buddy wanted to tell you guys how much he [she?] like his first night under his [her?] own roof!

I guess I'm going to have to get to know that tractor better...I'm not even sure of the gender!

 

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I used simple but very effective skylights in my old shed and I will do the same in the new one.

They are 1/4 inch plexiglas 4x8 sheets sealed with silicone rubber between the plastic and shingles.

These are about 4 or 5 years old. Dirty but will clean up. Let in an amazing amount of light. I will reuse these and buy some more at home depot...about $27 each.

Never a hint of a leak. I was real satisfied with their performance. I got the idea from something I read in a book 20 years ago...Alex Wade wrote it if I remember right.