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Nice! Looking forward to more progress, so subscribing now.

After a long week, which included my first day as a full-time employee at my job, I woke up this morning to rain. The girls planned to be out of town so I could work on the shed uninterrupted, so I started some inside work. Around 11, the rain broke, and I started moving tools out to the shed...

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When measuring for the windows and screens, my numbers weren't matching up on one side. I triple and quadruple checked the measurements, but kept coming up short. Then I realized the mistake. The rafters are meant to line up with the supports between the front windows, then match up with...

I got the remainder of the siding up on Friday. My little girl turned 5 today, and yesterday was her birthday party, plus a lunch after for the moms. My dad was eager to come "inspect" my work. It was good to get his thoughts on next steps. My next steps are working on the vent...

One of the biggest reasons for starting this project is to have time and space to brew again. We're getting closer. I haven't done an extract batch in years, but that's certainly not a bad idea. Heck, just throwing together an apfelwein or ginger beer could get the system some use as well...

I'm looking to move to a single-vessel 240V brew-in-a-bag setup. There are several manufacturers I'm considering, as well as building it myself. Time will most likely dictate me buying a off-the-shelf product. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to brew in over a year, so supplies are all...

Still only working in the evenings, so my 2 hours only goes so far, including time to collect all the tools I need, and have time to put them all away before it gets dark. I got the siding up on each side wall this evening. I'll admit, I'm somewhat accident prone. Never anything too...

Glad to see an update! I like the direction these tables are heading. I may have to try that the next time I have some rusty vinegar (hopefully soon). Finally subscribing to this thread.

Started on the siding this evening. I got the 5 "easy" pieces in place. The LP Smart Siding is easy to work with, and I'm really liking my Makita circular saw combined with the Kreg Rip Cut jig, so the rest should go just as well. I'm considering using some leftover corrugated roofing to...

The roof is all on! I got all but the last two panels installed with my 8' and 6' ladder, but ended up driving to my folks house and back today (over 1 hour each way) to grab my dad's 10' ladder for the last two. I'm glad to have that done. Now on to siding.

I got the back half of the roof metal up this evening. This was the easy part (did I mention I really don't like working on ladders?). I may need to borrow my dad's 10' ladder once I get to the end of the top row.

Same slope throughout. Front wall is 107" and back is 88", roughly a 9 degree slope. Yes, I'm still planning the screen. Since I used 2x8 rafters, instead of 2x6, the openings will be even larger and I plan to use both regular screen and hardware cloth for reinforcement. Should hold up...

What a beautiful day to work outside. I got a great start on my farmer's tan (sunburn), and made some decent progress on the shed roof. I've been dreading this part of the build, as I'm not overly fond of working on ladders, and I knew I'd be working solo. The rafters went up fairly easily...

Rafters and purlins are cut and stained, and I hope to install them tomorrow.

I had a free Saturday to do some work, and took full advantage of it. 11:30 am - Back from Home Depot with a truck full of lumber. 5:30 pm - Front and rear walls upright. I had a scare with the front wall. As I was lifting it into place, I got it up above my head and the base...

Finally, some progress. I've been slowly working on the shed over the past couple of weeks, but between work, family, and rainstorms, it's not as far along as I'd like. But... I have a foundation! I was able to rotate the base 90 degrees, which took some muscle and levers. The...

Reasonable? Probably. I explored this a while back in the General forum. Consensus was to re-pour the whole slab, which I wasn't keen on. I may still consider drilling in for some rebar and pouring that area, but I'd have to do it myself, and that's a lot of bags of concrete. At the end...

The slab's staying where it is. I'm keeping the current foundation of the shed, turning it 90 degrees and letting it hang 2 ft off the right side. I plan to dig out that side and put some gravel or something similar to rest the support blocks.

I started on the shed today. The going was slow, as I was taking out nails and staples (lots and lots of staples) as I was going. I cleared everything but the spare lumber out of the shed. I had to kick the Jeep out of its parking spot. Starting point this morning. Doors and shingles off...