The Red Shed

I've been lurking through the boards for a long while now getting ideas for my new shop. I pulled the trigger to build my dream barn earlier this spring and thought it would be fun to share it with you all. For the most part, the barn is done but still have a lot to do on the inside. I'll do another thread for my barn next. I'll test out with the shed here.

Before I started on the barn, I had to clear some old trees, level the land, and move an existing shed. My plan was to move the shed so I could use it as a garden shed to give the extra room for garden tools and tractors. My attempt was cut short when I attempted to slide it on wooden rails to make a quick access for the new barn. Previous owner did not use PT wood and needless to say most of the floor was rotten and fell out when moving it. I didn't expect that so I just cut out the old floor and planned to build a new floor. This was a good chuck out of my budget that I wasn't planning for. Easy, right.

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Getting the new floor under the shed was a bit more than I could handle for one day. Unfortunately I found out the corners of the walls were never tied in to one another and at one moment the shed was just about to fall apart. I was 30 seconds away from cutting my loss and knocking it over when my brother who was being very patient convinced me to walk away for some fresh air. After securing the sides to one another, my neighbor brought over his tractor and along with mine, two floor jacks and pipe for rollers we were able to lift the shed on all sides and slide the new floor under. What a relief to have that done. Once again it was too heavy for me to move and it wouldn't slide like I had hoped. A friend of mine gave me an old trailer axle so I cut it in half and used a 3" tube to lengthen the axle to 14' wide. I was able to jack up the shed and slide the axle in and it made it lot easier to move, kind of like a trailer, I had one end hooked to my truck and my mom used the tractor to push from the rear. That worked out pretty well.

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Once I had the shed in it's new location, all leveled out, it was time to get rid of the old siding, and install some new barn red metal. The company I bought my barn from sent a section of the roofing in barn red (what you see here) instead of white (which is what I ordered). When they delivered the correct color the next day, I asked the driver what they do with the metal. They sell it at a discounted price. I told the driver I needed 22 pieces of red and I would buy it. A call to his boss and a deal was struck. So for a 50% discount, I ended up with matching red siding to my barn. I really think it made it look like they go together versus two different buildings on the land. Before I put up the siding, I added house wrap for the extra protection for many years to come. I also did away with the two wooden doors and widened the opening for a garage door.

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Where did the pictures go? Not one is showing.

I can see them, checked out on another computer and the pics are there. I wonder if anyone else is having trouble.

Nothing for me either

Nothing on this end either.

I can see them

Looka great so far

I c the pics looks good!

I can see them and you're a brave man letting the wife push the shed with the Deere.

NUTTSGT said:

I can see them and you're a brave man letting the wife push the shed with the Deere.

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Says it's his mom on the tractor not his wife,

Gotta love it when you can have mom help you out!

Looks great !

Thanks Everyone! That's my mom helping out, she lives with us and is not afraid to help out when needed.

sublime68charger said:

Says it's his mom on the tractor not his wife,

Gotta love it when you can have mom help you out!

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So it is, damn, I missed that one. Don't I look like the fool. That being clear now, I love my Mom but I'd rather my wife on the Deere. Atleast I could yell at her if things went wrong.

Good job on the shed.

Jarresttsville, Md?

I am not seeing the pictures. Still sounds very interesting.

Yes sir, I'm in MD.

I'm not sure what is going on with the pictures for some of you. If you have any ideas, please let me know. I want to get this figured out so I can start my garage thread.

Steve

I can't see them either...

Pictures working for me.

NUTTSGT said:

So it is, damn, I missed that one. Don't I look like the fool. That being clear now, I love my Mom but I'd rather my wife on the Deere. Atleast I could yell at her if things went wrong.

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naw not a fool,

and I don't think it would due good for me to yell at either my wife or mom!

maybe your situation is different if I yelled at mom I'd probably get a wooden spoon spanking,
if I yelled at the wife I'd get the long silent treatment and then my Honey due list would expand x3!

what type of device are your pics on that your posting from?

or due you have them stored and linking to a URL?

Great Pictures, and a great building coming along. I see lots of very hard work, done quite well.

Best Regards
Herb Spencer

jackson1701 said:

I can see them, checked out on another computer and the pics are there. I wonder if anyone else is having trouble.

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jackson1701 said:

Yes sir, I'm in MD.

I'm not sure what is going on with the pictures for some of you. If you have any ideas, please let me know. I want to get this figured out so I can start my garage thread.

Steve

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Appears to be how you have then hosted. Try setting up an album here on the GJ with your photos and see how that works.

I can only see the very first photo.

I can see the pictures just fine. Mom looks like she's pushing on the steering wheel pretty hard!

Image Shack changed their hosting rules, so your pics aren't going to be viewable for many people.

ChevyEFI said:

Image Shack changed their hosting rules, so your pics aren't going to be viewable for many people.

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Explains a lot.

Looks like an interesting project but count me with the ones who can only see the one picture. Would be interested in seeing more.

Thanks for all the feedback on the pictures. I removed them from imageshack and uploaded them to an album here on GJ. I hope this works for you all. Please let me know if you can see them now, I really hope so as this has been a pain in the rear end....

Steve

I can see them. Shed is looking real nice.

Kip

jackson1701 said:

Thanks for all the feedback on the pictures. I removed them from imageshack and uploaded them to an album here on GJ. I hope this works for you all. Please let me know if you can see them now, I really hope so as this has been a pain in the rear end....

Steve

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Yes Steve that did work. Sure looks like the move was an interesting exercise.

HOTFR8 said:

Yes Steve that did work. Sure looks like the move was an interesting exercise.

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Yes it was. I really thought I could slide it on the rails much easier that what I experienced. I didn't realize hot rotten the floor was. In the end I'm glad that I have a new beefed up floor that will last for a long time to come. I also have a better understanding of what to do if I had to move something like this again. Now time to start on my barn build thread beings we have the picture issue figured out.

Steve

Your shed really turned out great! The floor looks like it will definitely hold up for a long time to come, and the use of roofing material for siding was an excellent idea.

Oh, and I can see all the pics.

jackson1701 said:

Yes it was. I really thought I could slide it on the rails much easier that what I experienced. I didn't realize hot rotten the floor was. In the end I'm glad that I have a new beefed up floor that will last for a long time to come. I also have a better understanding of what to do if I had to move something like this again. Now time to start on my barn build thread beings we have the picture issue figured out.

Steve

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Will be following this topic to see more. Glad you have the photo thing figured out.