boseefus402
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Moved to a new property with 2 acres (2004 house, was a foreclosure). Has the cookie cutter cramped 2 car garage. Plans are to add a shed, and then a new 800 sq ft workshop (once i sell the old house).
Anyways, onto the shed. Nowhere on the property is level, and the layout is more or less a longer rectangle as apposed to a square so it's about 1/2 acre wide or so and then 4 acres deep with the back half the property being woods. Wife didn't want to block the woods view so we put it on the side of the property to keep the backyard free and block off the neighbors RV.
Onto the pics!
The difference in height was more than a foot so we started making a retaining wall. Dug the 16 holes on a Saturday and poured a little concrete in all the holes.
Next day we set the posts and put the top row of PT 2x's.
more 2x's another day
After spending a week in Arkansas and then a week in Illinois could get back on the project. Stone time.
I don't know what the flip happened. I calculated the area inside and it was 13 yards, so converted that to tons was supposed to be multiply by about 1.5. Shopped around for stone and the cheapest place had a 20 ton minimum, so only 1 ton extra or about 5%. I spread out what I could the first day and then came to realize it just was way too much to pack down. Next day I removed 51 wheelbarrows worth (or about 1530 shovels full) which about equaled 8.5 yards extra removed that I piled on the side of the house to figure out what to do later. I have no clue how I could have been that far off but o well. Was still only $270 delivered for all the stone.
Now leveled out and ready for the shed!
Anyways, onto the shed. Nowhere on the property is level, and the layout is more or less a longer rectangle as apposed to a square so it's about 1/2 acre wide or so and then 4 acres deep with the back half the property being woods. Wife didn't want to block the woods view so we put it on the side of the property to keep the backyard free and block off the neighbors RV.
Onto the pics!
The difference in height was more than a foot so we started making a retaining wall. Dug the 16 holes on a Saturday and poured a little concrete in all the holes.
Next day we set the posts and put the top row of PT 2x's.
more 2x's another day
After spending a week in Arkansas and then a week in Illinois could get back on the project. Stone time.
I don't know what the flip happened. I calculated the area inside and it was 13 yards, so converted that to tons was supposed to be multiply by about 1.5. Shopped around for stone and the cheapest place had a 20 ton minimum, so only 1 ton extra or about 5%. I spread out what I could the first day and then came to realize it just was way too much to pack down. Next day I removed 51 wheelbarrows worth (or about 1530 shovels full) which about equaled 8.5 yards extra removed that I piled on the side of the house to figure out what to do later. I have no clue how I could have been that far off but o well. Was still only $270 delivered for all the stone.
Now leveled out and ready for the shed!
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