The 30" Flame
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After discovering GJ in January of ’11, I came up with a plan that spring to build a lean-to shed on the back of my shop, but not a typical one. Olsenism had already infected me, so it had to be different. Jack’s shed had a curvy roof, and mine was going to have a curved wall! A tool shed with a curved wall? Stoopid 12GG! 
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It was going to match the curve of the sidewalk on the outer perimeter of the footprint and use old-school corrugated barn tin on the roof and walls. I had time off scheduled, materials lists from my vendors, and the money stashed away. I made all kinds of plans and went to see the City for a permit. I was told, “You can’t have a building with metal walls, and the only metal roof allowed without a variance is standing seam.”
Rather than argue that my MD’s new office building has a façade of oxidized iron or the newest restaurant in the downtown renovation has faux-rust on the corrugated tin roof, I rolled over. I called a portable building contractor, spent the same amount of money for a perfectly good shed that was erected in about an hour by a professional crew. It does what it is supposed to do, it was a treat watching an experienced three-man crew work as a team, and I have plenty of room to store all the stuff that was in the plastic building next to it, but it burns my **** every time I look out the window.
It reminds me of what my old friend used to say, “You know what burns my ****?” He’d hold his hand behind his ****, and say, “A flame about this high!”
Rather than argue that my MD’s new office building has a façade of oxidized iron or the newest restaurant in the downtown renovation has faux-rust on the corrugated tin roof, I rolled over. I called a portable building contractor, spent the same amount of money for a perfectly good shed that was erected in about an hour by a professional crew. It does what it is supposed to do, it was a treat watching an experienced three-man crew work as a team, and I have plenty of room to store all the stuff that was in the plastic building next to it, but it burns my **** every time I look out the window.
It reminds me of what my old friend used to say, “You know what burns my ****?” He’d hold his hand behind his ****, and say, “A flame about this high!”
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There is good in every experience, and this is no exception:
1. With encouragement from JC and Breeze, I tried my first hand-lettered sign.
2. I used flex-base for the floor. It is like gravel only smaller and tends to bind to itself so less tracking and moving around. (see pics below)
3. Like I said before, it is a constant reminder of what compromise does.
1. With encouragement from JC and Breeze, I tried my first hand-lettered sign.
2. I used flex-base for the floor. It is like gravel only smaller and tends to bind to itself so less tracking and moving around. (see pics below)
3. Like I said before, it is a constant reminder of what compromise does.
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So as you can see in the photos below, I hung 2x4s on the tubing to give me something to attach storage hooks and pegboard and started filling it up.
I also rigged a Team Cheap ******* drain system to catch all the drippings from my oil change bucket and such. The orange tub in the corner stores all the gallon jugs until I take them to be recycled.
I also rigged a Team Cheap ******* drain system to catch all the drippings from my oil change bucket and such. The orange tub in the corner stores all the gallon jugs until I take them to be recycled.
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Before somebody asks, the black rectangles in the pics cover incorrect dates on the photos. The plastic building now holds all the Christmas decorations. I used to have to climb into the attic in November and January for the wife. Now she just walks out to her building and all is calm...
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