Tool shed remodel...

[drmarkr]

When I bought my place 10 years ago, there was a small garden tool shed (12x12) that was just a frame/stucco sitting on a bunch of old, broken up 2'x4' pieces of concrete. Someone had taken mortar and tried to grout between all of these chunks....it was pathetic. The floor was such a broken up mess of concrete that I debated on tearing it down and starting over. After mulling this over with some of my guys, we decided to try jacking it up and pouring a new floor, and then setting it back down. I got my skid steer out and we lifted each corner until we got it all jacked up and sitting on 4/8/16 blocks on the perimeter base plate (2/4's). Kind of like this:

After we got it up, we formed the new floor, adding a new apron on the front and then built out a 5 foot porch off the front. We poured several yards of new concrete, and then I revamped the interior. This thing is bitchin' now! Damn glad I didn't demo it like I originally planned!

 

[dcmus]

Good save!

 

[captain14]

Good save. How long was the timeframe for the concrete work from lifting the shed to final pour?

 

[txvwnut]

Very nice job!

 

[Bib Overalls]

Nice. To bad the original builders can not see it now. They had a good idea but failed in the execution phase.

 

[drmarkr]

Good save. How long was the timeframe for the concrete work from lifting the shed to final pour?

About a week. We jacked it up one day and cleared all of the old floor out. Formed the next day, and since we were had concrete scheduled for another job on our block a couple of days later, we just had them add a few yards to that job. They poured it, let it cure another several days, and then we lifted it again, cut the tops off of the blocks, smoothed things up and squared it up as we set it back down. I used copious amounts of construction adhesive under the base plate, and I'm still trying to decide if I need to drill and epoxy in some anchors. Took about 3 weeks for everything through stucco. Then had a wait a few weeks for that to mature before painting.

I built, rusted and finished that steel door as well. First one I've built....turned out so well I'm going to do a matching set of french doors for the guest house that you can see in the background of some of those pics.

While it was still on blocks, we had a monsoon storm blow in and the weather station on the top of our house recorded an 81 mph wind gust....broke several large branches on trees, but that shed never moved. I was amazed.

 

[sbd4de3]

Nice work DrMarkr!!

"Molon Labe!" indeed.

Steve

 

[CNGsaves]

Wow, FABULOUS outcome !!! Nicest small shed I've seen in a while.

Especially like how you painted the block stub wall same body color as shed itself. It really makes all the difference to not draw your eye down to ground level. Nothing looks worse on new house than concrete foundation walls that are partially covered with tar covering, or the gray concrete looking drab next to the painted siding.

Also, the sloped concrete under the overhang is Excellent.

 

[mikes02ls1]

I have a 10x12 tuff she'd I would love to do something with. Ideas came to mind a wood shop, a movie room which I really like. Spray foam insulation a/c, sound proof, 65" tv surround sound, etc...

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