We don't celebrate holidays by giving presents. Never have and never will (almost). With that said, once in a great while we'll give something to each other, not because it's a holiday or anything, but because it seems appropriate. Yeah, it's not very romantic, but at least it's practical. Keeping with the practical theme, I built a wood shed for my lovely wife. Hey, what says you care about a person more than a wood shed? Last year she got a really nice........wood splitter. "Poor Erika" is probably what you're thinking. Don't give it another thought...she LOVES it!!
What started all of this was the fact that my original wood shed built ten years ago decided to rot the vertical supports. Rather than have the shed fall down I decided to replace it...sort of.
I designed a shed that would allow snow free access to the shed by incorporating an overhang.
It was important to have heavy canvas curtains that easily slide on the metal poles to protect the wood from typhoon force winds. Also I added rain gutters to both the new and old shed. Why the old shed?
Because after further inspection, I discovered the old shed is in perfect shape except for the vertical supports. After some thought I decided to keep the old shed and build the new shed on top of the old one. Of course, I will replace the old vertical posts with a four post metal cage that stands on its own. Pretty slick huh? Here's a photo of the rear new supports being supported by the old shed.
The best thing about this whole project is that it didn't create any new garbage from tearing down the old shed. Metal, concrete, and time is all that's needed to build a very long lasting wood shed. Cheers and enjoy your present Erichan!
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