When last we spoke, we had installed four of six floor joists and were a little bit dreading the last two. Well, we broke through and got them in without too much trouble. John repaired the Sawzall so he could cut away this random edge of a plank that was sticking into the space where one of the joists would go, and that made it all possible. We also had to use our mattock to trench out spaces for the joists—otherwise they would have been resting on soil. And though this isn’t what you’d call a super-tight building envelope, untreated wood resting on soil is not up to our own personal code. We’re perfectionists, people.
Anyway, the long and the short of it is that we finished the frame and then whipped up a floor using half-inch plywood from our wedding dance floor. It’s polyurethaned to a high shine and blessed with the boogie of nearly all our family and friends. The funny thing is this: the shed is more of a parallelogram than a rectangle, the joists are on these odd angles for various reasons, the entire floor frame slopes down by design…weird nailers stick up into the floor space…it’s extremely funky, in other words—but nonetheless we lovingly and carefully cut this floor to fit right into the space that’s given. It’s like a nice custom floor for a crazy old shed. For some reason photos straighten it all out and make it look normal, but in person you can see the angles and you expect balls to start rolling uphill, so funhouse-like is the structure.
Anyway, now we’ve got our shiny floor and we’re talking about installing shelves and a little loft, and getting ready to replace siding around the bottom where it had been removed. It’s good stuff. Shedariffic.
- Erika
1 comment:
You've done such a great job of making your home both livable and beautiful. Kudos to you both for all your hard work. Hope you get to enjoy your home for many years to come. Alas my lil' 1.5 story wood frame home is rapidly meeting end-of-life. She's 130++ years old and has pretty much reached the replace stage, which we plan to do in the not-too-distant future. Canadian winters are very hard on a building her age, but she's stood the test of time quite well and has been warm, comfortable shelter for many people over the decades. She's saggy in the middle and leans to one side (who wouldn't if they were 130 years old) but we love her dearly... all overgrown with nature and all. Anywho... best of luck with all your future work. Many happy returns. Keep on keepin' on. Cheers..!! Steve
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