Rebuilding a rotting shed

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Well, my shed was in "not so great" condition when I bought the house in 1998. After 10.5 years the sides were falling apart (some kind of pressboard) so I replaced the side with wood panels last year and kept pushing off rebuilding the front. Well, the doors were pretty much falling apart and the front wood was simply disintegrating. Wife wanted it torn down but a replacement was not cheap and I felt the main structure was sound. I had already bought most of the wood so last weekend I started rebuilding it in-between stroms rolling through. I still have some trim to put on and need to get a thick coat of paint on it but it seems to have turned out pretty good. I'm happy with it and got to use all my power tools and nail guns



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Looks Awesome! Good investment instead of replacing. ...Funny, I was just looking at my shed this morning (about the same shape/size) wondering if I could refurbish it somehow. I just re-painted my trim last weekend, but I noticed a lot of the boards were not in so good condition. Anyway, good job - Looks like a million bucks now with all that fresh wood!

Is that electricity running to your shed? If so, did you do it yourself? I would love to have power to my shed - if for nothing else, a beer fridge?
Modified by M45-Zero260 at 5:14 AM 5/31/2009

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Electricity was already run. I have actually run power from it to a external power box to provide landscape lighting in a section of the back yard. That's what that white PVC pipe is. It's water tight so it seems to work well.

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Nice, I sent some more storms your way so you have to wait longer to finish it. Your welcome.

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audtatious wrote:got to use all my power tools
this is the sole reason i bought a house.

looks good matt

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Is it sitting on blocks?

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You too?! I have spent the whole morning re-roofing my shed. When I am done, teh ladies will all be swooning over my hot shed re-roofing skillz. "OMG Tim I want your shed I want your shhheeeddddd!!"


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