Shit you built with your own two hands (picture thread)

[Micol]

^some rooms had a carpet layer nailed down randomly with 2.5" nails then over a pad, then over another layer of carpet put down with tack strips, another pad, then two layers of vinyl , some rooms with 3 layers of carpet and 1944 news papers ?? anyway removal of all this is slow going

[oftpiste]

When I was re-doing my house years ago we were taking apart a room that had clearly been tacked on to the back of the house. Underneath the walls I found a layer of mid century fish-packing crate pieces. The wood crates had been taken apart and nailed up to the studs as an interior sheathing. People do some crazy shit when they're building shit on a budget!

There were several multi-layer floor sections as well, including formica tiles stuck down with asbestos glue. Hours of endless fun.

[Micol]

^ that's wild
no telling what else is going to pop out here

[snoqpass]

Neighborhood gentrification

[oftpiste]

^^^ nice work!

[Not Neil_Armstrong]

I farted around in the garage today

(2x HOJI and 1x Factions are at my desk )

[Micol]

^^^^lots of good projects posted by you guys


neil how did you get those dowel holes drilled at the same angle?

[Not Neil_Armstrong]

Built a Jig with the hole at the angle I wanted and Baaaaam! drilled them all with the same angle ;-p

^^^^lots of good projects posted by you guys


neil how did you get those dowel holes drilled at the same angle?

[Micol]

Built a Jig with the hole at the angle I wanted and Baaaaam! drilled them all with the same angle ;-p

cool, i will be borrowing your process , thanks !

[Not Neil_Armstrong]

cool, i will be borrowing your process , thanks !

pretty simple and crude but effective.... :-)

[Dantheman]

I farted around in the garage today

(2x HOJI and 1x Factions are at my desk )

Did something similar last weekend. The family bike stable was getting out of control. Situation is now rectified:




About to start my own shed of doom. The spot I'm going to put it had about 12" of elevation change from the NE to SW corner. Put up some string lines, grabbed a shovel and leveled out the pad by hand and eye yesterday. When it looked good to the eye I grabbed a level and a 10' piece of 2x12 I had lying around:



Not perfect, but damn close and plenty good for a shed. Same results on multiple spots on both axes.

[Art Shirk]

Neighborhood gentrification

Looks really solid, snoqpass. I love the contrasting colors.

[doebedoe]

ha ha, just what i was thinking once i get it spruced up, I bought it to have the access from yard...access pike national and Lost Creek wilderness right from yard, 12,000' elevation in back yard, i've got plans !! Priority camping for people who help me deal with this kind of stuff in the build out phase...depending on level of help could get you outbuilding use

Noted. Next few weekends are full up with a vacation-turned-hurricane-recovery trip, and then takin' the nephew out camping for his first time the next. But perhaps come Oct I may have a weekend to spare for manual labor.

[Not Neil_Armstrong]

Did something similar last weekend. The family bike stable was getting out of control. Situation is now rectified:

About to start my own shed of doom. The spot I'm going to put it had about 12" of elevation change from the NE to SW corner. Put up some string lines, grabbed a shovel and leveled out the pad by hand and eye yesterday. When it looked good to the eye I grabbed a level and a 10' piece of 2x12 I had lying around:



Not perfect, but damn close and plenty good for a shed. Same results on multiple spots on both axes.

Good thing you're not building a piano :-P looks pretty good for a shed ! Closer than the Pro's that laid my Pad lol.

[Game Over]

ha ha, just what i was thinking once i get it spruced up, I bought it to have the access from yard...access pike national and Lost Creek wilderness right from yard, 12,000' elevation in back yard, i've got plans !! Priority camping for people who help me deal with this kind of stuff in the build out phase...depending on level of help could get you outbuilding use

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Careful with these tiles a lot of them contain asbestos

[Art Shirk]

The Shed of Doom has walls.

[lifelinksplit]

Umm. I know it's just a shed but there's more than a few things going on with your framing depending on how you'll be roofing that. I assume you're going with simple rafters from high to low wall? Biggest concern for me would be based on fact of whether or not the high wall is load bearing ( ie your rough openings) and possible snow loads.

[::: :::]

Umm. I know it's just a shed but there's more than a few things going on with your framing depending on how you'll be roofing that. I assume you're going with simple rafters from high to low wall? Biggest concern for me would be based on fact of whether or not the high wall is load bearing ( ie your rough openings) and possible snow loads.

commonlaw, you want to stiffen up the perimeter of the openings and provide a way for loads to be appropriately supported.

I don't know the structure's dimensions, but suggest you consider the following:

minimum 4x8 header above the main opening (above the clerestory windows may be ok with double plate if they're 16" or less)
double studs both sides of openings
double top plate to support roof joists

[ETA] look up Rob Thallon's "Graphic Guide to Framing" at your library

[BmillsSkier]

The Shed of Doom has walls.

Is this for the deck Jesus pilgrims?

[Beaver]

Umm. I know it's just a shed but there's more than a few things going on with your framing depending on how you'll be roofing that. I assume you're going with simple rafters from high to low wall? Biggest concern for me would be based on fact of whether or not the high wall is load bearing ( ie your rough openings) and possible snow loads.

Well, he did call it the shed of doom.

[carpathian]

Started on this project today, McDonald s face lift in Soldotna. Lots and lots of block lines hiding in there.

[Art Shirk]

I think I can beef it up despite what has been built so far. I did put in simple rafters tonight:



There really is no snow load to speak of (thanks Obama) and already put up doublers though you can't see them. The siding was purposefully that tall to accommodate them and the rafters. This thing just needs to keep rain out and not fall over. I'll certainly reinforce the outside studs and openings. Thanks for the advice guys. Keep it coming as I build if you can. AC, that visual was awesome.

[Art Shirk]

Started on this project today, McDonald s face lift in Soldotna. Lots and lots of block lines hiding in there.

I gotta wake my ass up at 6am every morning this week--drive up to Las Colinas--yeah I'm doing the drywall at the new McDonalds.

[Game Over]

Yea I've seen two here getting rebuilt

[muted]

They will do a complete remodel nationwide, spend billions on ads, or try to remake themselves into a 'McCafe', but all they gotta do is make better burgers.