Building a shed part 1

Last March we made the decision to start building a shed. We went back and forth about whether or not to buy one, have one built, or build it ourselves. In the end, we figured we could do it ourselves cheaper and have it built sooner.

Well, cheaper, maybe, probably not in the long run. And certainly not sooner. It's still not completely finished. The interior still needs to be completed after the wiring is finished.

But, we did it! It was hard, there were a lot of learning curves, like a lot of learning curves, a lot of swearing, but a lot of accomplishing as well.

Before you can begin a building project, the ground must be level. Out where we are at, that's quite the task. It slopes downward toward the north and downward toward the west, making getting a perfectly level spot of land a little difficult. The year before, we had moved and brought in a lot of dirt to make 3 separate pads. We leveled them ourselves and then in March of 2020, had MTC come out and compact it for us. We releveled any trouble spots and began our project.

One of MTC's rollers compacting our shed pad.

After getting it releveled, we measured out where we wanted it to go, centered in the middle of the pad.

Walking the area where the shed will go.

Hammering in the stakes that mark the perimeter for the shed


Measuring out where the stakes will go.

Dad looking at things on his lot.

After getting our stakes put in, we then brought in cinder blocks and placed them where they needed to go. We wanted it on cinder blocks for two reasons, one to have a good air flow underneath, and two to be able to easily use runners so that the shed can be moved later.