fitzw | That cedar shed

helwen has been posting updates on the construction of the cedar shed, both on Dreamwidth and on Facebook. Progress has been in fits and starts for various reasons (weather, illness, fatigue, etc.).

Yesterday I did all but the final course of half shingles on one side of the roof (the second side from where I started). Today I got a late start because of driving a housemate to an appt. to deal with an infection in her foot. Driving tends to tire me out, so shortly after returning home and eating lunch, I took a long nap. Then I finished that final course and then worked on the side that I had originally started on, doing all but that last course of half shingles. Those half shingles take more time because of needing to trim them to length before nailing them down.

I’ve decided to modify the shed design yet again. The kit plans have two boards that overlap at the peak of the roof, but I want a little better protection against rain, so I’m going to either cover those boards with brown flashing, or lay down the flashing first and cover it with those two boards. Either way should provide better protection.

We already plan to put screening and hardware cloth in the soffits under the eaves to keep out squirrels and wasps (although the cedar will probably go a long way to keep out the wasps), and we’ve made other modifications to the plans to accommodate the cold pit in the old milk house foundation that we’re building the shed on, so it’s not like we were being faithful to the plans.

Tomorrow we’re expecting rain in the morning, but hopefully it will clear up enough that I can at least finish the roof in the afternoon.