Screwed To Death!

[Dan Schultz]

I screwed from 10am this morning until 8pm this evening... putting together this little storage shed:



And I didn't even get the doors finished tonight. I figure I have another 3 or 4 hours to go in the morning to get it completely finished. 509 screws in this little bugger!

[SplatterTone]

I screwed from 10am this morning until 8pm this evening

J. S. Bach was famous for that too.
Thus the 22 kids.

[tubatooter1940]

My first reading of this topic reminded me of a super fun way to die.
My wooden reverse board-n-batten 10 by 12 tool shed needed paint and was rotting at the bottom of the walls.
After cruising through Home Depot and finding a similar shed cost $3,000 for the kit and Lord knows how much more to be built, I decided to strip and paint my old shed as well as nailing and caulking in some plastic base board along the bottom of the walls to cover the rot.
The old shed looks like new and I got to give my wife large numbers on how much money I saved us.

[Dan Schultz]

[quote="bloke"]What size is that, where did you get it, and how much did it cost?

I need a c. 10' x 12' (about the smallest I think I can deal with) RIGHT AWAY for a !@#$%^&*(+ CHICKEN COUP

Yep, my wife brought home over two dozen BABY CHICKS

/quote]

8 x 10 ... Lowes. $249. The model number is Arrow LW108.

[Doug@GT]

My first reading of this topic reminded me of a super fun way to die.

I suppose that calls for this very NSFW clip from "The Meaning of Life":



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyIBV-7WAKQ

[oldbandnerd]

I had to laugh at your post Mr. Tinker because years ago I had a job with a merchandising company and one of things I had to do was build those sheds for a now defunct business called Home Quarters. It was a chain store much like Home Depot and Lowes. I used to do TWO of them a day ........ by myself !
Of course because I did some many I knew some "tricks" to make it easier. I wish I could remember what they were so I could pass them on to you. All I do remember is I used a cordless drill and had 4 batteries with me. Two would be charging while one was in the drill and one was next in line to be used. I never had to wait to charge a battery. And .... since the sheds I built were the display sheds (like you see in front of Home Depot or Lowes) I only put in every third screw.
I was also much younger (late 20's) and not nearly as fat! That always made being on your feet for 8 to 10 hours a day easier!

I feel your pain, though. They aren't easy to do if you've never done one.

[SRanney]

509 screws in this little bugger!

Years ago, I was asked by a friend if I would help him put together a shed. I was thinking simple wooden frame, easy peaked roof, shingles, etc., which would have been much easier than what he actually had, which was exactly like what you've got.

I was glad I had some patience and two batteries for cordless drill!

[Dan Schultz]

I had to laugh at your post Mr. Tinker because years ago I had a job with a merchandising company and one of things I had to do was build those sheds for a now defunct business called Home Quarters. It was a chain store much like Home Depot and Lowes. I used to do TWO of them a day ........ by myself !

Aside from just putting in every third screw... I'll bet you left those pesky little plastic sealing washers off altogether! Aside from the sheer numbers. the sheet metal screws, machine screws, and the nuts all came in the same plastic bag and had to be sorted!

[oldbandnerd]

Aside from just putting in every third screw... I'll bet you left those pesky little plastic sealing washers off altogether! Aside from the sheer numbers. the sheet metal screws, machine screws, and the nuts all came in the same plastic bag and had to be sorted!

You are correct about the washers. I forgot about those. I used to leave them off and gave the whole bunch of them to the store to have as extras in case someone bought a shed and did not get enough or lost some of them. Sorting the hardware was a pain for the first few sheds but after that I never even bothered. I could pick them out as I needed them .

[Kevin Hendrick]

... years ago I had a job with a merchandising company and one of things I had to do was build those sheds for a now defunct business called Home Quarters. It was a chain store much like Home Depot and Lowes. I used to do TWO of them a day ........ by myself !

Impressive -- I'd say that qualifies you for the "Arthur Jackson Memorial Citation":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjS3gzHetA

[Brucom]

Q: Why does a chicken coup have two doors?
A: If it had four doors, it would be a chick sedan.

[iiipopes]

When I was a boy, I helped my grandfather put together a building like that the same way. We spent all day with those small screws. But the building turned out great and lasted for years.

[Dan Schultz]

Oops! Screwed again!

Yep! Worked all day Thursday and part of the day Friday putting this little devil together. I put in four of those 'screw-in' anchors that resemble doggie tie-out stakes and lashed all four corners down with wire cables.... and loader 'er up with lawnmowers, gas cans, garden wagons, and digging utensils. All was just fine until the rains started on Monday. We got seven inches of rain over the next three days. Then.... Wednesday morning around 11am a cold front came through and we got one quick blast of wind directly out of the north..... just enough to rip up the tie-downs and pitch the shed into the neighbor's yard!


Well.... I spend the morning on Thursday rolling the thing back where it came from, banging out some of the dents, and driving four stakes 3' deep into the ground... top off with a bag of concrete at each stack. More wire cable. Maybe this time it will stay put. At least it didn't rain today!

[Dan Schultz]

In the meantime, I found a couple of lightly-distressed all wood 9' x 13' storage buildings on craigslist.

Cool!

A few years ago.... maybe 20 or so.... I got 'duped' into getting a dozen white leghorn hens and a Rhode Island Red rooster. The 'ex' got an egg a day from each of 'em until some moron pilot from Peru AFB thought it would be cute to break the sound barrier right over the chicken coop! Those damned hens quit laying and progressed to turn into little cannibles. They all were missing feathers and had holes in 'em! At about the same time, old 'Midnight', a black lab I owned decided he like the taste of chicken. He figure out that if he 'goosed' one of those hens under the fence, they really could fly... enough to get over the fence so he could have a chicken dinner. I was so mad at the dog that I had a shotgun on him a couple of times and couldn't pull the trigger. To make a long story short.... ALL of those hens busted out of the fence and took up in a neighbors garage and crapped all over his deep freeze. I ended up paying 50 cents each catch those hens so I could get rid of them. Oh yeah.... old Sultan got run over in front of the house and six possums got killed over the next three days trying to peel him up off the ashalt! Hope your chicken experience is a little bit better!

[Tubaing]

My dog had a fair experience with a possum a few weeks ago. I let him out and after a few minuets, I decided to check up on him and I saw him sniffing a big piece of fur. I made him come inside and a few minuets later, it started to leave. What an ugly animal!

[tubatooter1940]

What an ugly animal!

The possum of the dog?