Storage building

Ordered a roofing nailer & nails from Amazon. 2000 lb 12v winch & couple pulleys from Harbor Freight. Have the old battery out of my truck. Maybe get a plastic battery box? Will probably scrounge up another extension ladder to build a shingle lift. Use it to lift OSB on the roof too. We about to get busy. If torpedo doesn't blow everything away.
 
Email says stuff will be here today. Now we wait. No particular rush which is why I ordered the winch from HF instead of driving to pick it up from maybe 8 miles away. Jonesing to start on this thing. Trying to wait till the weather settles a little.

Decided first step will be build new floor @ 12 foot long (use screws at end so can adjust length), verify/adjust rafters as needed on new floor, remove whole roof from existing structure. Then can do layout on existing walls to accurately get the length correct. The OG shed IS ten foot but that's outside measurement that requires little jiggling of 24" centers for rafters. Has 5/8 siding. That "adds" 1.25 inches so they fudged the rafters/walls just a little so it technically IS a 10 foot box (outside measurement). Only matters when doing layout I suppose. Intend to end up with 20-22 foot length with framing being that measurement. The trim will cover any gaps in the wall sheeting which is tongue & groove. More concerned with getting the roof done correctly, whatever that means.

One thing seen of new shed builds is, they seem to build walls in 4' sections. Uses an extra wall stud every 4 feet. No sure of the reasoning for this unless they don't trust their layout guy. Eight foot section is I I II I I. Need to lay some boards out and see why/what they are doing. Assume they pulling one end in 3/4" to get siding spacing correct? Which IS the normal procedure. IDK?

Did I mention how much a suck at this stuff? Did I mention how much I over-think this stuff? Did I mention how much I like Hardee's Hotdogs?
 
This is a 12 foot wide wall and they did the double studs at middle. The end walls aren't loaded so doesn't NEED the extra so that's not the reason. Some are 24 o/c rest are 22.5ish o/c. Picture is from Marketplace, not my junk. After looking at it more, probably 16" on center as looking at front of shed, it's smaller than mine.

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Think have all the air nailers I'll ever need. Will definitely need to buy larger quantity of roofing nails. Ouch!😉 Does it look like I need more room? Suspect I'll end up blowing the walls out, add 4ish foot to each side. Eventually be 20 x 20ish.
 

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Bedroom TV now permanently mounted in living room. Frequently watch two races at same time.
 

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I did something. Need carpenter string, 4 solid concrete 1/2 blocks, Krispy Cream and a partridge...well...you get the point. Wood is damp. Gonna let it air dry day or so. Main structure/box is screwed together.
 

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Cut bunch of wall studs and two more rafters. Entirely possible will build all new rafters.
 

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Ordered tRump colored string & some screws. Bigly. Be here tomorrow they say. I have my doubts. My back needs a days rest anyway. Have the vibrator/heating pad from my inversion table in recliner. Can't say it doing much but really need to lay back flatter to help it. Runs for 20 minutes. Let it cool off and hit it again.
 
I be working. Gonna be 12 foot addition. Have to insert the last floor joice then another sheet of OSB. Then cut piece for the hole leftover.
 

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I forgot to nail the addition to the original shed. Two screws would probably have held it once walls and roof are on but...only had 4 screws in each piece of OSB. Next, after I take a couple hour break, will be air compressor and nail gun. Three steps forward, one step back.
 

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Nailed to back of shed and floor back in place. Part of floor nailed down. Ran out of back. Not supposed to get rain before the weekend. With little luck will have it basically under roof by then assuming can get old roof off in large chunks. Since local recycle center won't let me take construction debris, may end up paying 150ish dollars to get rid of the roof. I CAN cut it up in small sections and put in trash. Will take months to get rid of that way.
 
Great, Lost my phone and never left the property. Crap. Think it's somewhere outside. Or bed ate it. Was tired and back was hurting so went to bed couple hours fully dressed. It may be somewhere between here & the Matrix.
 
Found it. Lying in plain sight just shaded by a 2x4. I nailed a 2x4 across the new floor to run the nail gun along. Not great at using a chalk line so... One nail about 18 inch from both ends. Had pried it off and decided had to knock the nails back so didn't accidentally step on it or somehow get snagged. Try to avoid setting phone down as this is what tends to happen. But I've also broken them in my pocket.

Anyway it's sitting beside me charging.
 
I've surrendered. Old back said stawp! We shall revisit first of next month after the weather blows thru. The grey "good" tarps Hazzard Fright sells are not worth carrying home. Used to get 5ish years out of them. Now, 3 months of sun and they as structural as toilet paper. Have linoleum over new floor section and some sort of heavy plastic over materials on trailer. My arse is done. For now. Man the nail gun is awesome tho. Reassembled back wall super duper easy. Crazy how green (moldy) the siding is in pictures. Don't notice it as much with my naked preverted eyes.
 

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I feel like I ran the Big Bear 100 @ Bruceton Mills West by Gawd Va. Yesterday. I DID race the Big Bear 100 @ Bruceton Mills West by Gawd Va back in 83 or 84? Actooly rode it on a motorsickel. That place has rocks, which I counted as 826,486 rocks, connected together by 120 lbs of dirt. Loved every minute of it until...I wanted somebody to shoot me for 3-4 day after.

Seem to be having flashbacks. Vibrating with energy to get shed done yet my body is doing the famous line from the Meatloaf song.

 
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