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It was april of last year when my friend finally did something about the storage I was promised when I got my house that I would have a garage. Well that was many years ago. In may I got woken up to the sound of a digger and looked out back to see them scraping the ground and then setting up a form to pour concrete.When they left I realized that it was too small for a garage. I called and found out he was building me a shed. I watched them come and pour the slab and insert the bolts in it for the wood to bolt to the slab. I was at least happy that I would have storage I so desperately needed.
Well May came and went and so did July and no progress than a slab. Apparently he did not have the cash to pay the person to put up the shed. I waited nearly a month before I said "Call the guy I will pay him." The next week the work began. After several weeks and things were very slow and I had paid the man half of what he wanted I asked him. "Are you doing this on the side?" He answered yes on weekends for spare cash. So it took over two months before he finished the Shed. Then the roofer had to come and roof it. After that a painter to paint the building to match my house.
Now at first the builder was not going to put in a window but I asked for one and I also specified that I wanted to have a mount for an Air-conditioner. I already had ideas of making the place nice where I could work and perhaps do my computer work instead of my office which was over run with parts and boxes. I began to price out things I would need like drywall and insulation along with electrical. I had plans and the builder had not fully trussed the roof like I had assumed so I was missing nice strong storage area that I could have used for storage above.
I had asked a handyman friend if he could do the work I wanted but he was booked till who knows when building little cabins for some person in the area. That was when I found out that my adopted family had their own handyman. Joey was perhaps like my roommates brother and he had all the tools and did handyman work. He had worked the oil fields as a manager but at that time things were dead and he was laid off and needed work. I called him up and he came over and looked over the building and we then brainstormed what I would need to do what I wanted to the insides. Insulate and drywall it. Build a nice sturdy work bench and make storage above and be able to hang up my bicycles.
I soon found out that even Joey had limited time and he also did. I remember him saying. "Here I am unemployed and I am More busy than when I was working full time." Joey was involved in his Church and played music for the services and the preacher called him for help with his computer and programs. We had done lots of figuring and did a visit to Lowe's and picked up a truck full of stuff. (Full bed and more). There were more trips for stuff we missed and such but It was about 3k worth of stuff in the end.
Joey worked more or less Part time. A few hours here and there. Progress was slow and he was a stickler for detail. My idea of overhead storage turned out nice in the end and you could actually lay up there with no worry's about it falling through. I had plywood laid down over the beams.
It was finally done in Mid January. I paid Joey for his work and I began to fill the shelves and bring in my stuff from the office. Its not every day that your shed is insulated better than most homes. I had a nice space heater that kept it warm and now in the summer the Air conditioner manages to keep it reasonable when the temps top one hundred outside which is now and normal. I've had electrical and cable run out to it so you can relax and work. Watch TV or listen to the stereo I have now under the work bench. Granted I may some day pay for another modem and line to the shed so I have direct to the net but for now I use wireless from my house I have it boosted with range extenders. So netflix and using the computer is not an issue.
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It was april of last year when my friend finally did something about the storage I was promised when I got my house that I would have a garage. Well that was many years ago. In may I got woken up to the sound of a digger and looked out back to see them scraping the ground and then setting up a form to pour concrete.When they left I realized that it was too small for a garage. I called and found out he was building me a shed. I watched them come and pour the slab and insert the bolts in it for the wood to bolt to the slab. I was at least happy that I would have storage I so desperately needed.
Well May came and went and so did July and no progress than a slab. Apparently he did not have the cash to pay the person to put up the shed. I waited nearly a month before I said "Call the guy I will pay him." The next week the work began. After several weeks and things were very slow and I had paid the man half of what he wanted I asked him. "Are you doing this on the side?" He answered yes on weekends for spare cash. So it took over two months before he finished the Shed. Then the roofer had to come and roof it. After that a painter to paint the building to match my house.
Now at first the builder was not going to put in a window but I asked for one and I also specified that I wanted to have a mount for an Air-conditioner. I already had ideas of making the place nice where I could work and perhaps do my computer work instead of my office which was over run with parts and boxes. I began to price out things I would need like drywall and insulation along with electrical. I had plans and the builder had not fully trussed the roof like I had assumed so I was missing nice strong storage area that I could have used for storage above.
I had asked a handyman friend if he could do the work I wanted but he was booked till who knows when building little cabins for some person in the area. That was when I found out that my adopted family had their own handyman. Joey was perhaps like my roommates brother and he had all the tools and did handyman work. He had worked the oil fields as a manager but at that time things were dead and he was laid off and needed work. I called him up and he came over and looked over the building and we then brainstormed what I would need to do what I wanted to the insides. Insulate and drywall it. Build a nice sturdy work bench and make storage above and be able to hang up my bicycles.
I soon found out that even Joey had limited time and he also did. I remember him saying. "Here I am unemployed and I am More busy than when I was working full time." Joey was involved in his Church and played music for the services and the preacher called him for help with his computer and programs. We had done lots of figuring and did a visit to Lowe's and picked up a truck full of stuff. (Full bed and more). There were more trips for stuff we missed and such but It was about 3k worth of stuff in the end.
Joey worked more or less Part time. A few hours here and there. Progress was slow and he was a stickler for detail. My idea of overhead storage turned out nice in the end and you could actually lay up there with no worry's about it falling through. I had plywood laid down over the beams.
It was finally done in Mid January. I paid Joey for his work and I began to fill the shelves and bring in my stuff from the office. Its not every day that your shed is insulated better than most homes. I had a nice space heater that kept it warm and now in the summer the Air conditioner manages to keep it reasonable when the temps top one hundred outside which is now and normal. I've had electrical and cable run out to it so you can relax and work. Watch TV or listen to the stereo I have now under the work bench. Granted I may some day pay for another modem and line to the shed so I have direct to the net but for now I use wireless from my house I have it boosted with range extenders. So netflix and using the computer is not an issue.
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