Thursday, September 14, 2006

The Almighty Shed

Ok.. this is probably the biggest item on the list to get accomplished. It started out with much debate on how to get the shed moved. I was on holidays for the week and i was really begining to chicken out of the project. You see im probably one of the most lazy people on the earth. So Allison says to me "If you dont get it done this week you wont get another chance to do it this year at all." Now im thinking damn.. i better get it done so i dont have to go another winter with that shed there.

The problem with the shed is it was beside the house, and it has a sloped roof. So all the water runs off the roof and down between the house and the shed. Well now the foundation of the house has cracked because of all the water.

So i went outside on that fine Tuesday afternoon and started digging.. and digging... and digging. I dug a 9x9 hole in the backyard about a foot deep. Then it was too late to go back. I called my dad and he dropped off a trailer full of limestone and i proceeded to wheelbarrow it into the hole and spread it around. I rented a Tamper and pounded down the screenings and with some help from my father-in-law we leveled it and moved the patio slabs to form the foundation.

Now lets fastforward to Saturday. The day was shaping up to be a nice one. Steve, Steve, Scott, Kevin, and Mike showed up to give me a hand. We jacked the shed up and placed metal pipes underneath to roll the shed. We also layed down 2x10's to act as a runway to give the shed something to roll on.

40 minutes later the thing was moved.. leveled and we where half way through a 24 of Molson Canadian.

thanks everyone for the help!

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