We left for Highlands as soon as I got home from work on Friday, stopping at El Rancho first to load up on enchiladas. (turns out that was the only decent meal we had for the next two days!) The next morning we hitched up the trailer and headed to Marble Falls to buy this:
After lots of measuring and consideration we settled on the slightly larger storage building (8x12) so that we would have room for the riding lawnmower, and ALL of the assorted tools and camping gear and whatnot.
Getting it loaded into the trailer was fun - it doesn't look like it weighs 300 pounds, does it? The people who helped us at Lowe's were so nice, though, clearing a dumpster out of the way so they could forklift it into the trailer. And here is where we cleared a spot for it to live:
This spot is close to the barn, gets shade all day, and is somewhat level as it is on dirt, not giant rocks.
Instead of off-loading it, we are using the back of the trailer as a staging area to unpack and sort the contents. Everything is numbered, so we sorted it all out.
Within a short time we were ready to start. I don't have any pics of us building the frame out, but that's what we did first. Thank goodness we picked this weekend to start it - the weather was perfect!
Bottom frame all built, corners on. {At this point, I laughed to read in the instructions that from here on out it was going to require "two people and many hours of work"} We took a short break for lunch and a nap in the lounge chairs.
Then we added on all of the walls. (and I only cut myself on them once - that's all it took to leave my gloves on for the day!)
And once we got all of the walls on, we cleared up the workspace and called it a day - we were running out of daylight.
Here is where we left off on Saturday.
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Sunday dawned and we were sore! But we forged on, building the gables and adding on the roof beams. The instructions were not kidding when they said it was hard work. {Hubby knows what he's doing on these projects. Me? Not so much}
Those beams are steel and quite heavy, and I had to hold them up over my head while Hubby bolted them on. We actually got the roof completely done which was the most ridiculously hard thing we've ever built! Stay tuned for the rest of the progress - we have a ways to go. Left to do:
*reinforce the bottom of each wall panel
*adjust the building so that it is still level, shore up the threshold
*fill the floor with gravel road base
And after that? We unload the barn and lay our plans for the cabin!
Gina
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