Shit you built with your own two hands (picture thread)

**Flyoverland Captive** · 06-28-2017, 11:21 PM

How uneven is it? An inch? Several?

**Art Shirk** · 06-28-2017, 11:32 PM

I'd say no more than about 1 inch at its worst. Am I looking at some sort of resurfacing mix and pour? That would suck.

**blender** · 06-28-2017, 11:34 PM

If the slab is within reason, ie: you are good with building on it and can live/deal with floor issues, then simply stick frame your walls w/out top plates, and cut the studs level before installing the top plates.

**Flyoverland Captive** · 06-28-2017, 11:35 PM

No; it wouldn't stick to the slab. Shims of treated wood, or something that won't ever rot.

**blender** · 06-28-2017, 11:39 PM

You can get topping/levelling mix to stick. Preparation is key.

**blender** · 06-28-2017, 11:40 PM

It's a shed. Frame the walls with level top plates and live with the floor.

**Art Shirk** · 06-28-2017, 11:44 PM

I can live with a slightly wonky floor and then leveling it out at the top so it looks fine. So, I would just anchor a sill plate and have the treated wood bend a bit at the base?

Thanks for the help guys.

**Art Shirk** · 06-28-2017, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by blender

If the slab is within reason, ie: you are good with building on it and can live/deal with floor issues, then simply stick frame your walls w/out top plates, and cut the studs level before installing the top plates.

Nevermind, just reread this

**blender** · 06-28-2017, 11:49 PM

I was taking you to mean that the slab was not level, but that it was still flat where you would lay the plate. If it is up and down much (+/- 1/2") along the length of the wall then you may need to shim the bottom plate.

**Art Shirk** · 06-29-2017, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by blender

I was taking you to mean that the slab was not level, but that it was still flat where you would lay the plate. If it is up and down much (+/- 1/2") along the length of the wall then you may need to shim the bottom plate.

That's more like it. It's not as if the slab was level but tilted. Its a bit wonky all over, with a slope to one side, with maybe about 1 inch of variation in its worst spot on the perimeter of where I will lay the shed. I'm wary that shims, even treated ones, that are necessarily less than an inch in depth will just deteriorate.

**RootSkier** · 06-29-2017, 10:48 AM

I would use a double bottom plate. Install a treated sill plate tight to the slab all around. Then build your walls like normal, which would mean a non-treated bottom plate, studs, and a top plate (or two, depending on the size of the shed). Tack up the wall, THEN shim between the treated sill and the non-treated sills underneath the studs.

For me, this would be easier and faster than trying to cut all of your studs different lengths.

**RootSkier** · 06-29-2017, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by blender

If the slab is within reason, ie: you are good with building on it and can live/deal with floor issues, then simply stick frame your walls w/out top plates, and cut the studs level before installing the top plates.

How do you propose to keep the studs from tipping while striking a level line and then cutting them? This doesn't make any sense to me.

The only way something like this works is to put up some sort of string (or laser) line to measure to, and then cut each stud individually. That's a lot of fussing for someone with mediocre carpentry skills.

**Gepeto** · 06-29-2017, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by snoqpass

Different kind of remodel

This needs an update!?

**dunfree** · 06-29-2017, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by RootSkier

How do you propose to keep the studs from tipping while striking a level line and then cutting them? This doesn't make any sense to me.

The only way something like this works is to put up some sort of string (or laser) line to measure to, and then cut each stud individually. That's a lot of fussing for someone with mediocre carpentry skills.

nail a batten across the studs to keep them in line, trim.

**hatchgreenchile** · 06-29-2017, 01:09 PM

New compost bin

**Art Shirk** · 06-29-2017, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by RootSkier

someone with mediocre carpentry skills.

**::: :::** · 06-29-2017, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by hatchgreenchile

New compost bin

Suggest not piling against the house
(Am I seeing that right?)

Sent from the nether region

**~mikey b** · 06-29-2017, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by commonlaw

That's me...

**hatchgreenchile** · 06-29-2017, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by acinpdx

Suggest not piling against the house
(Am I seeing that right?)

Sent from the nether region

Yes, was moved before dumping buckets of slop into it.

**mecc69** · 06-29-2017, 03:10 PM

**RootSkier** · 06-29-2017, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by acinpdx

Suggest not piling against the house
(Am I seeing that right?)

Sent from the nether region

Not like it's gonna rot vinyl.

**::: :::** · 06-29-2017, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by RootSkier

Not like it's gonna rot vinyl.

Maybe not, but what happens when the temp gets up? & humidity is seeping into the siding?

Sent from the nether region

**old goat** · 06-30-2017, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by commonlaw

Can anyone lend some advice on laying a foundation for a shed I am building. Never done anything like this before, but need a place to keep the dead hookers that are piling up. I am building it on a concrete slab. I didn't lay it specifically for this, its preexisting and its not quite level. Am I building some sort of sill plate and then shims on top? What do people think of split drive nails for the anchors? Basically need to figure out how to get this project started on an uneven concrete slab.

I just demolished a shed that rotted--it was built on concrete at grade with PT sills. Even PT wood should be above grade if you want it to last. If the slab is above grade the walls of the shed should cover the slab. If the slab is larger than the shed water on the slab will rot the sills over time.