This is part two of the shed building series. See Shed Build: Part 1 - Foundations for the previous post.

After the base frame had been built, it was time to erect some walls. Kaddi and I first assembled the basic wall frame on the ground, then carried it over to the foundations and screwed it in place. The four wall frames went up quickly.

Next it was time to reinforce the frames against racking by adding horizontal and diagonal connections.

Side note: I got a few comments from neighbors wondering about this construction. Apparently it is quite unusual around here, though I am not sure what exactly would be the more common method. I learn from YouTube, so my approach might be very American 🤷‍♂️.

With the wall frames up, we could also install the door. Since I had already built a door before, there was no need to build this one. So a store bought door it was. Since it came with a fully assembled door frame, installing it was super simple.

Next we needed a roof. This was a similar construction to the floor, but this time all joists were screwed on from the top. And again a middle beam was added later for increased stability.

The joists were then covered with 18mm OSB. Kaddi screwed down the boards while I cut the next one.

For the cover we decided to use sheet metal. First a vapor barrier was taped down, then the sheets were screwed down with self-tapping screws.

We were pretty lucky with the roof dimensions, so we didn't have to cut much of the sheet metal, except for one single edge, where about 4 or 5 cm had to go. I first tried to do it with metal shears but that didn't work at all. I then bought a nibbler that can be attached to a drill and that worked great.

Pro-tip: to gather all the tiny sharp half-moons the nibbler spits out, wrap a magnet in paper and sweep it over the floor.

The sides got covered by angled sheet metal and at the lower end of the roof a plastic gutter was added. With the gutter I bought some special glue that allows you to connect two pieces in a water tight way. It reminded me a lot of the glue you use with model kits. It chemically welds the plastic.

Up to this point, we still didn't have any real floor. So this was the next step. Beefy 22mm OSB made it very rigid and stable.

Here you can also see why I had put in the joists for the floor in this weird way, only being on top of part of the foundation beams: They were measured so that they would be on one level with the base of the wall frames. This way the OSB flooring can lie on top of both. It should make the thing more stable and it will look nicer once the wall paneling is up.

Above scribble might make the whole floor construction clearer? The wall frame (pink) is held together by the blue screws and then screwed onto the foundation beam (yellow) with the green screws. The OSB (gray) lies on top of both (with notches for the uprights).

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