This is for all the guys and girls out there who work hard providing for your families and like to work with their hands. I know this is most of the people on this site, so I know I'm preaching to the choir.
My family has had this property near Breaux Bridge since the early 1900's and we have been planning to build a camp there for many years. We have finally gotten to a place where we can do this, but it hasn't been easy. Finances are always an issue with any project, so we will build it in a couple of different phases. We needed a place to store out tools so we don't have to haul them back and fourth from home every time. It needed to be secure and plus we wanted it to look like the building had been there for awhile and fit in with its surroundings. We finally decided on a sheet metal roof with cypress siding. The building is 10x10 with 9 foot walls with a 6 on 12 roof. We poured a slab for it to sit on, which is a story within itself as the cement finishers had to tear the form down so we could get a wrecker to pull out the cement truck that got stuck. Well that was no problem but when they put it back up they didn't have the tools to make sure it was level so it's about 2 inches low in one corner. We knew this going in so when we framed the building this was taken into account and we did what it took to make sure our framing came out right. We have it framed, the roof on and sheeting on the exterior of the shed. I was able to get the cypress this week and we put a few boards on today. It will be board and batten with the main boards 12 inches wide and the battens will be 3 inches wide. The cypress is a true 1 inch board and was kiln dried. When we finish it I'll post some more pictures.
My family has had this property near Breaux Bridge since the early 1900's and we have been planning to build a camp there for many years. We have finally gotten to a place where we can do this, but it hasn't been easy. Finances are always an issue with any project, so we will build it in a couple of different phases. We needed a place to store out tools so we don't have to haul them back and fourth from home every time. It needed to be secure and plus we wanted it to look like the building had been there for awhile and fit in with its surroundings. We finally decided on a sheet metal roof with cypress siding. The building is 10x10 with 9 foot walls with a 6 on 12 roof. We poured a slab for it to sit on, which is a story within itself as the cement finishers had to tear the form down so we could get a wrecker to pull out the cement truck that got stuck. Well that was no problem but when they put it back up they didn't have the tools to make sure it was level so it's about 2 inches low in one corner. We knew this going in so when we framed the building this was taken into account and we did what it took to make sure our framing came out right. We have it framed, the roof on and sheeting on the exterior of the shed. I was able to get the cypress this week and we put a few boards on today. It will be board and batten with the main boards 12 inches wide and the battens will be 3 inches wide. The cypress is a true 1 inch board and was kiln dried. When we finish it I'll post some more pictures.
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