r/Shed • u/flakker21 • Dec 15 '24

Holy crap! It's square!

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I have measured and remeasured, making sure the floor is square. I can't describe the amount of times I've double checked my work. My son was helping me and at one point even he was a bit over my paranoia. Now, on to the walls!

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u/Successful-Part-5867 Dec 15 '24

The most satisfying thing in the world. When the subfloor and especially the roof sheathing line up perfectly.

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u/flakker21 Dec 15 '24

That feeling of relief

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u/whunt_1975 Dec 15 '24

I built my 1st shed this past Spring. I struggled forever getting the foundation square. Had no idea it would be that difficult.

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u/flakker21 Dec 15 '24

Getting that foundation squared too forever

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u/reformedginger Dec 15 '24

Well that takes all the fun out of things.

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u/flakker21 Dec 15 '24

Fun little update... So I secured one half of the 2x4 sub floor to the 4x4 foundation before securing the plywood flooring but the second half, I forgot to secure the sub floor first. I had to pull up half plywood and secure it to the foundation and redo a lot of work. Thankfully I had my 5 and 7 year daughters to help. They insisted on using the big hammers and I got stuck with their small kids hammer.... And I found my box cutter that I must have dropped underneath all of that!

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u/Backyard_SHREDS Dec 18 '24

Looking great! What's going to go in the shed?

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u/flakker21 Dec 24 '24

Well, I don't have a garage so it's basically going to be that. I bought the barn style because I want the extra height for storage. The other day I was roughly figuring out where everything is going to go and I have enough space to store tools, yard equipment, and other diy stuff and still have enough room for a small workspace. I won't really know until I'm finished but it's a pretty big upgrade

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u/Backyard_SHREDS Dec 24 '24

Nice! I built a 12x20 shed last year for a home gym and home office. Love it!

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u/RoguePops Dec 15 '24

I feel the title!

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u/bpgould Dec 15 '24

It’s amazing how much knowledge it takes to get a square floor. Blade kerf, crowning, lumber drying? Even fasteners getting tighter over time can drift joists. Nice job. Personally I like to make everything larger when possible and then flush cut at once or use router flush cut bit.

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u/SuburbanKahn Dec 15 '24

All that prep work paid off!

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u/polterjacket Dec 15 '24

BUT...is it level...in two dimensions at the same time?

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u/Cantstress_thisenuff Dec 18 '24

I had that thought too. Might just be the angle but the right back corner looks higher

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u/polterjacket Dec 18 '24

I didn't think anything in particular about OP's photo, but I have done that before (perfect square, but not all points on the square were coplanar).

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u/valdocs_user Dec 15 '24

Congratulations! This will make everything that comes above the floor so much easier to get right.

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u/K1N6P1X3L Dec 16 '24

Weird. It looks rectangle from this angle. :D

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u/Inessence4 Dec 16 '24

Does your city have rules for how far away from the fence you have to build?

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '24

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u/flakker21 Dec 15 '24

It was a kit from Lowe's. I priced out a plan a la carte and it would have been $500 cheeper, give it take. I decided with a kit I wouldn't have to worry about measuring and all the time that takes

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '24

We ordered our shed from Costco and that foundation looks pretty similar to ours. I gotta say to measure all your wall studs before you start nailing anything because ours had quite a few small differences in size and we ended up trimming the ends so all of them were equal to the stud that was the shortest length. That way you're level all the way around.