I'd be the first one to tell you that our homemade storage building has growing pains.  Although I've read a lot of books and websites, this is the first time I've ever put screw to 2x4, and it shows.

We probably could have the whole thing done by now if we knew what we were doing, but we've still got two walls to raise and the roof to put on before we even start on the interior.  Still, I can feel the building process picking up momentum as we repeat steps we've figured out in the past.

Monday, Mark let me try my hand at framing a wall.  Those square bits that come in the screw boxes make it much easier for a novice like me to drive screws without stripping the heads.

I nearly finished the half wall section I was working on before I ran out of lumber.  Unfortunately, we had to call it quits for the day since we got a flat driving the golf cart through ice to the cars where the rest of the 2x4s are stored.  Mark's teaching me that things happen on a farm --- you just have to roll with it and allow plenty of extra time to get projects done!

This post is part of our Building a Storage Building from Scratch series.  Read all of the entries: Part 1: Foundation Foundation leveling Laying the groundwork Cedar post foundation experiment Foundation progress How long will a cedar post last? Cedar post foundation update Part 2: Floor Floor joists Home made storage building floor Part 3: Walls and scavenging lumber Homemade storage building window wall Raising the first two walls Raising another wall Scavenging lumber 01-01-10 level Nail deletion on scavenged lumber Snags in the building process Measuring diagonals Another wall section Miter saw measurements Part 4: Adding the loft A second chance at floor building Loft walls Last loft wall Chipmunk builders in love video Part 5: The roof Adding a header Roof rafters Advantages and disadvantages of scavenging lumber Modified bracket closeup Roofmate Homemade storage building tin roof What I learned on the roof Summing it up: Intentionally underbuilding How much does it cost to make a storage building?

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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