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Coldjensens, there is indeed a footing, I priced out building a cinder block foundation and it was about 100$ cheaper than covering the missing siding with a piece of sheet metal. Although it will be more work, I think it would look better and will be much more substantial.
anifani821, I am glad I have the before pictures. The wall is sill sagging a bit, but I can't decide if I want to correct it any more. The whole shed was creaking and I was worried something else might be negatively effected by too much sudden change.
I had an architect friend look at it yesterday and he suggested building an entirely new wall inside the old one that would be plumb and load bearing. Though it would involve substantially more work and resources than simply replacing the ends of the studs, he pointed out that it would make the building much more safe, just something to consider.
Coldjensens, there is indeed a footing, I priced out building a cinder block foundation and it was about 100$ cheaper than covering the missing siding with a piece of sheet metal. Although it will be more work, I think it would look better and will be much more substantial.
Weekend update: I installed some new anchor bolts and a pressure treated 2x8 sill plate, then hammered in new studs. I had to scrap the cinder block idea because the wall is just too wavy, so I covered the missing siding with some old corrugated sheet metal until I can come up with something better!
It looks ok. You will eventually find some matching siding when something gets torn down. Just keep looking. Forget about puttingnew cedar siding on there. It will cost a fortune and look terrible. We learned from expereince, the only way to get a decent match is to have some custom milled. That costs even more.
You could leave the metal and plant some shrubs out about 2' form the wall. That would cover the metal. Persaonlly I would plant low groding roses or blueberry bushes depending on your climate and soils.
Boy did you do a nice job in a very short time. I wish you were my neighbor.
Keeping the dirt off the wood may be a problem. Also I suggest you run a frenc drain long the side.
Huge score today, the school down the street is tearing out and giving away the gym floor so guess who's shed is getting a new maple wood floor?!
Coldjensens, thanks for the plant idea, I can't believe I didn't think of it! I have a whole bunch of scrub pines my neighbor was giving away, I was trying to find a place for them and this would be perfect!
Keep those floor pieces together. It you take them apart, you will have to scrape off all the wax and dirt build up from the edges before they will go back together. IT is not fun and very time consuming.
Found this thread, read a bunch of posts and skipped to the last page. What a surprise! I expected to read that someone had "accidentally" backed into it and knocked it over. Oops!
But here you are rebuilding it. I hope it ends up being a good thing.
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