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| Replacing a run-down shed with a new space to beautify and add value to your property doesn't have to be an overwhelmng job. |
Kits like this one from Handy
Home Products provide all the necessary components
to build a new shed. |
Start by clearing the area inside and around the old shed. |
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| To speed along the demolition process, use a reciprocating saw to cut off the roof and separate the walls of the old shed. |
The new shed may be able to rest upon the concrete slab from your old shed. |
Construction begins with the walls of the new shed. Space the studs 16 inches apart and perpendicular to the top plate and bottom plate of the wall. |
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| To mark where to nail into the stud, extend a line from the center of the stud around to the other side of the top and bottom plate. |
After marking all of the studs,
use a nail
gun to drive nails into the ends of all of the studs.
This will effectively frame the shed's four walls. |
Attach the wall sheathing to your four wall frames using rust-resistant nails. |
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| Cut four strips of 2x4 to match the lengths of the four walls of the shed. These boards will become the sill, which rests between the concrete foundation and the walls of the shed. |
Once all of the strips are cut and laid out along the foundation, use a hammer drill with a special bit for wood and masonry to drill throught the sill far enough to mark the concrete underneath. |
Remove the boards and use a carbide-tipped masonry bit, to drill vertically into the concrete, using the pilot holes created by drilling through the sill. |
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| Pound expanding anchor bolts halfway into the holes you've drilled into the concrete. |
Tap the sill into place with a hammer. The anchor bolts should pop through the holes in the sill. |
Affix washers and nuts to the bolts and tighten them onto the sill so it is flush against the concrete. Cut off the part of the bolt that remains above the nut. |
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