We decided to take President Bush’s economic stimulus money and organize our house a little. Since we are already bursting at the seams we decided we needed to add a little storage space before we could organize. So, we bought a Tuff Shed.

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This particular Tuff Shed is a TB-600 and is available through Home Depot. It has dimensions of 10″ x 10″ x 11.6″. It took them about 3 weeks from the time we ordered the shed to the time they came out and put it up. After they came it took about 6 hours to get everything built. Jennifer was nice enough to take pictures of the whole process.

Before they came I spent quite a bit of time trying to get the ground as level as humanly possible. I also put down ground cover and poured a little cement path around the area. I did this for a couple reasons. First, rules in the city require that any structure be built about three feet away from the property line. Second, I needed space so I could work on the fence if needed. Third, I did not want weeds growing out from underneath the shed. It also worked well for the shed builders because they needed to get around the shed to do their work.

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The shed arrived mostly assembled. All the builders needed to do was touch up the paint, put up the walls, roof, door, and put on the shingles.

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I am very happy with the quality of the building and I look forward to adding a few enhancements. I am going to add a loft, we bought a tall shed just for this purpose. I am also going to add a lot of shelving, a peg board for organizing my tools, and a ramp so the kids can park their battery powered 4-wheeler inside.

I was surprised by one thing. The studs in the walls were suppose to be 24″ on center. Instead they put them 16″ on center. I certainly won’t be complaining about this. Unfortunately, the roof did not get the same upgrade.

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There were also some mistakes, but nothing that would make me complain. The only thing I have found so far is a chunk missing from one of the boards and some gaps in the plywood on the roof. The tar paper and shingles cover up the gaps so I don’t have to worry about an leaking and the chunk that is missing is not really big.

If you were asking yourself why didn’t I build it myself and save a ton of money, the answer is very easy. I am not that good of a builder and I would have made tons of mistakes. I am also lazy and my projects end up taking 10x longer than thay should because I always find excuses why I cannot work on it.