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For years, I have needed a big loafing shed. Well I had some free material from a replaced power line, some 3/4 plywood concrete forms I got for a song and a dance + labor, some inch and half plywood that was on hand, a good price on metal from one of our Aflac customers and I still came in over budget! Ever happen to you that way?

This is where we are headed.





This is where we started





The ridge poles and support are old power poles. The rafters are 2 x 8 laminates also off the power line, as are the angle iron supports holding the ridge poles on the supports.







The sides are sheeted with this "holey plywood" that is inch and half thick lagged onto 4x8's. the back is holey plywood screwed to 3/4 plywood that was concrete forms







The top is sheeted in 3/4 plywood



Sheeted with tin



A four foot space railed off in the back for the children to be out from under foot





The inaugraul ball of the barn dance





View from the shop



Finished it on Wednesday, and the storm hit Thursday. The ladies seemed to like it.
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