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Today I'm framing up this sturdy shed almost
all by myself So we've got our foundation from the last video and it is 12 foot wide
by 10 foot deep I'm going with a leant to Style shed and I went with that because it's
going to be less materials and it's going to Be easier to construct which means less money
and also I just really like the modern style Look of it it's going to have two great big
doors on the front wide enough to pull in a Mower or maybe even a tractor and I'm going
to add three windows up above to let in some Natural light and plus give it a little more
style the front wall is going to be the most Licated so we're going to go ahead and start with
the back wall so this is a lean to design my back Wall is going to be a little bit under 8 ft so
I went ahead and made my cut on this board and I clamped it down so now what I'm going to
do is I just made up this little scrap this Is super official stop block this is basically
just so I can make some repeated Cuts this is a Cool little setup that I had using some Craig saw
horses works out really [Music] nicely now I can Just butt the rest of them up to this block
make my cuts I'll have all the same size so These are going to be my bottom and top plates
for the wall and these run the full 12 ft so I Am just going to butt these up together and then
start marking out the locations for my studs and They're going to be 16 in on Center that would
be here now laying these out can be tricky we Will have plans available to show you everywhere
to lay out and we'll have those at the end of the Entire Series so I frame the whole Foundation us
screws but this is going to be a lot more Fastener So I went out and grabbed a framing nailer and
I'll be using 3in Nails I'm going to Crown all My walls so that the crown is on the outside
so I have a nice consistent surface for the Sheathing and we want to end the project
with as many fingers as we started with So make sure you keep your hands away
from where the nail is going to go into You do not want a framing nail in your
finger you always want to do your long Walls first because then you can use the
whole Foundation as this nice flat building Surface I'm going to stand up the back wall now
and since I'm by myself my lovely wife Susan is Filming me but I'm show you how you can do
this by yourself and basically you can use A little sleeper I don't know what you call
it a sleeper or Little Helper beam and what I could do is Lay these out here and I'm
going to screw this in right to the side Here this little screw is going to act as a
hinge so when I raise the wall up this little Arm is going to come up and help support
it and then I can attach the wall onto the Foundation there goes that all right I'm
just going to square this up on the back [Music] wall now a few framing
nails in each little Bay will'll Have this nicely secure and ready for the
Sidewalls well we've got the shed version
of mistakes were made and I got a little Just air nailer happy and while I have the side
squared up and it's nice and tight here between The bottom plate and the outside Ledger
skirtboard whatever you want to call it I neglected to check as I went down so as I
started getting down here I am you know about An eighth of an inch off and that's not great
because as I put the sheathing on then it's Going to have a hump it's going to be all weird
so I'm going to have to go in and I'm actually Just going to pry it up and just saw all the
nails off and then Square it up and go back In with new nails so yeah don't do that attach
the ends first and then come back in and make Sure everything is square before you just start
going crazy or if you use screws that' be even Better so the side walls are basically just going
to be a shorter version of the back wall they're Going to be at the same height because I'm going
to add in some framing that's going to get that Slope for the leano on it later and then the
front wall is going to be quite a bit taller And I still have the stop block set up so I
can cut all the studs for the sidewalls at The same time and then cut the top and bottom
plates and go ahead and get them all [Music] Together [Music] now I know I told you to do the
long walls first but I'm actually be doing the Side ones and that's just because we're running
out of daylight and I want to get these done so That I can move them off to the side do the
front wall tomorrow bring it up and then just Insert the Sid so as far as moving stuff around
it would definitely be easier to do the front Wall next but I'm I'm doing the sides first
because I like to do it the hard way I [Music] [Music] Guess losing light in these short winter days
so I'm going to leave these up here come back Tomorrow on the front wall then we can start
standing everything up and part of the reason That I'm even building this shed is to make more
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for sponsoring today's video the front wall is Definitely going to be complicated cuz we've got
the double doors in the front plus the three three Windows up top so I've got my full layout here
but the way I'm going to construct it instead Of having a top plate and a bottom plate the very
top is going to actually have a 2×6 header on it So I'm actually going to build it from the base up
and I'll show you as I go how that looks since the Front wall is going to have openings we're going
to have different stud lengths on it unlike what I Did on the side and the back where they were just
all one size I just marked an X where the studs Would go on here we want to make some designation
so my outside studs I'm going to actually have Four different studs here on the outside because
we're going to have two different headers one for The windows and one for the doors and the way
I'm going to mark that is a k for a king stud That goes all the way to the top and then a j for
a jack stud and actually guys I'm going to have Two different lengths I'm going to go J1 and J2
so that'll Define my corner studs here now I can Just go out and lay out the rest of the studs that
will go into the front wall as well as the door [Music] opening [Music] all right so I've
got my king stud attached which is going to Be the longest one that goes all the way up
to the header and then now I've got my first Jack stud in so I'm just going to put this
right up next to it I will also attach it From the bottom but then we're going to nail
it into to the king stud every 12 in is what I looked up and it looks like that's the
nailing pattern then I'm going to put one More Jack stud here and so we'll have a double
Jack that's going to be supporting a 2×6 header That goes across the entire entrance and then
on this fourth spot here this one is going to Be my smaller I call it Jack 2 I don't know
if you technically call it a crippler but This is going to be our stack up and then we
can start building some of the header pieces Inside [Music] Now you can get a feel for what I'm doing here
up here on the top will be the header and this Is a 2×6 which will be what our header will be
made out of so that can fit right in here on The top I'm going to be putting a top plate
on later that's going to attach everything Together then I'm also going to have double 2x4s
running across that way to support another header That's underneath the door so that's why I
did these shelves first then we can stack it In and then everything should line up great so
I'll be using two 2x sixes for the header but If you have two 2x sixes together then it's
actually going to be an inch and a half less
Than the thickness of 2×4 so we'll solve that
by putting in a little piece of this 7/16 OSB This was a left over from holding the Rocks
it's really nasty but we just need it as a Spacer [Music] with the 2x sixes cut to size I
cut these little pieces and now I can just put This on here and we will make a little 2×6 an
OSB sandwich it be right at 3 and 1/2 [Music] In [Music] Now I can fill in this next pieces which
can be the top of the door the header For the door will go right underneath
here and then the top of this actually Will be a double top plate and that will
Define the window opening up at the top Now before I put on that second plate on
top mid plate top plate whatever you want To call it I need to transfer the locations
CU I want to put in my studs in between here Because I can nail through one top plate
really easily if I have a double top plate I'm going to have to toenail and that's just a
pain in the butt so I'm going to use a little Story stick and actually transfer all these
lines over to this other top plate to make Sure that everything is nice and parallel I
could measure but things tend to get a little Off as you start stacking all the studs
so a story stick makes it a lot [Music] Easier All right I made up a header for the doorway
and this should fit right in between here if I'm lucky ooh that's nice and then I have
these other little Jack studs that will go In place to hold it up I'm just going to nail
everything off then we'll just have to do the Windows all right we've got everything framed out
here except for the windows and I decided not to Put a double top plate on top of this part here
because it's not really carrying much load and Actually what I'm going to do when you see it in
the plans is I'm going to add a top plate on top Of this whole thing I think it'll make assembly
a little bit easier and it'll probably give it a Little bit more structural integrity and now
I just have the little window blocking that I'm going to put in and I also cut a spacer
so that I will be able to make sure that all The windows are the same size so that when we
put those in it's going to go smooth [Music] L now for the center window instead
of measuring in from the left and the Right I'm going to find my center point
so I already marked that down here at The bottom and at the top I know I'm at
77 but I'm going to mark this that's my Center now I can use my spacer and put
that right there I'll clamp it in place And that'll make sure the window is perfectly
centered instead of being off going from the Sides I'm trying to nail these from the outside
because the inside is going to be where the window Is and I don't want to have any instructions
it's kind of hard to get down in between these
Two little tight ones so I am going to use
some screws just to make sure that everything Is nice and [Music] secure all right I brought
in reinforcements because that wall I think is Going to be pretty heavy so I would advise you
to get some help when you lift it by yourself or Don't lift it by yourself and get some help okay
here's what I'm thinking I'm thinking well we're Going to have to pull it forward a bit to go
up with it co you get right there one two three Yeah there we go go up go up oh yeah Wooho all [Music] Right all right all right yall can let go we
walk oh no don't I'm just kidding we've got That front wall up now we can start bringing
in the sides and I just temporarily attached The front wall to the sides as well as to the
front with some screws and then we're going to Bring the sides in attach them to the back wall
then loosen up the front wall and tie everything Together so it'll all be nice and tight so I'm
going to flush up this side wall now to the Back wall and to this outside edge here I'll
just use this block to tell me when I'm good [Music] And this time I'm remembering to
check the edge before nailing it Down I'm just going to clamp these together
and make them flush you really don't have to Worry about it being Plum right now because
the whole thing is going to move a bit until We put the sheathing on so once we put
the sheathing on that's going to square Everything up right now we'll just rely on
our measurements and get everything lined [Music] Up l in pass that little tab use your fingers
in there now rack it rack it with that rack it Oh [Music] Doesn't fire until that's fully depressed so push It all the way in then just one click
of the trigger I there you go oh my Gosh there you go good work
son you might be a builder just Yet Minecraft builder [Music] the last piece
is putting on the top plate so we're going to Nail this in and it overlaps the side wall
and the back wall and that really helps to Again lock that together and it just gives the
extra durability of that second top [Music] [Music] Plate now I'm going to nail in the front wall
and this is actually going to be removed once We put the door in so I'm just going to put
One Nail here and then nail off the rest so Next time we're going to put on the wall
sheathing and the Roof System to get it All dried in if you want to see that video
it'll be live right there I want to give a Big thank you to ftbt Builder club I'm Brad
get out there and build something awesome