My Favorite






When we saw the newspaper ad on a Sunday morning that read shed for sale $125.00 we knew that we had to go see it as soon as possible. Richfield is not too far from our home so we left the house right away expecting the usual newer garden shed. We were delighted to see the Western Reserve styling in this shed. It rested behind a low 1960s style duplex. Perhaps the original house was a Western Reserve style farmhouse that for some reason no longer existed. The shed was tipped forward and the front and side rested in the dirt. We promptly paid for the shed and got the receipt. Friend Jim had moved some of our other sheds with his large rollback carrier so he came to take a look. He was not sure of being able to use the carrier to move this one. The shed is larger than it appears in the pictures. It is almost square at 8 feet 4 inches and 8 feet 6 inches long. A one foot overhang on each side added to the width and depth. The height is about 12 feet.  It has thick old boards for all parts. There was a wooden lining part way up all of the interior walls. The 1" by 12" boards on the roof and 3" thick oak floor boards made this a very heavy building.

A date for moving the shed was set as Jim had a solution for moving the heavy building. Early on a Sunday morning is the very best time for moving large sheds down the road. Russ went to Richfield to meet him and help load the shed. After a few hours I heard them pull up in the road in front of the house. I wish now that pictures would have been taken. The very large truck with an extremely long low trailer held both our shed and a Lull. The Lull is a huge fork lift. Jim expertly lifted the shed and maneuvered it to the back yard where it still rests.

My brother-in-law then took over the job of replacing some of the roof boards with old lumber that we had salvaged. He made sure the sizes were the same as the shed as far as thickness. New roof shingles were added along with a drip cap. There was custom milled poplar cove mold siding left over from another shed project to fix the 3 badly rotted boards at the bottom of the shed. Damaged edge boards were fixed with some old boards cut to size. The partial wooden lining inside was removed and the mouse nests and accompanying smelly debris was  removed. The inside was disinfected with some bleach. The building was then quickly painted before Winter set in.

A number of years have passed and the paint was getting flaky and peeling in places so we decided that this was the year to renew the paint. We found that Pittsburgh Paints carries an oil base industrial coating paint rated for metal. That is what we used for the white wood siding. While looking through the same old shed we found an almost full gallon of green Killrust oil base paint that we had saved from a long forgotten project. Money was saved by using this paint for the door. There will be plenty of this green for other doors.

Since acquiring this building we have seen other sheds of the same design and similar dimensions in the Mantua and Richfield Ohio areas. I'll have to admit that of the seven little sheds in our yard this one is my favorite.

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