Remodeling our Backyard Sheds

April 12, 2026

We were seeking to close our rented storage shed in Mableton and engaged Mark to remodel our two backyard sheds to hold that stored material that we wanted to keep and discard the remainder. It was a major task that Mark worked hard on with the help of Rhonda and some help from Rod.

Our plan is to transfer our storage to our two sheds in the back of the yard. First we have to move the current contents of the sheds. April 13.

We had to remove the exterior walls between the two sheds because leaks from the roofs had rotted them. Mark did most of the work, first removing the metal shelf racks that had held lumber between the sheds. Then he removed the walls.

We had to move most of the present contents of the shed outside to prepare for the new storage plan.

We had to replace the walls between the sheds, and it was amazing that Mark could almost do it single-handedly. From all his set-building work for the movies, he knew exactly how to do it, and did all the fastening work with Rod and Rhonda contributing just some help propping up and positioning of the wall sheets of RBB.

Mark and Rhonda escorted Brenda down to observe the work in progress.

As Brenda observed the process, the dog Punkin showed a lot of interest as well.

With Mark's hard work we had the new walls between the sheds and the conduit of electricity to the back shed. April 15.

With structure and interior work on the sheds, their contents were spread on the back yard. April 17.

The work on the sheds gave us a good view of the back of the house and the back porch structure that Mark had designed and built earlier. April 22.

Mark set up a worktable and is working on the door between the sheds. April 21

Mark is fabricating the door for between the sheds for entering the back shed.

We began to transfer material from the Mableton storage and this shows some of the new content of the front shed. Mark and Rhonda spray painted the inside of this shed.

We began to transfer material from the Mableton storage and this shows some of the new content of the back shed.

Mark makes a finishing cut on the door to the back shed. Rhonda and Brenda observe along with Punkin.

With the door hung, Mark continues with the extensions to the shed roofs over the space between the sheds. April 22

The framing of the roof extensions to make a place to mount a rainwater drainage pathway.

The roof extensions have been constructed to hold the drainage chute. April 23

Mark has gotten the shingles and taken some pf them tp the roof. April 24.

Rhonda climbs up to the roof to help with the roofing. She stuck with Mark through the entire roofing process.

Mark and Rhonda place the waterproof sheeting over the previous layer of shingles to prepare for the new shingle layer.

Mark reassembled the steel lumber rack between the sheds and constructed a drainage trough of corrugated galvanized metal.

Mark works at shingling the back portion of the back shed.

Mark and Rhonda move along with the roofing as a team.

The roof was finished and the sheds are ready for use on April 30.

The crowns are put on the roof peaks and we have new roofs.