Since you are all aware that Bill and I are full-time RVers, with no property to our names, it probably seems odd that we bought and put up a shed. Here’s the deal:

We will be staying through October on a seasonal site here in PA near our daughter and new granddaughter. Bill has several installs lined up, so he needed a place to store all the supplies that he will need.

After researching different options, he chose a 7′ X 7′ plastic click-together type, set on a deck made made of 5 – 4″ X 4″‘s and 17 deck boards. Should be easy peezy! And, it was!

First, we had to know for certain that the shed would fit on the site in a good spot. By that I mean considering where the rig would be parked, and not near the fire pit and picnic table. After measuring, Bill knew right where it should go.

So, off to Lowes we went. Bill had actually spied the sheds there when driving by and had his eye on one particular model. He went in to get a price (since it was still essentially winter here at the time, there weren’t prices out on them yet.) After some back and forth, Bill knew which shed he wanted, and had a price for it. We decided to open a new Lowes credit card, as there was a $150 off any purchase of $600 or more. Since the shed was less than that, Bill purchased other items to bring up the total.

Our son-in-law went with me to go pick it up, as Bill was in the middle of an install. Bill & I went back to Lowes when the install was complete to get the wood for the floor, and dropped it off at the site, then brought the shed over too.

Bill used some of the wood to dig into the dirt, just enough to help level what would become the floor. We double checked that the 5 4X4’s were evenly spaced and level.

Next we added the deck boards, making sure they stayed level also. Didn’t want a crooked shed.

Once the floor was complete, we called it a day.

The next day, we opened the huge box of shed parts. Bill sorted them and made sure we weren’t missing anything.

First was the shed floor.

Next we added the walls. They clicked together and also to the floor.

I put the little skylights into the roof.

There were even little pieces of screen that had to be attached to openings in the gable ends.

There were “windows” that I added to the doors.

Speaking of doors, the lock mechanism was added.

The roof came in 4 side pieces and 2 ridge pieces.

The last thing to add was metal reinforcement gable ends and beams.

Total installation time: 5 man hours (2 hours for me and 3 hours for Bill)

Total cost: $550 ($120 for the base and $430 for the shed)

It didn’t take long for Bill to add shelves and then fill it with solar supplies. We bought plastic shelves at Lowe’s, and even though each shelf is supposed to hold 200 pounds, some are already bowing a bit. Bill had considered building shelves, but I kinda talked him into the plastic ones; now I feel bad, but how was I supposed to know they wouldn’t hold even 75 pounds?

You may be wondering what will happen to the shed at the end of the season. We aren’t sure ourselves. If we decide to come back to Hickory Hollow, we will probably just leave it here. If we don’t renew, we can either take it apart and store it somewhere or sell it.

The shed is really working out great – it’s already full of supplies, which would otherwise be in the truck, in the basement or outside on a pallet and under a tarp. The shed is a much better solution.

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