I've done some recent work in the shed to both clean is up and make it suit my needs a little better.
I've been cleaning some of the garbage out of it on each trip. I've thrown away old paint cans, broken light fixtures, and other random items. Strangely, the entire floor has carpet spread out over the dirt. The carpet is covered in small pieces of trash and dirt which I've not yet cleaned as I've been taking care of the larger items first.
This weekend, I added the shelf on the side of the shed. This gives me a place off the ground for a few items including my gas cans.
Last weekend, I pulled down the rack that was installed in the back of this first stall for holding wood. While the rack was a good idea, it gets in the way of parking the four wheeler in the shed. I think I'll put in a new wood rack but it will be smaller and most likely in this far back left corner.
About three or four weeks ago, my dad and I put the freezer you see in the picture above in the shed. It does not work but seals. This allows me to put a few tools and other items in the freezer so they do not rust up or have a chance of a rat messing with them.
The shed is a little rough but it is functional. I would like to work on the door a little by covering it with galvanized sheet metal, I'd also like to fix it so that the ground is flat by the door and it seals better, I'll eventually add a wood rack, and then clean up the floor.
We plan to spend tomorrow at the land but decided to stop by on our way through the area this evening. I wanted to take a look at the shed and make sure the keys we were provided worked.
The locks for the four gates work but don't work smoothly. I purchased a new set of matched key locks to use on the land anyway. Unfortunately, the latch on my new locks were so big they would not fit through the existing chain. The solution was easy but involved spending $20.78 for four 3' lengths of 5/16 chain from Lowe's.
The door to the shed leaves a little to be desired. It is wide enough to accomodate a 4 wheeler or mower but the previous owner set a piece of plywood down before shutting the door as the angle of the shed leaves a gradual gap which expands to 6" at one end.
The shed has a fair amount of junk in it. I'm sure some of it will be usable. However, I'll have to go through it all. That is rather difficult at the moment as it is filled with wasps.
There is carpet from a house lining the floor of the shed. Its rather nasty and something I plan to fix in the near future. The floor which is not covered with carpet has the remains of packaging which looks to have been torn into tiny pieces by rats.
I'm hopeful we can find a few items of use in the shed. The property has electricity but it is not routed to the shed. There is an electric cord on the floor and a light on the ceiling which I suppose they ran to a nearby outlet to have lights at night.
Once I feel confident the wasps are all dead, I'll go through the shed, clean it up, find out what there is worth keeping, and stock it with a few things I can use while out working on the property.
