Saturday, November 14, 2009

Setting the Garden shed poles



When we set the poles we use a post level which makes the job a lot easier . It gives you the levels all the way round and up & down. We attached it by sewing elastic tied together and then it attaches to a hook on the side of the level. Very easy to move from post to post.
From the plans we drew up , we knew how far apart to place the poles. We started with the corners and stabilized the poles with 2X4 bracing screwed to the poles and screwed to a 2X4 stake hammered in the ground 2 feet.
We then pulled a string around each corner pole so we knew where to line up the center poles.
It can be very tricky to get everything lined up and plum and square. We measured at every pole to check the diagonal , width and length.
When it was right , we used a tamping rod to make sure the ground was tight around each pole.

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