Raked out and fine-tune leveled the area between the shed footers, removing three wheelbarrow-loads of ankle twister rocks. Vast improvement in appearance and walking-around / ladder placement safety. Perry arrived mid-morning. We discovered that the shed had grown overnight: west side went from 20′ ¼″ to 20′ ½″ and the east side went from 20′ even to 20′ ⅜″. Must have been the rain shower overnight?!?! The diagonals measured exactly the same, so the structure is within 1/16″ of square. Not too shabby, says the chief amateur builder.
Even though Mr. Doubting Thomas didn’t think the joist hanger nails could ever be pulled out, Perry quickly proved me wrong… and reset the misaligned joist into its proper position. He then used his portable power planer and 6′ level to true up the joists, though it looks like the second beam in from the north is a tad lower than the others. While Perry was attending to other business over the noon hour, I made up a 1:2 mortar and sand mix to fill all the countersink cavities where the J-bolts lay, then filled-in and leveled the wane areas on the two beams that had
been sistered together. Hope no one ever wants to get to those J-bolt nuts again, as they’ll need a jackhammer to do so. Then the fun started! Sure am glad that Perry was here to guide the laying of the Advantech, as he knew exactly how to get it right… plus all the tricks of the trade that made the job move right along. Used a whole case of PL400 plus 375 2½” Deckmate star-drive screws to fasten the flooring to the beams and joists. Doubt if a small nuclear device would budge the resulting structure. That floor ain’t a gonna squeak! Covered everything with a green tarp until we’re ready to build the actual wood shed… sometime next summer. Another delightful dinner at Marty’s and Merry’s rounded out a very productive day.
Raked out and fine-tune leveled the area between the shed footers, removing three wheelbarrow-loads of ankle twister rocks. Vast improvement in appearance and walking-around / ladder placement safety. Perry arrived mid-morning. We discovered that the shed had grown overnight: west side went from 20′ ¼″ to 20′ ½″ and the east side went from 20′ even to 20′ ⅜″. Must have been the rain shower overnight?!?! The diagonals measured exactly the same, so the structure is within 1/16″ of square. Not too shabby, says the chief amateur builder. 
Even though Mr. Doubting Thomas didn’t think the joist hanger nails could ever be pulled out, Perry quickly proved me wrong… and reset the misaligned joist into its proper position. He then used his portable power planer and 6′ level to true up the joists, though it looks like the second beam in from the north is a tad lower than the others. While Perry was attending to other business over the noon hour, I made up a 1:2 mortar and sand mix to fill all the countersink cavities where the J-bolts lay, then filled-in and leveled the wane areas on the two beams that had 
been sistered together. Hope no one ever wants to get to those J-bolt nuts again, as they’ll need a jackhammer to do so. Then the fun started! Sure am glad that Perry was here to guide the laying of the Advantech, as he knew exactly how to get it right… plus all the tricks of the trade that made the job move right along. Used a whole case of PL400 plus 375 2½” Deckmate star-drive screws to fasten the flooring to the beams and joists. Doubt if a small nuclear device would budge the resulting structure. That floor ain’t a gonna squeak! Covered everything with a green tarp until we’re ready to build the actual wood shed… sometime next summer. Another delightful dinner at Marty’s and Merry’s rounded out a very productive day.
