The Pump House

Remember this ?  July 24th, we traveled to Herriman to take a shed down and haul it home.  

After we got it home, we took everything, walls and all, roof, etc.  entirely apart, and then proceeded to rebuild it in the shop. It is a little bit bigger than the one we took down.   The original plan was to rebuild down at the Property right then, but the water table was too high at that point, and we didn't want to waste time by waiting, so went to work re-building in the shop.  

 

It was done in pieces, so that it could be taken apart again easily.  The base, 4 walls, one middle wall, and the truss system.  All built very sturdy, because we knew it would have to be taken apart again and put back together 

It slowly came together, and we reused 95% of the original shed material, and some extra wood we had on hand, and only had to buy a little extra.  We even got some free used Trex decking for the front porch.  After it was finished, and after the water table went down (1st part of October), we pulled it out of the shed (in one piece) with the tractor.  That trusty old John Deere came through !!
 

Meanwhile, down at the Property we dug the pumps out of the ground, and the water level had subsided enough that the pipes could be re-routed.  

Everything was re-buried and the dimensions were staked out

Pavers were laid down to place the building upon

All of the building pieces were set down at the Property.  The sides, and base were picked up and trailered down. 

Working around the wet well.

Kind of like putting a jigsaw puzzle back together.  A very well built jigsaw puzzle. 

Getting the roof back on took 3 tries, but again, our trusty old John Deere was a champ.  

It started out as a cold day - October 24th (exactly 3 months from the day we took the shed down in Herriman), but we got the truss system back on, and proceeded with the plywood on the roof.  Thatcher had a great time hanging with his dad and Grandpa Roger.  

The back of the shed - approx. 6 x 12 is where the pumps will be housed.  We'll put that all back together next spring.  Now we just need to get the back double door on (taken from original shed). 

By the end of the day, it had warmed up nicely.  Thatch better measure right !!  

And here we are at the end - ran out of plywood, so...............

When we woke up to THIS the next day, we weren't very happy.  We were hoping to get it all dried in before snow hit.  Hopefully it will clear up and warm up this coming week, and we can proceed.