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End of the day and the windows are all framed out

We started out the next morning laying out the base plates for the back wall, cutting around the water supplies and waste pipes

we then boxed out around the ends of the window headers

Because of all the rough in openings and doorways, we decided to frame the back wall piece by piece, we started with a stud on each end

We then set a plate at our height for the front portion of the roof.

We then started filling in with the studs

We installed some cross braces to the back wall.

Back wall all framed up

We used 2x10x20 for the rafters 16 on center.

All the rafters up and ready. We braced the front wall before we started the back.

We liked the large overhang on the front and decided to keep it instead of trimming it back

all sheathed

we moved onto the back and trimmed the rafter tails

and nailed down a fascia board and started throwing up the sheathing

and proceeded to cut off the overhang

it was starting to take shape

We framed out the windows on the top face of the roof

and used the wood we had used for the footing forms to form up the roof on the shed

and trimmed off the excess

before calling it a night we framed out our island bar

over the weekend, I started waterproofing the outside walls, we used a product called foundation guard

we started by cutting 2 foot strips and wrapping the footers first

and then ran sheets from the top of the walls down to the footing. We nailed the tops into the studs with roofing nails to keep it from sliding

all finished

we wrapped the small shed with ice and water shield

and they dropped off the excavator to start burying the house

we had to cover up the gable ends with osb

and started wrapping the whole house with 2 inch blue board

and taped all the joints

the next day we started installing a french drain around the footer

and covered it with crushed stone

we covered that with a filtration mat

and then started back filling that with shale

We laid down insulation to protect the front footing from frost heaving

And covered it with loam.

We started laying out the boulders to build the retaining walls

Had to position some of the rocks with a little help

and back filled with shale as we worked our way up

the next day we started working on the other side

and back filled as we worked our way up

they finished that side up and then just started dropping loads to fill the back

the guys kept on working on the roofing around the trucks

We used shale to back fill because it stands up on it's own and won't need a lot of compacting and will drain well

retaining walls all finished