With the shed pretty much done, I started with the job of loading up the structure with stuff. I did get some more caulk and foam to continue to seal things up some more. I had already started loading things up earlier, but this time I want to make things a little neater, specifically with things like the power tools we planned on loading up to begin with. I did have to climb up on the roof to get some of the more "open" spots where the sheet metal met, but at least I was able to get the foaming done. I will still need more caulk to get all the other seams around the shed, along with extra pinholes that I may have missed. So far even with a couple of rains that came through the area, it doesn't appear that the shed leaks any, so for all intents the structure appears to be staying dry. I will still caulk where I can see spots that warrant caulking since I would rather overdo something like this than to skimp on it and have water seeping in where it could rust out the sheet metal or start rotting the wood. I did have another idea for when I do finish fully caulking the seams outside of the shed. I planned on getting several cans of clear coat and just spraying down the metal skin of the shed. I could even just get some decent quality white paint, which might be a better bet and would actually make the shed appear more fitting with the house and Storage Trailer which are mostly white, versus having this silver colored "scrapyard" structure. Either way, the purpose of spraying any kind of paint or clearcoat on the structure is to protect the sheet metal so the structure will last a long time. Now for the inside. The main thing I wanted to do was hang power tools. To do this, I acquired a bunch of rubber hook straps with the plan of using these to hold the tools to eyebolts screwed into a long board suspended between two of the horizontal tubes in the shed. I cut a board I pulled from the scrap pile and drilled a couple holes to drive a couple wood screws through and into the board. From there I drilled six larger holes to screw the eyebolts into, spacing them evenly enough to allow the tools to hang without them sitting cluttered amongst each other. The rubber hook strap would be hooked to the eyebolt, looped through the handle of the tool, then back to the eyebolt. The rubber straps are plenty strong enough to hold the tools to the large eyebolts so there's no issue with any of this stuff breaking free. I did take a minute to move some other stuff into the shed from the Storage Trailer, even moved a couple buckets with plumbing hardware into the shed, stacking them up to save space. The Storage Trailer is a little neater inside without the clutter of the larger items stored within. At least now we can better regroup with all our junk in the Storage Trailer, along with the surrounding grounds so we can work towards the greater goal of using up and/or getting rid of stuff. At least things are coming together that much more around the compound.
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