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First, some background- My Dad was a general contractor. My brother and I were drafted into the business in our very early teens. The Old Man did mostly insurance work like burned up kitchens and flooded bathrooms, but he also did several remodels/additions and we built 4 houses from the ground up.
I worked for two other contractors, and was self-employed in the field for several years as well. At the ripe old age of 40, I finally wised up and got a real job, with benefits. I am about to retire from that career, and I will miss it a little. I still love to build things, but I am sorely out of practice. (And sore, no kidding)
My second career involved fixing things, which is my true calling. I have a nice shop at the house, where I fix things for the fun of it. Always have, and always will. I have a detached shed, with parts, tools and stuff related to all these varied interests of mine.
My wife is a builder of sorts too. She enjoys crafting, and flea market flipping. She had a booth in town until the owner shut the shop down, pre CV-19. All her stuff moved into the HeShed didn’t it? Filled it right on up, that did!
Neither she nor I could find what we were looking for without a 30 minute game of Tetris.
We started looking at the sheds at Homeless Despot and other vendors. None matched the HeShed even close, and the prices seemed outrageous given my background. Only a few had some means to separate wood from ground, and that is crucial to long lasting construction of any sort. Let the games begin…