well we bought a shed and before you say
yes I could have built my own but I just
simply did not have the time so
purchased a shed which is awesome for
storage but it does not come with any
ramps so this week I'm going to be
building some custom ramps for both this
store set and then also on the side here
the only problem is that the ground here
is that a grade so this end of the shed
is actually up higher than this side
even though the building is level so
it's going to create some trickery but
I'm sure I will be able to work it out
one way or the other for the header
board I want to place this as close to
this surface as possible however the way
that the doors are made prevents me from
doing that right now because there's
this big overhang which means that I
won't be able to place my header any
taller then that overhang hangs or the
doors will interfere with it whenever I
try to shut them so to fix all of this
I'm gonna go ahead and chop off the
bottom overhang of the doors I wanted to
be able to reuse the door trim after
making the modification so I used a flat
bar to first pry it off before making my
cut
then I used a level in order to make a
straight line across the bottom edge of
my door and use my circular saw to make
the actual cut one thing I really like
about this circular saw is it has a
laser guide on it next I started cutting
all of my two by material that will make
up the ramp I set up a temporary
workstation with a miter saw and my
multi stand I not only cut my header to
size but also the five boards that will
make up the joist of the ramp I set the
header board aside and started working
on finding the angles on the joists now
this angle is gonna vary depending on
how high your shed is off of the ground
as well as how long you want your ramp
to be I held one board in place making
sure to account for the thickness of my
decking material then used a speed
square and a level to draw a plumb line
I temporarily attached to the board to
the sheds that I could go down to the
end of the board and find that angle I
came down two inches on the nose of this
board placed a framing square on this
mark and then leveled out the framing
square
I place this board in my super jaws had
cut off both of these angles then use
this board as my template to make four
identical ones
with everything cut now I started
attaching I wasn't paying attention I
did not see that the dogs were blocking
the shot but I took all of the joists
and started joining it to the header
board using two screws per joist and I
did make sure to pre-drill to not only
make it easier but to also prevent
splitting trying to move this thing as
is outside it was way too flimsy so I
ended up cutting some shorter pieces to
help stabilize the front of the frame
but before attaching them I used a
framing square to make sure the two
outside joists were out of ninety once
everything looked good I started
attaching them to the side of those
joists once again using a pre-drill and
two screws per after wrestling this
thing outside I then attached it to the
shed you can see I just used a scrap
piece of board in order to cantilever it
up into position and I did make sure
that this was centered in the door
opening I used one screw in the center
to set it in place then put a level on
it adjusting it when needed then
finished attaching it with a few more
screws next I grabbed my shovel so I
could start digging down a few inches
since it's nothing but Rock around here
I ended up having to upgrade to a
grubbing hoe I'm gonna be going with
one-inch thick material for the decking
so I was keeping that in mind whenever I
was digging down into the ground but I
still dug down into the earth-sun so I
can set this paver into the earth and
what that's gonna do is prevent how much
of a lip I have going into the ramp on
the outside most joists I made sure that
these pavers were in line with the joist
and not not centered on them and that
way you don't see it sticking out
whenever the ramp is actually dead so I
started on the right since that was my
low side and I leveled all of the rest
of the ramp off of that side so it set a
paver put the level on if it looked good
I would move on if it needed lowering
then I would dig a little bit more and
then if it needed raising then I would
throw a little bit more dirt underneath
it
after getting all five of the limbs
leveled I then spent some time building
back up the dirt that I removed along
the front again my goal is to have the
nose of the ramp as close to the ground
as possible so that there's not a huge
lip to get over and now it was the
homestretch just throwing on all of the
deck boards I am going with one-inch
material for the ducting so whenever I
place my header that's why I placed it
one inch down to just minimize the lip
going into the shed I cut all of my
boards to length set them in place line
them up with both of the outside joist
pre-drilled and use two screws per joist
I was pleasantly surprised at just how
easy this project was I was able to get
it all done in just a few hours so if
you have a shed then don't put this one
off the most time-consuming part is just
making sure that the entire thing is
level and if you don't have a bunch of
rocks to contend with then yours will be
even easier than mine after getting the
first one built I've repeated the exact
same process for the second one
however this side is taller so I ended
up having to extend the ramp out a
little bit more and I also measured out
where the end of the ramp was gonna be
and did all of my digging before making
and setting the frame into place and
that was a lot easier than having to dig
around the frame and that's gonna be it
for this one stay tuned for the next
video I'm actually gonna be moving
inside of the shed and organizing the
inside to hold the motorcycles lawn
equipment and a few other things so I
will see you then
come on baby girl