Building a Shed Part II

So our friend Mark left and I continued my work on the shed. Its amazing really, how many people will stop by and watch you work. Even more amazing is when they think you are a contractor and inquire about work they need done. Perhaps the most amazing is when one person offers to help and shows up!
The next thing on my list was to make the trusses. Three days later,( not three full days but three half days), and after watching several hours of you tube videos, they were finished. I had even strengthened them from the original design. Instead of simply notching the two by fours,(and weakening them, I built an extra gusset to distribute the weight of the roof and load).

Next was framing the walls and they went up quickly.. With Renita's help I was able to get them built and up in about four hours. It actually was starting to look like a structure. Even more amazing the shape was actually square to the world, ok really close anyway!

The next morning it was time to install the trusses and we struggled to put up the first two. Jim, a new friend from Florida, stopped by to lend a much needed extra pair of hands and three hours later the trusses were up! It would have been two much for Renita and me alone. Thank you Jim!
Now company was due to arrive,(Dave and Jane), and I had hoped to be further along but it actually was a good thing as Dave turned out to be a person who had built two houses! Looking over the plans he pointed out several changes that would make it stronger and also had several suggestions as to the cut pattern for the siding and roof sheathing.

The next morning we started at eight am and after a full day, finished the siding and roof. Its obvious that its not a good time to show up as I have a nasty habit of putting friends to work, (Oh and the shed is my last project for this year so its safe to show up after we get back from the Escapade).
Now all I have left is to put on the metal roof and siding. The park has pretty rigid ideas as to allowable colors and siding type. Luckily I am smart enough to leave such choices to Renita and of course she chose sandstone/ desert beige.
Not all advice from the strangers/passersby was good as one smart person yelled out a comment as he  sped by in his golf cart. I was on the roof and so couldn't respond quickly enough. It just takes too long to spontaneously moon someone! Darn carpenters belt. Clear skies.