Skirt on the front of the shed
A finishing touch on our shed (which is far from finished) is putting a “skirt” around the bottom to hide the underside ugliness. It is strictly cosmetic and not vital in any way, but it is also pretty simple and the idea of paying a guy $580 to do it (that was the quote I got) didn’t appeal to me very much. I really wanted to do it myself.
The hardest part was figuring out where to get the materials. I needed about 50 s.f. of soffit material and about 90 feet of “J-channel” edging. But it had to match the beige color of the siding. I happened across a guy installing his skirt and asked him where he got his materials. The answer: 84 Lumber. So I ran down to 84 Lumber and ordered what I needed. The color was “Khaki”. I had to drive a mile to the warehouse, but within an hour had everything I needed for under $100.
Yesterday, lacking anything more important to do, I took a stab at installing the front skirting. I have to leave two sides open until the plumbing is done, but the front skirting was my “proof of concept” – my chance to convince myself that I knew how to do it. The tricky part was leaving a portion of the J-channel free so I could slip the soffit sections in, then finding a way to secure the J-channel when the soffit was in place. I found a way. The first half took about 2.5 hours but I learned from my mistakes and was able to complete the second half in just 1.5 hours. I guess I am still trainable.
Looks pretty darn good, I think.