Allan’s generator shed, built to match
Allan wanted a proper home for his generator. We framed a lean-to shed against his house in Magnolia, roofed it in metal, lined it in plywood, built a mesh bay so the generator can breathe, cut and hung James Hardie lap siding to match the house, and sprayed it the same blue. About four to five days.
Allan had a gravel pad with a stone border already in place beside his house in Magnolia, and a generator that needed a dry, ventilated home. He asked us to build a shed on that pad that looked like it had always been there.
We framed it as a lean-to: three stud walls built off the house and a single-slope roof framed over the top. The roof is blue metal panel screwed down over purlins, and the inside is lined in plywood so the walls can take hooks, shelves and the occasional knock.
Outside, we cut and hung James Hardie lap siding with corner trim to match the siding on the house, built a door from grooved panel, and built one end as an open bay screened in expanded metal mesh, so the generator can breathe. The fuel tanks sit in that bay too. The siding went up primed, then we sprayed the whole shed in the same blue as the house.
From the patio it now reads as part of the original house, not an add-on. Four to five days from the first wall to the last coat, and the generator has been living in it since.
Scope of work
- Lean-to shed framed on the existing gravel pad
- Single-slope roof, purlins and blue metal panels
- Plywood-lined interior
- James Hardie lap siding and corner trim, cut to match the house
- Site-built door in grooved panel
- Open end bay screened in expanded metal mesh, so the generator can breathe
- Primed and sprayed to match the house
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