How to Build an Outdoor Room
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What You Need: Tools
- Tape rule
- Hammer
- Posthole digger (if placing on concrete piers)
- Builder's level ( 4-feet or longer)
- Trenching shovel
- Carpenter's pencil
- Angle square or combination square
- Portable circular saw
- Table saw
- Wood chisel (1 inch or larger)
- Drill with 3/16- and 3/8-inch bits
- Drill bit, 12 inches long, 1/4 -inch diameter
- Ratchet driver with 9/16-inch socket
- 12-inch power miter saw
- No. 2 Phillips screwdriver or driver but
- Two stepladders (8 feet)
- Paintbrushes
What You Need: Materials
- 12 wood stakes (18 -- 24 inches long)
- Four cardboard tube concrete forms, 12-inch diameter, 4 feet long*
- 20 bags ready-mix concrete, 80 pounds each*
- Four metal post base brackets with fasteners*
- 1 cubic yard crushed rock or pea gravel
- 12 pieces 1X4 (nominal) cedar, 8 feet long (for window frames)
- Three pieces 4X4 (nominal) pressure-treated pine, 8 feet long (for part A)
- 22 pieces 4X4 (nominal) cedar, 8 feet long (for parts B - L)
- Two pieces 2X4 (nominal) cedar, 8 feet long (for part M)
- Two barn sash windows (22X29 inches) or equivalent (optional)
- Three barn sash windows (22X41 inches) or equivalent (optional)
- One package 5d (1 3/4-inch) galvanized finishing nails
- Thirty 3/8X6-inch lag screws with flat washers
- One package No. 10X3-inch deck screws
- 10 sheets corrugated galvanized steel roof panels, 25X72 inches
- One galvanized cap/ridge flashing, 8 feet long
- One package washer-head screws (for metal roof panels)
- One package No. 6X1 5/8-inch deck screws
- 1 gallon exterior-grade clear wood sealer (or semitransparent stain)
*Optional: recommended for high wind areas or where required by code.
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