Building the Gym Shed

Keeping the Shed Livable: Temperature and Moisture

A Tuff Shed is built to keep rain off a lawnmower. It isn’t built to hold…
Choosing the Wall Material: Rustic Pine Planks

The Tuff Shed shows up with bare studs and house wrap. That’s fine for storing lawn…
Boring but Important: Our Home Gym Rubber Flooring

Nobody gets excited about flooring. But it’s the thing your entire gym sits on, it takes…
Vibes: Gym Interior Finishing

I would say figuring out what equipment and how to lay it out was the most…
Let there Be Light: Gym Electrical

One thing that became very clear during this whole process is that permitting the shed as…
Two Dudes and a Truck: The TuffShed Goes Up!

The actual install of the Tuff Shed was surprisingly fast — just a few days —…
Breaking Ground: Pouring the Concrete Foundation

Once the site was prepped, the next major step was the foundation — and this is…
Hurry up and Wait: The Permit Phase

The permitting process was probably the first real reminder that even though this was “just a…
Buy or Build? Our early process with TuffShed

We are fortunate enough to have quite a large backyard, living in a single family home…