This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the
straw badge in
Building.
While building a house may be out of reach at the moment, let's get some practice putting together smaller structures. Maybe your new garden needs a garden shed. Or you need a place to keep the tools by your chainsaw bear carving station. Or to hold campfire
wood out by the fire pit. Let's build a little shed with dimensional lumber!
Here are some pictures of something like what we want. All they need is a moveable foundation. Sloping the roof to the back gives better access and fewer rain drops dripping on your head.
Minimum requirements:
- At least 6' headroom inside
- At least 6' wide
- At least 3' deep
- Made from dimensional lumber (framing and walls)
- At least three solid walls
- Skiddable/rollable/moveable foundation (not permanent)
- No wood touching the ground
- 90% natural materials by weight (plywood isn't natural)
Provide proof of the following as pictures or
video (<2 min):
- Floor structure mostly done
-
Shelter midway through construction
- Finished shelter
- If the unnatural materials you used are anywhere near 10% of the build, explain why you fall within the 90% natural requirement