Ground work and foundation-Chapter 2

When you open the sheds carton according to the dotted line on its outside, the first thing you encounter is the instruction manual. After a week or so of studying it, I have to say that while all the information you need is probably there, the manner in which it is presented does not really inspire confidence that it is really possible to build a 100 square foot building from the contents of the box. Perhaps if I could translate the Spanish, Thai, Esperanto and Tagalog versions of the instructions I could divine some sense out of it all. To be pithy, I'll just say the instructions are pithy.
The first admonition in the instructions is to make sure all the parts are there. After perusing the contents, gathering up all the hardware bits, nuts bolts and screws, I was relatively sure all the main parts were present. Keep in mind though since the box is sitting outdoors near the erection site, I wanted to keep the box intact and all the painted parts nicely wrapped. All the parts are packaged so that they come out of the box mostly in the order in which you use them, providing you follow the instructions closely.
Since the ground I'm working with is already like concrete I figured it was redundant to pour a slab. A treated wood foundation seemed like a better solution. My plan boiled down to 4X4 posts set 2 feet in the ground with a 2X4 perimeter.
My dog Reggie seems to approve of the progress so far.
The floor will be built from 5/8 exterior plywood. I would have used marine plywood but it was a special order from Home Depot.
4 sheets of plywood, the treated lumber and a new screw-shooter came to almost $300. I'm getting painfully close to what the Sea-can would have cost. No turning back, no remorse, get on with the job.
While trying to figure out how the floor kit fit into the whole scheme of things I discovered the kit which the lady at Sears guaranteed was the correct one for the shed, absolutely was not. A visit to her left me with the advice to call Arrow on their toll free number. The lady there really knew her shit! I suppose they get these problems all the time and she promised the correct parts within a week. She also allowed that the shed can be built without the floor installed first and the kit and plywood can be installed last. So that's the way I'll do it.
Once the foundation is built with careful checking with a long level so that everything is squared away, I'll be bringing the level of the ground up a bit with some coarse sand I picked up at the lumber yard for a buck a bag. The floor kit has to be the same height as the perimeter of the shed to support the floor properly. You can't pay too much attention to detail and if you do it right the first time you won't have to do it over again.

All that's left to do now is bring up the grade under the floor with sand and I'm ready to start building the shed.
That will have to wait for an un-windy day. Something we don't see too often in the desert but mid-August is a good time to get one. Hopefully before our monsoon season starts!