This weekend we were able to complete the exterior paint and do those last minute things like hang a toilet paper holder and add a latch on the inside so you can lock the door and for the most part the weather was with us.

There were some set backs however as Friday night brought rain and destroyed the first coat of red paint we had put on the door. After which we brought it inside and it was given another 3 coats of red on Saturday. Sunday being final assembly day, I think it came together rather nicely.

Trim receives its last coat of white

Door receives yet another coat of red

After the second coat of paint, solar panel is also reinstalled

A side view after the first coat

Rear of the outhouse showing the paint

Front after its first coat of blue/grey on the main body

Door after its second coat of red

The moon gets painted white

Side view of eves showing grey paint and white trim

Completed paint job

Door and handle get reinstalled

The moon is now attached to the door

The moon is now attached to the door

Side view of the completed outhouse

Thats one red door, making the moon stand out.

Finally! We’re finished! This project took 6 weekends of effort from hole digging to hanging the moon, but at last it has been completed.

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What’s next, how about that pesky skylight…

Another weekend of outhouse construction has gone and passed, we arrived late Friday evening in the rain. Saturday brought oddly enough no bugs, yet it was damp and there loomed a thick heavy fog all around the lake. There was the occasional black-fly or mosquito but they obeyed the laws of the bug spray and left us in peace.

So we set to work, finishing off the bench and mounting the toilet seat. Once that was complete it was time to prepare the door for paint. The old green paint was cracked and peeling so the entire thing had to be sanded down before finally applying primer. The next step was to caulk some of the larger gaps between the boards and give it an initial coat of paint.

While we had our brushes full of primer it was time to coat the entire building. Unfortunately we ran out of painters tape before we could start painting the trim of the building.

Completed sub structure and inner hole plywood mounted

Left storage compartment

Right storage compartment

Screen on the eves to keep the bugs out

Plywood top in place and toilet seat installed

View of the seat down and the bench top mounted with hinges

Found this recycling bin works perfectly as a hole liner, we had to notch around the nuts that mount the seat

Completed bench

Burning the final remains of the old outhouse

Painters tape set around the bench top

Added some scrap roofing to the back as the barrel in the ground was still slightly exposed

Bench and floor finally primed

Door after spending hours sanding it downv

Door completely primed

After caulking the door, not that you can see the white caulking

Final coat of paint for the bench and floor, the building gets its primer

Completed priming the entire building

Door remounted after being painted white on the inside

Oh well at least the inside is done so it should be functional the next time we go out.

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Well the weather was with us, and we had our supplies ready to go. So when Friday rolled around we headed back to finish the building of the outhouse. What we weren’t counting on was the sheer volume of black-flies and their hunger for human flesh.

These things were just plain awful, attacking in numbers to high to count. Whenever you’d stop to hold a piece of wood, or attempted to screw two pieces together they were all over you. Needless to say while up shingling the roof I was a sitting duck. By the end of the day Saturday my arms were covered in bites. My ears were swollen and bright red causing them to stick out, not unlike the Mad magazine “What me worry” guy.

Despite it all we did get somethings accomplished, but did not manage to complete the project. We got the roof on, the door hung, solar light installed, trim and screened vents in place. We started work on the bench, but had to pack it in when the rain started on Sunday.

Roof finally shingled

I did a fine job shingling if I do say so myself.

Roof complete, starting to get the trim on.

Its taking shape, still a number of things left to do

Door trimmed out and the repurposed door was rebuilt and sized for the opening.

Hinges worked like a charm, not the first door I've hung.

Solar panel installed.

Solar light installed at a kid accessible height.

The light is on in this shot but the camera flash makes the whole thing kinda pointless.

Close up view of the light.

View of the inside of the door, and door latch installed.

Bench starting to take shape, the plywood on the front hasn't been fastened down yet.

Underlying structure of the bench.

Till next weekend…

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