Build Update 4: Framing the Small Shed (aka Power Shed)

By Graham Mann | Published: 10/7/2025

Building my first walls, raising them, and adding sheathing

This is part 4 of my Nova Scotia build series. Catch up on Build Update 3: Slab Form Prep & Pouring Concrete(/blog/build-update-3-slab-form-prep-pouring-concrete) if you missed it. --- Once the concrete slabs were poured, it was time to get started on the wall framing. The nice part about using the insulated concrete slabs is that you immediately have a surface on which to mount the walls, with the bolts to do so in place, and you don’t have to think about flooring (of course, you can add flooring if you want to). !Finished concrete slab (small/power shed) with anchor bolts ready for walls(/images/build-update-4-framing-the-small-shed-aka-power-shed-6.jpeg) Prior to this project, I had no experience at all with framing walls. But I did enough research, and looked around enough in-progress builds, that it wasn’t too complicated. 2x4 vs. 2x6 Framing There are a thousand different ways to design a wall, but for wood-frame construction, many of the debates come down to some variation of th...

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