Outhouse Work

Back in Rome this week, I am helping my dad ease in to retirement by helping build an outhouse. We had started this project a year or so ago, but stopped. Now we are making up for lost ground!
My dad had the local lumber yard build a shell. The shell doesn't have a floor or a seat inside.
This is a floor and seat that my dad and I built about a year ago as a part of our original effort to build an outhouse.
We had to disassemble the work we did to fit together the shell and our base.
Here our floor has now been added to the outhouse shell. Can you feel the excitement building?
Now we (and by that I mean pop) set out to add in the seat.
Naturally our original work has to been completely taken apart and the modified to fit into the shell.
Here we have the front and back beams for the seat in place. I put the old top inside (it is slanted) to show how it is too big to be used now (so we trim it with the saw.)
beautiful scene
cutting the boards to new length
building the bench
My version of working. I am actually sitting on the board so my father can cut it to length.
the bench is coming together
still needs hardware and some screws
Pop is working on the front panel
Woo Hoo done with the floor and bench!
A outhouse with style
Mom prepares a meatloaf feast for us hard workers to enjoy!