An overhang on the back of a shed is a useful place to store stuff out of the rain and we made use of this, extending the shed roof three feet out.
Little building, big roof, what could go wrong?
I got an "Oh shit" text message from Lucy last week. She then sent a picture and I laughed. It seems that with all the wood stacked at the back of the shed, and the snow load slowly melting and moving to the back of the roof, our darling little shed toppled over on its back.
My good buddy, patio stone and pothole filler, Charles was up for a party on the weekend and he came in a few hours early to lend a hand. We drilled and screwed in about 6 eyehooks into the rafters, threaded a rope through and brought the strands back to a common biner. I drove the tractor up (good Old Zac was great in the deep snow) and clipped the rope to the bucket and lifted. Lifting the bucket tensioned the rope and lifted the shed a touch. We were able to move one beam the shed had been standing on (the other was still pinned) and put blocks under the other side. I backed Zac up a few feet (as far as I could without hitting the yurt). The shed lifted and righted itself, not quite on the same footprint but close enough.
Damage? One wall board knocked out, a few nails should put it back. A small section of tin roofing slightly bent and a rafter board broken (easily fixed). Oh yeah, while climbing on the roof, er front, of the shed covered with snow, Charles got a knee on one of the folding doors and went through. Charles is okay, the door, not so.
We left the rope through the eyelets just in case the shed decides to topple over again. Once spring comes we'll reset it properly on its base and I think I'll be putting some temporary poles up at the edge of that overhanging roof just to keep things upright.