How to Build a Garden Shed
Many homeowners install a garden shed outside their home in order to secure their gardening tools and equipment, as well as other personal belongings. A garden shed can free up a lot of space in the garage and store various items from the house too.
Calling a professional to install a garden shed can be expensive; so, building your own can be a good idea if you are up to the task.
What You Will Need
Before learning how to build a garden shed, you should make sure you have the proper tools and equipment on hand. You will need a hammer, level, ladder, drill, and a few other power tools. You will also need the proper materials, such as concrete blocks for the flooring, joists and trusses, and pressure-treated wood planks to construct the walls of the shed.
For those of you who have limited carpentry skills, and prefer not to learn how to build a garden shed, many different types of pre-cut shed kits are available on the market. They will definitely make the job easier, and may even produce more satisfactory results in the end. However, by choosing to tackle the construction yourself, you can design the style of shed you want - you are the architect.
The Process of Building a Garden Shed
The first step is to find a suitable site on your property for the garden shed. Choosing an area that is level is important as an uneven foundation will create problems down the road.After the concrete blocks are in place, putting up the walls is the next step. Remember to decide on the location of the door and windows before erecting the walls or you may be forced to start over. Whether you are installing a ready-made door or a home-made one, use hinges to fasten the door to the wooden planks of the walls. The same applies for the windows.
How to build a garden shed roof may be the most difficult part of the building process. It requires assembling a wooden frame and placing it in the center of the front and back walls of the shed to support the roof.
- Use a piece of wood measuring about two feet in order to slant the roof to allow water drainage.
- Once this frame is up, the next step is fixing the trusses.
- Now cover the roof with an inch of plywood and install a cap at the center where both sides meet.
- For a more durable roof, you can add shingles or metal roofing on top of the plywood.
- Finally, caulk every seam to ensure that no water can seep inside.
Your garden shed project is complete and you now have extra storage space!
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