Garden Sheds
Find out how to design and build an attractive and functional storage shed for your yard, from building codes and setbacks to framing the shed from the ground up. Watch this video to find out more.
Watch this video to find out how to make your backyard family friendly for kids by adding a privacy fence, play set, and a hot tub or pool. In addition we’ll show you how to build a storage shed and plant a vegetable garden the whole family can enjoy.
A shed can be much more than a simple utility building for storing lawn equipment. These attractive and well designed sheds from Better Barns in Collinsville, Connecticut, can be used as a workshop, gardening shed, artist’s studio, or child’s playhouse. Watch this video to find out more.
The simplest way for a DIYer to build a foundation for a shed is by creating what is known as an on-grade foundation. Unlike a foundation with poured concrete footings, an on-grade foundation is constructed by stacking solid concrete blocks directly on the ground. Watch this video to find out more.
Even though sheds are small structures, they still have to be approved by your local building department, receive a building permit, and follow building codes during construction. In addition, if you may have to comply with local neighborhood covenants. Watch this video to find out more.
Before building a garden shed or workshop in your yard, decide on the answers to these questions: How big should the shed be, should the design of a shed match the house, and where should a shed be built? Watch this video to find out more.
Before starting construction on a storage shed in your yard, check the city setback requirements to see how much distance you need to allow from property lines. Next, see if there are any covenants or restrictions concerning the construction, size, or style of storage sheds in your neighborhood.
Storage sheds can either be built from scratch, made from a kit, or delivered to your house preassembled on a truck. When ordering a preassembled shed, be sure you have enough vertical and horizontal clearance to fit and unload the shed in your yard. Watch this video to find out more.
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