I need to put a shed in my back yard and don't know where to start in my search. I just need storage for a lot of boxes and stuff that are in my garage and for the lawnmower and lawn equipment.

What is everyone else using that has one?

 

I bought one of the home depot deals, since it was quick and easy, but I really wish I would have built it myself (and bigger too). Mine is 8x12 which is the max allowed without pulling a building permit. Call you local town/city officials to find out if you need a permit.

I know that lumber prices have gone up since I got mine, but IIRC, it was about $1600-1700 for it:

 

Here's mine. Just put it up a few weeks ago. Paid it $899 CAD.



# Very strong design to withstand storms
# Ideal for small yards, pools, saunas
# Single paned windows and horizontal side light
# Door opening: 35" x 73"
# Flower box, decorator trim on fascias, gables
# UV protection
# Lockable
# 300 cu. ft. of storage
# 100"L x 74"W x 90"H

Made by Royal Plastics.

 

Green,

That shit is NICE! Did they build it on site or did they deliver like that whole? The size is exactly what I am looking for. I assume the windows are in lieu of lighting (ie no need to run electricity out there). It looks like it is sitting on cinder blocks. Did you prep the ground underneath before placing the shed?

Dom,

Looks good, probably more in my price range. What did you do for the foundation?

 

Poured a cement slab.

 

I'll have to look for pics of the shed I built with my boss at his house. I think it's like 12' x 20'. Holds all his tools, two air compressors, all his off-shore fishing equipment, a lawn tractor, a push mower, skis, etc. It's fucking huge for a shed. I'll look for pics, if not I'll take some next time i'm over there (should be sometime this week).

 

Permit required?

 

:smitler:

 

It's prefabed and they put it together on site. The walls are prefabbed (and maybe the floor). They had to stickbuild the roof.

They gave me a site prep guide that basically said "pick a level spot in your yard". Guys showed up at 7:00 and were done by 9:30.

It's sitting on cement blocks with peices of scrap wood between the blocks and the shed to level it.

In the little town I live in, there must be 3-4 places that have demo sheds sitting out, so you can do some comparison shopping.

The one that Dom posted looks nice, and there are some other companies that make plastic shed. Rubbermaid even makes one I think.

I really wish I would have built my own probably a little smaller then your bosses tho...

I helped build a 2 car garage with my step-dad, so I know I could have built it, but I screwed up... Hindsight is 20/20...

http://john-perry.com/cgi-bin/mygall..._Garage&page=1

 

With a few hand tools and a couple of friends, you can build a shed like Greenies(somewhat cheaper too) buy making a frame of 2x3's and using T-111 siding. Whole thing(8x8 with shingles) will cost about $300. You can add a few small vinyl windows for an extra $50.

Next best thing, buy a DIY shed at Home Depot. Just need to buy a few pressure-treated 4x4's for the foundation and set it on a couple cement blocks.

No matter what shed you pick, carefully consider the foundation. Cement floor is the best obviously, but if you plan to sell and the new owner has other intentions, a cement slab will be tough to remove(trust me on that one ).

After I built my Homer D shed, I was pretty pissed at how simple it went together and that I spent $300(6 years ago) on something I could have built myself quite cheaper(&better).

 

Greenie, consider a pole-building next time. They are just as easy to build as a Homer D shed & are fairly inexpensive for a DIY'er.

I plan on building a 2 car garage on my dads house in the fall, approx 20x20', and siding it to match the home. Aside from the poured foundation(optional), it's cheap as hell and easy to build. Just need about 5-6 cases of beer and thirsty friends to lend a hand.

 

I think next time, I'll be building a mini garage with a rollup door.

Me and my step dad built the 2 car garage (pics linked in my last post). It was basically me and him working on it on weekends. Foundation was farmed out as was the rollup doors. My brother helped with the framing, we had a bunch of people help putting up the roof rafters, and his son did the electrical...

Learned a lot that summer

 

That's how I learned...just gotta do it. Next weekend I think I'm gonna get a crack at seaming carpet...now THAT may turn out to be a lucrative skill.

 

I bought one of those Sears sheds, 10x10. Whatta colossal pain in the ass but it's still standing after big snowfalls. Lots and lots of little parts took all day to assemble.

 

I could only find these pics... don't really show much

 

I put up a Rubbermaid (all ABS plastic) 8X10 shed 2 weeks ago... Litterally took 30 minutes....

Bought it through home depot for $560.00...

decent.... it protects the 50lb bags of salt, speaders, snow blowers and shovels with room to spare.

I laid down 2 bead rock, sand and 2'X2' concrete pads. (took me about a week)