How To Build A Shed

How to build a shed is an overview that takes you from the planning stage through completion of a wooden storage shed.

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Planning And Designing Your Storage Shed

Planning your storage shed, the law, your intended use, your budget, your skill level, the local weather conditions
Legal issues, land use codes, building codes, building permits, what’s the worst that can happen if you don’t follow the law
Designing your shed, size and shape,location, foundation, floor, door, building materials, roof line, accessories, paint or stain, security, cost
Buying or making storage shed plans
List of tools you’ll need, hand tools, power tools, painting equipment

Foundation, ground contact method, skids
Floor, measure cut and drill materials, build floor frame, square and level, toenail frame to skids, re square and level, sheet the floor, snap chalk line and nail field
Building trusses, measure cut and drill materials, build a jig, assemble, check for consistency
Door, measure cut and drill materials, sandwich header, wall frame, spacers, inside frame, support spacers, mark cut lines, sheeting, snap chalk line, inner trim, spacers, outer trim
Walls, measure cut and drill materials, build end walls first, frame, sheet, build side door wall last
Raising the walls, snap chalk line 3 1/2” inside all 4 walls, space sidewalls properly, install back wall and nail, raise sidewall and nail, raise other sidewall and nail, install other end wall and nail
Cutting the door out, route first half, locate hinges and latch, drill holes, mount hinges, route balance, mount latch
Framing the roof, hang the trusses upside down between the walls, stand upright, position, screw in place, sheet the roof
Trim, gable ends first, roof edge second, corner trim last
Finishing the roof, drip edge, felt paper, row starter shingles, shingles, ridge cap