| Before you build a storage shed, you need do some | | | | Most foundations are either wooden skids or |
| careful planning. Measure your yard and decide how | | | | concrete slabs. Concrete is more work and more |
| big of a shed you want. Decide what will be going | | | | expensive. Either way, you should properly prepare |
| into the shed, and leave a little room for 'incidentals'. | | | | the ground before setting up your shed, by laying a |
| Once you have the shed, you will find all sorts of | | | | level bed of gravel for drainage. Wooden foundations |
| other things you want to put in there. Then you are | | | | can be set on concrete blocks instead of a gravel |
| ready to get a blueprint storage shed. These can be | | | | bed, if you prefer. |
| bought on-line or at your local lumber store. There | | | | After your foundation is ready, you can start on the |
| are also many blueprints available for free. | | | | walls. Construct them on the ground and then raise |
| Buying a premade storage shed is easier and faster, | | | | them into position. Make sure to brace the wall |
| but much more expensive, plus you still have to put | | | | before nailing the bottom to the base. Add your |
| it together by yourself. All you basically get is precut | | | | trusses, cover them with plywood and shingle the |
| materials and instructions. If you know how to saw | | | | roof. |
| some wood and screw it together, you can easily | | | | Blueprint storage sheds will tell you the exact length |
| make your own storage shed in no time. Reading the | | | | to cut the wood and how many pieces you need. It |
| blueprints can be tricky for some people. If you are | | | | will tell you how to cut holes for windows, if your |
| not comfortable with blueprints, get step by step | | | | design includes windows, and how to construct the |
| instructions instead. | | | | door. Making your own storage shed can be fun and |
| As with any structure, you start with the foundation. | | | | rewarding. |