What is a good storage shed?

[learfxr]

Hope to be moving into our new house at the end of this month, bad part is we'll be leaving the 30x40 shop that is at our rental house. The new house has a typical 2 car garage and that's it. I have to store all my tools and equipment in there, and the Harley. No cars will be in there for a long while.

What is a good brand storage shed to look into? I need to put a Craftsman riding mower and various yard tools, maybe storage stuff too?

My mower needs at least a 4' wide doorway.

I plan to build a shop behind the house whenever we can afford it, that may be a while. We need a shed that will look good in the new neighborhood too, not just a tin shack

Thanks!

 

[nolatoolguy]

Honestly there aint many good ones. The best you can get is what you make yourself. But if not i suggest getting a cargo container you buy them for about a thousand dollars

 

[jake00]

I'd build it yourself

 

[Falcon67]

I'd build it yourself

If you have any skills, that may well be the cheaper solution. Nice place. Looks a little bit like the area north on 51. But haven't been crusing around Weatherford in about 15 years - lots changed just from passing through on I-20.

 

[UncleJoe]

I just finished building mine. I got some good advice at the discount building supply place. The old guy told me to take everything I wanted in the shed and place it in the yard and measure it, then make your shed at least 20% bigger.

I wanted to store my John Deere Lawn and garden tractor and some gardening tools, a pressure washer and a few other things. After placing it in the yard and measuring I figure 10x10 would be good but I built my shed 12x12. I am glad I did because I found a lot more things I wanted to put in there and I still have some room to move around. Remember that you have wall storage and even rafter area storage.

I built a 12x12 for just about $1000. I am pretty happy. We have a store here called Builders Discount Warehouse and the lumber is considerably cheaper than Lowes or HD. For instance the t1-11 siding was $3 cheaper per sheet. All the lumber was about 20% cheaper. SHop for material prices carefully it all that adds up.

 

[learfxr]

No way I'm putting a cargo container in my yard at a new home. Just not happening

The house is just South of Springtown on 51.

My dad has built 2 wood storage buildings at houses he has owned. I was too young to help on the 1st one, and the one he built recently is in Okla and I'm too far away to help. I have never built any kind of structure. It would be cool to build it though. Wish my dad could hang out and help me build one, but he isn't retired yet.

 

[d33pt]

if its just temporary, just put up one of those arrow steel ones. i have one with fake wood grain and from far back it does look like wood. should do the job to keep the weather off your stuff until you can build a shop. it was cheap, just $400 for a 10x14.

 

[rodnok1]

skip the metal shed, by the time you pour concrete or buy the floor kit and assemble it and bash your head a few times on the door you regret it. For a newbie I would buy either a prefab kit, a diy kit or look at a shed place. The last time I priced sheds it was almost cheaper to buy one already made and have it delivered.

 

[robert_t_wallace]

I would'nt discount the steel shipping container to fast. I have seen them with sidings and a roof made from wood trusses. Couln't tell what was underneath and they are airtight and secure. The one I saw actually had that siding that looked like log's (or 1/4 logs). You can set them on rail road ties or cinder blocks as all the strength is on the corners. The flooring in them is already a high grade plywood so not much else is needed.

 

[Garmann]

Check with a lumber yard in your area. Most can recommend a contractor who can build one to your specs or sell you easy to follow shed plans.

Several lumber yards have sheds on there lots already built and will deliver to you property.

 

[Robbo]

If you're not into trying to do it yourself. There's a ton of ads on Craigslist for people who will come build you one. They say they'll deliver all over DFW. Go check out one of their samples and see if the construction is good or not.

I was on the verge of contacting a couple but have decided to do it myself.... how else can I justify a new framing nailer to the wife?

Rob

 

[nate379]

Hire a few guys from the front of Home Depot and they will have it all done in a weekend!

I'm in the same boat.. I have to build a shed this summer, planning a 16x20. I can't do a concrete slab due to HOA, so have to do wood instead. I'm hoping to stay under $5000, but if I do vinyl siding to match the house, looking at ~$2000 just in siding.

 

[jwhcars]

I would like to suggest that you have a shed building weekend. Post it on here , and tell your friends. Maybe someone will step up and pass on there knowledge and guide the people that come. Of course you will also provide food and drink. I would also suggest the adult beverages consumption begin when the work day is over

If the site spot is ready and all materials are on site I suspect that you could have the shed finished in a weekend or at least to the point that you could finish it your self.

 

[bucs012]

I can tell you that last Fall when we moved in our house there was a shed there already that is about 10x10 and built from hand. My new garage builder repaired it with new shingled roof, a few new rafters and side beams and new treated wood 4x8 sheets for siding when he was done with my garage. There is NO floor in it. Cost= $500.

For him to build me a NEW shed at this size WITH a treated floor and know windows, it was going to run me $2000. Probably not all that bad of price since he was also the lowest bidder on my garage build. I figured to just spend $500, see how long it lasts and see if I really even need it after this one gets old.....

I see wooden ones set up outside Home Depot with windows and floors. They want $1400 to $2500 just for the kit...........

 

[Az Scooter]

I love my Tuff Shed. You can also find them on Craigslist.

 

[glider]

This is the shed I build over and over. Build a good floor, floor joist 12"oc with 3/4" treated for decking. I like the roll up doors better than barn doors. I am sure you could get someone off craigslist that would have his own plans and not just a kit.

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[StingRay]

Royal Outdoor Products makes a really nice vinyl shed that can be built up to 10 x 14 with the add on kit. They are quite pricey though. We got a 10 x 8 as a wedding gift 10 years ago and brought it with us to our acreage when we moved. We picked up the 6 x 10 add on kit at HD for half price at the season end and made it a 10 x 14. It's been an awesome maintenance free shed. They slide together and you can put the vinyl part up in a day. It'd probably cost you two grand to put the same shed together today though.

 

[robert_t_wallace]

I also have a Royal Vinyl shed and it has been maintenance free as well. I have the add on kit and have not had to paint or fix anything since I installed it which has been over 10 years.

 

[gabeancounter]

Glider. That is a real nice shed! How much one of those set a fella back?

 

[Falcon67]

>The house is just South of Springtown on 51.

Nice area there. We used to live outside of Cottondale. I imagine 199 is one nice mess going Springtown-Azle-Ft. Worth at peak travel times now.

 

[glider]

Here is a link to my Craigslist add. http://flint.craigslist.org/grd/1629967908.html. The pic below is my nicest model 10'x20' Saltbox.

 

[Kevin54]

I'll tell you what NOT to get. Lowes always has displays of sheds. My parents wanted one similar to the saltbox roofed style pictured above. The sheds comes in a kit that you have to assemble. Taking a quick look at the shed display at Lowes it did not look all that bad. It took us about 3 weekends to put it together and I have to admit that it was one of the biggest pieces of **** out there. The floor framing is 2x4's and standard lumber. Not treated. the walls are 3/8" OSB with a woodgrain pattern molded into it. The floor is 1/2" thick OSB. And one wall has one stud in the middle and the other wall has two studs in it (end walls 8' in depth) The back wall and front wall had studs every 16" but all the studs are 2x3's.

 

[RbrtAWhyt]

No way I'm putting a cargo container in my yard at a new home. Just not happening

The house is just South of Springtown on 51.

My dad has built 2 wood storage buildings at houses he has owned. I was too young to help on the 1st one, and the one he built recently is in Okla and I'm too far away to help. I have never built any kind of structure. It would be cool to build it though. Wish my dad could hang out and help me build one, but he isn't retired yet.

With a roof and a little siding they will fit right in:

 

[robert_t_wallace]

Cool.. Do you make those or have more Pictures?

 

[nissan_crawler]

I would'nt discount the steel shipping container to fast. I have seen them with sidings and a roof made from wood trusses. Couln't tell what was underneath and they are airtight and secure. The one I saw actually had that siding that looked like log's (or 1/4 logs). You can set them on rail road ties or cinder blocks as all the strength is on the corners. The flooring in them is already a high grade plywood so not much else is needed.

that's what I'm doing. Even just painted and not sided, if a decent roof is put on, it will look better than most all prefab wood sheds, and way better than that tin or plastic ****.

 

[nate379]

Only problem with those units is they are small, 8x20 and not very cheap... 4-5k around here.