There are many great reasons for learning how to build your own shed. Perhaps you got married and your wife took over your garage and you just want some room back! Whatever your reason is for wanting a shed, building it yourself can be much cheaper than buying a store bought one. The store bought ones are usually made of cheap tin, require assembly and can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars!
Cost
The first thing you should consider is cost. This is ultimately what will determine how big of a shed you can build. Walk around your local home improvement store and get an idea of what lumber is costing. When you figure up all of your costs needed to build your own shed you should probably double it to get an accurate number. In my experience you can build an 8x8 shed for around $500 or so. Your's could be less or more depending on how elaborate you get.
Permits
The second thing you need to check into is permits. This is often an overlooked part of building your own shed. Sometimes, you don't need a permit at all for building a shed. Other times you need a permit once you exceed a certain size. Definitely check with your local building code enforcement on what the laws are. The last thing you want to do is have a pissed off neighbor rat you out and have the building inspector force you to tear down your shed!
Foundation
Once you get your budget together and know what size of shed you're going to build, it's time to lay the foundation. You can do this a couple different ways. A) Pour a solid foundation of concrete and build your framing up from there. Or B) Build 4 to 5 footers of concrete using a post hole digger and then build a floor on top of that using pressure treated wood. In my opinion a solid concrete foundation is the way to go - but the choice is completely up to you.
Well, now you have a good idea of the very basics to consider when learning how to build a shed.
Cost
The first thing you should consider is cost. This is ultimately what will determine how big of a shed you can build. Walk around your local home improvement store and get an idea of what lumber is costing. When you figure up all of your costs needed to build your own shed you should probably double it to get an accurate number. In my experience you can build an 8x8 shed for around $500 or so. Your's could be less or more depending on how elaborate you get.
Permits
The second thing you need to check into is permits. This is often an overlooked part of building your own shed. Sometimes, you don't need a permit at all for building a shed. Other times you need a permit once you exceed a certain size. Definitely check with your local building code enforcement on what the laws are. The last thing you want to do is have a pissed off neighbor rat you out and have the building inspector force you to tear down your shed!
Foundation
Once you get your budget together and know what size of shed you're going to build, it's time to lay the foundation. You can do this a couple different ways. A) Pour a solid foundation of concrete and build your framing up from there. Or B) Build 4 to 5 footers of concrete using a post hole digger and then build a floor on top of that using pressure treated wood. In my opinion a solid concrete foundation is the way to go - but the choice is completely up to you.
Well, now you have a good idea of the very basics to consider when learning how to build a shed.