Sheds: The Do-It-Yourself Guide for Backyard Builders FROM THE PUBLISHER
Sheds no longer need to be ugly utilitarian buildings, rusting and rotting away on sagging foundations. This revised and expanded second edition of Sheds makes this best-selling book even more useful. Here is a book that contains absolutely everything you need to know to design, build and enjoy the ultimate backyard shed.
Award-winning designer David Stiles first helps you think through the issues involved in shed design - such as intended use, size, cost, placement and difficulty of construction. Following a chapter on construction basics (which includes how to make a concrete base and information on how to move an existing shed), he then guides you through each step of building a basic 8 x 10 foot shed - from foundation to cupola and everything in between. This core chapter includes a materials list, step-by-step illustrated instructions and a daily labor schedule.
The book then presents several more basic sheds, along with a number of more complex special-use sheds, including a work shed, a pool shed, an Irish garden shed and even a Japanese boat shed.
Packed with detailed illustrations, plans and common sense advice, Sheds is like having a consultant at your side as you work. Whether you are an average amateur or an ambitious expert, this book has something for you. An extra section of full color photographs of unusual sheds is an inspiring bonus.
New material in this revised and expanded second edition includes a new Potting Shed, a Storage Shed on Posts complete with a sleeping loft for kids or guests, oriental sliding doors and screens, and a Small Tool Shed attached to the house for small items.
About the Author:
David Stiles is a professional designer, builder and architectural renderer. A graduate of the Pratt Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy, he is the author and illustrator of five how-to books. His articles have appeared in "House Beautiful," "Popular Mechanics," "American Home" and the "New York Times."
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Everything you need to know to design, build and enjoy the ultimate backyard shed.
Library Journal
The use of the term sheds in this book's title is a misnomer, given that a dictionary defines sheds as small, rough shacks for storage. Except for a lean-to type wet/dry garbage shed and a firewood shed, the construction plans, directions, and many illustrations in this guide are for attractive and even fancy units ranging from 80 to over 350 square feet. The purposes range from storage, work, and gardening to poolside, boat storage, and pavilion entertaining. After introductory information on designing and building techniques, fairly detailed directions are given for building a basic 8 10 shed. From there on directions are less complete, on the assumption that the builder is experienced or will contract the more difficult work. Suggested only for collections with subject demand.-- W.T. Johnston, formerly with Coastal Plain Regional Lib., Tifton, Ga.
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