Ultimate Guide: Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings: Step-By-Step Building and Design Instructions Plus Plans to Build More Than 100 Outbuildings

by Creative Homeowner

Adding a backyard storage shed, a new detached garage, an attractive playhouse, or any other type of utility building not only improves the functionality of your home but also adds value to your property. Written with the do-it-yourselfer in mind, Ultimate Guide: Barns, Sheds, and Outbuildings gives you the information you need to enhance your property by constructing one of these buildings. Whether you plan to do the work yourself, or you just want to know the basics before you hire the work out to someone else, this new updated edition provides information on planning, building, and finishing in clear text aided by 60 easy-to-follow photographic sequences. Select from dozens of ready-to-build plan packages and order readily available construction blueprints, CAD files, cost estimates, and materials lists.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Architecture

304 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 2010

Reviews

[Eileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This idea book is full of practical information and pictures to help you imagine 'the one' you want to build. This is far more detailed about constructions needs than others I have perused and it includes a small gallery of plans with contact info to purchase them if needed. If you're a novice you will appreciate the diagrams with terminology labeled, which will make communicating with your builder (or construction materials supplier) easier. This book includes a couple of designs that are half greenhouse/half shed, which could be very handy. If you're like me and know what your footprint limitation is but have a hard time describing how the exterior should look when finished this will really be useful.