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Updated: January 4, 2022

If you have any other questions please email me here. I will send you the answer then post it below.

As you can see many of the answers are blank. I post questions here as I get them or think of them. I will post the answers as I get to them.

Customer Service

  • How long until I get an email with a link to download the plans?
  • How Do I Download The Plans Once I Pay For Them?
  • I didn’t get an email with a link to download my plans, where is it?

Plans

  • Which shed plans should I buy?
  • Can I build a Single Sloped shed longer than 20ft, or wider than 12 ft?
  • How do I build a shed size that isn’t listed in your 31 sizes?
  • Which Dimension Is Length And Which Is Width?

Most Popular

  • Where can I buy a heavy duty piano hinge like the one you use?
  • Why do you call your website cheapsheds?

Foundation

  • Can I build a shed without a floor?
  • How many skids should I use?
  • Is it necessary to connect the 4×4 skids together? How do I do it?
  • How do I make a foundation for a very un-level building site?

Floor

  • How strong is your floor?
  • How can I make the floor stronger?
  • How can I splice the floor rim joists if I can’t find lumber long enough?
  • Do I install tongue and groove flooring differently than regular square edge plywood?

Trusses

  • How Do You Build A Truss Jig If You Are Using A Concrete Floor?

Walls

  • Should I use 16 or 24 inch centers for the wall studs?
  • How do I install windows?
  • How can I modify your plans to build a 3-wall wood shed with the long wall open?
  • Can I splice the top plates if I can’t find lumber long enough?
  • How can I make my shed shorter?
  • How do I make the shed walls taller?
  • Do you start or finish a wall with the 1/2 sheet of siding?

Door

  • Where can I buy a heavy duty piano hinge like the one you use?
  • Should I use a prehung door or make my own shed door?
  • What is the widest single door I can safely make?
  • How can I make the door taller?
  • Do my double doors have to be the same size on each side?
  • How can I make the door stronger?
  • How can I make my shed door more secure?

Roof

  • I have lots of snow. How can I make the roof stronger?
  • For the end walls truss framing of a barn style gambrel roof, do you have the angles for the upright framing or is it just eyeball?
  • With each end wall truss pushed out 1/2 inch for the siding overhang, do I need to make the roof sheeting go to the edge of the truss or will the drip edge cover that gap?
  • Can you install a metal roof instead of using shingles?
  • How do you install a skylight?

Maintenance

  • What Is The Best Type Of Paint For My New Shed?

General

  • How can I save money and make the shed cheaper?
  • How can I make the shed stronger and better?
  • How do you insulate the shed?
  • How do I retrofit a window into an existing shed?
  • How do I fix a sagging shed door?
  • What is the easiest way to add electricity to my shed?

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