Lean To Shed Plans That You Can Build This Weekend
Many of us are finding that we just don’t have enough storage space. We seem to accumulate so much stuff, and there never seems to be enough space to store it. As our family expands, our kids accumulate stuff too, so there is an always increasing need to find more storage space.
As our family increased, our garage started filling up with all the extra stuff that children always seem to need. Bikes, toys, outdoor playsets…all filled the shed during the winter months, leaving no room to store the firewood we needed. It was when we had to start leaving the car outside the garage that we decided it really was time for more storage space.
Storing the firewood we would need during the cold months ahead became a priority once winter started getting closer.
My wife looked at some shed plans online and we both realized that it would be a cheap and easy solution to our problem to constuct a small lean to shed from some plans she found. What I liked most about this lean to shed plan was that it could fit right up against the wall near our back door and I could build it out of similar materials to the house so it looked great. This meant all the firewood wuld be nice and close to the house, right where we needed it most. No more braving the snow and wind to bring in the firewood!
There are all sorts of different lean to shed plans, depending on what you want. Do you want a lean to shed with doors at the front or the side? This will keep any dangerous chemicals or tools away from your kids or animals. There are plans for potting lean to sheds, pool lean to sheds, woodstorage lean to sheds…just about any type of shed you can imagine.
I eventually found a simple lean to plan online, which I was easily able to adapt to suit exactly what I wanted. The plan I chose was very easy to follow, and it ensured I didn’t leave out any important parts! For example, because I was building the lean to against the house and not free standing, the plan showed me how I could adapt the structure and still make sure it was strong enough to support the roof and doors, and I also learnt a simple technique that explained to me how to waterproof my lean to shed correctly.
So I can now park the car in the garage again, we have a wood shed handy to the house for winter and my family is already filling up the extra storage space. Building my own shed was such a succesful project that I’m already planning my next one. I’m looking at building a pretty gambrel shed in the backyard next time. By using shed plans I know I can save myself a stack of money, which is probably just as well because my eldest is already talking about buying a new surfboard. I’d better make that a big barn style shed for all the extra storage space we’re going to need!
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