Sheds: The Do-It-Yourself Guide for Backyard Builders
Average Rating: out of 19 Reviews
Price: $19.95
Sale: $10.01
Manufacturer: Firefly Books
EAN (European Article Number): 9781554072248
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Paperback
Author: David Stiles::Jeanie Stiles
Publisher: Firefly Books
Edition: Enlarged 3rd
Dewey Decimal Number: 690
Publication Date: 2007-01-11
Reading Level: 208
Description:
Easy-to-follow shed designs with loads of color examples.
The new edition of this classic do-it-yourself guide for backyard builders now contains more material and photographs than ever.
Sheds helps the do-it-yourself builder think through all the issues involved in designing and building a shed: intended use, size, cost, placement, degree of construction difficulty, and much more. Following a chapter on construction basics, the authors preview each step of building a beautiful and useful shed -- from foundation to cupola, and everything in between.
Sheds contains:
Material lists
Cost estimates
Step-by-step illustrations
New tips and hints
Detailed instructions
Schedules
16 pages of color.
Packed with detailed illustrations, plans and commonsense advice, this new edition of the classic book on building a shed is like having a professional carpenter beside you, making the project easy to control and successful.
Details: I wanted to look at fresh ideas for a series of sheds I wanted to build and I got them. Australian materials and traditions in building are different. Thats why this volume was impressive- lots of new approaches. Reccomended.
Review Summary: Really like it
Date: 2007-08-04
Details: The book was all I expected. Good and easy to understand information for a novice. Plan to have my storage shed up in no time.
Review Summary: Wow - this is an eye opener for the British
Date: 2007-03-25
Details: We don't do sheds like these - what a surprise. These are very nice looking outhouses that most carpenters could build. The plans and dimensions are pretty basic but all the construction notes are within the book so it would cause the average home carpenter no problems. The designs ae really nice and opens up your thinking beyond just another shed - to creating a garden building that enhances the garden rather than creating an eyesore for the future. When I get round to building one of these I might just move out of the house and take up residence in my new 'shed'. The shed would look better than the house!
Review Summary: Wonderful book
Date: 2007-03-04
Details: This book is great. I had one copy and lost it and liked it so much that I bought another to replace the lost one. Lots of great sheds from small to large.
Review Summary: As essential as my toolbox!
Date: 2007-02-02
Details: What an inspiration, and good ideas are exactly what we weekend builders need. I find there are lots and lots of technical books on building and construction techniques - how to size nails and screws, how to mix cement, estimating lumber, etc., but there are very few books which provide inspiration in the form of great ideas and alternatives to the standard box that most people build for a shed. I found the drawings to be very clear and specific and had no problem with planning and constructing my own personal design based on the Stiles' great ideas and instructions.
out of 19 Reviews
