Names who should skip a product
Every pick names the shed, garden or budget it suits, and the one it does not.
Garden shed guides for beginners
Build or buy, materials, sizes, bases and costs: 16 guides for homeowners planning their first shed.
Five shed topics
Most first-time buyers ask the same five things, roughly in this order.
- Costs3 articles
- Bases and foundations4 articles
- Materials3 articles
- Sizes3 articles
- Storage ideas3 articles
Where to start
Most shed trouble starts at ground level: a base that is out of level, a floor sitting on wet soil, doors that stick by the second winter. That is why our guides begin with the base, and only then the shed.
New shed guides
New guides go up every month. Each one ends with what to buy and what to skip.
- How much does a garden shed cost?9 min
- Timber, metal or plastic: which lasts longer11 min
- What size shed do you need?7 min
- Paving slab shed base, step by step10 min
Step-by-step gravel shed foundation
12 minA timber frame, a weed membrane and a tonne of compacted gravel. Seven steps, a materials list and an example budget for an 8x6 ft shed.
How we pick products
Some links on Shed World pay us a small commission. These three rules decide what we recommend.
Labels example picks
Product picks in our articles are marked as example picks, never dressed up as test results.
Lists the cheaper tool first
Where a £10 tool does the job, we say so before naming the £60 one.
The Shed Review Guide, free
Six short chapters and a budget sheet to check any shed before you pay for it.
