Shed World is an independent guide to garden sheds. Build or buy, what to put it on, which timber lasts, what size you need and what it all costs, explained with real quantities and prices so you can get it right first time.
A free PDF for checking any shed before you pay for it: cladding, framing, floor, roof, treatment and base.
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Most shed problems start underneath: rot, sticking doors, a floor that bounces. This is the cheapest base that still lasts.
A pegged timber frame, weed membrane and 75–100 mm of angular gravel. Eight steps, a materials list that works out your quantities, a cost table and the questions people ask halfway through.
Read the guideFrame, membrane, gravel, bearers. Quantities worked out for your shed size.
The price on the label, plus the base, delivery, treatment and the bits nobody mentions.
What the cladding names mean, and which one keeps the rain out for longest.
Measure what you'll store, add walking room, then check the garden can take it.
Think of us as the neighbour who has put up a few sheds and will tell you what they'd do differently.
The Shed Review Guide is the list we wish we'd had the first time: what to look for in a listing, what to ask the seller, and what to check when it arrives.
