Build a shed or buy a shed?

so I want to talk about shut-ins today you know that's my shed right there we're gonna go visit a couple of places we're gonna go to Lowe's right and go to Home Depot we're gonna go to a custom shed place it's a there kind of like a year-round firework stand that pops up selling custom sheds they are all over the place here and yeah it's a go look at those we'll come back we'll look at this shed right here that I built and weigh out some the pros and cons and costs the foundational options all that stuff alright so I'm here at Lowe's right now it down there we've got our plastic sheds right here we have the first wooden shed let's look at the quality of this things um let's see what does that say I want to eat something so $1,800 is probably for this thing right here let's go inside here and look at this construction only the best of the best right not good os be beat to hell let's check these windows out that is just a piece of glass fake lines painted on it well somebody broke that out overall I would say this is a piece of and this is just the demo model what do you think this is going to look like when you have this thing being used for a number of years you can see some of their details here let's look at some of the other ones this is one that I wanted to look at I built an 8x8 so here we have an 8x8 shed for $600 let's uh see what the six hundred bucks gets ya got that like nailed shut here for is squishy they didn't build it out with two by fours these are two by three strength estate material OSB little fake window up there that ain't kind of last in a snow event with a ton of snow just the quality of the craftsmanship is not not there but maybe just maybe if we spend a shitload more money there you go yeah you know leaves a lot to be desired and again to you once you've spent your hard-earned money on this thing you will not be happy let's go down here to the premium one ones a thousand dollars well hey let's go check this thing out yeah you got a little space up there this one's not too bad still it you can tell the people putting this thing together they don't give a look at that this is the demo this is the one that's supposed to show off the quality of what you're buying her hey this is just I I would not recommend these we got a couple more places to go but I have a strong feeling ain't gonna be that much better this one is six thousand three hundred and seventeen dollars kind of big you got loft space up there you got the steps construction is better you know I'm I'm personally wanted to build something like this but you know teach their own I guess you got the big roll-up door there yeah let's uh poke her head up the loft here oh I guess you can't put your head up fall off here they closed it off they don't want people going up there fall off hurt yourself well let's go check out another place all right so I'm here at the Home Depot let's look at these sheds here you got your plastic shed $650 plastic I'll probably see out of all of these I probably go with one of these which is sad it's sad to say [Music] hey mind you of course this is supposed to be the demo it shows you how cool how good they are yeah this is just some thin OSB 24-inch studs right out to back threes 8 by 12 that's quite the quite the price for a little 8 by 12 here base price this is a way they show it here which is crazy it's crazy to think about I won't say a quality this a little bit better than what we saw it lows but still not great not great you know we live in an area that gets substantial snow and it's just this company is Northwest see see this all over the place let's look at some more premium ones [Music] just $4,600 shut here just the fitments a little bit better but good Lord $4,600 you could build this for a fraction of the price that'd be just as nice if not nicer well we got maybe a couple more spots to go to okay so here I am at like a strip mall type place you can see here and all over the place here you see these Lots these Lots just have a bunch of sheds out here generally these are significantly higher quality sheds you can see here they actually put some effort into constructing what they got going here look sorry there they actually put some serious effort into putting these things together I feel pretty comfortable buying from from these people yeah lots of different options ain't cheap though we'll say that they'll probably build you anything you want you can see here that the seat by 12 purchase price 2025 significantly better than what you'd get Home Depot and Lowe's I'm not endorsing these people by any means just kind of showing off some of the stuff here but yeah in general you're gonna be both best suited to well build your own damn shed let's talk about that for a little bit oh well while I'm here you can see here at the bottom they put all these on skids now I'll talk about that when I get back to my place and show you what I built and why I built it and you know we can weigh out some of the benefits of skids versus blocks versus foundation and see over there they got some chicken coops expensive chicken coops I bet but uh yeah let's head back so here we are here's my shed this isn't 8x8 shed I'm gonna try to be quick with this I think if you have the tools the time the knowledge you should 100% build your own shed and don't buy them as you can clearly see from the video of me going to Lowe's and Home Depot and that custom shed builder because some should builder probably be your best option however I'm not a big fan of a skin foundation on a small building here I did pier blocks I have nine of them this is an 8 by 8 shed the foundation foundation is uh you know 3/4 - rock wetted compacted pier blocks vehicles pier blocks Q by six pressure-treated wood I'm gonna come in here and show you the floor and then we'll talk about the outside some more my floor here is about an inch we've got a piece of 3/4 flooring and then piece of plywood staggered so the seams don't line up the walls of this shed are OSB framed out with two-by-fours and then there is a t1 11 plywood all of this is cocked [Music] and painted everything sealed up did my my best to make this thing look nice this is actually kind of a test of the future colors for the main house matched my shingles I've put some ICAO shingles up there I got an eye cage Iko shingles up there I did make some mistakes I ain't gonna lie you know I got some stuff I gotta fix mostly with the paint like you can see right there I made a mistake screwed that up but it is painted so it's weatherproof yeah anyways let's go on can't look around some the quality standard blocking hinge door handle the door is OSB two by fours OS or t1 xi and xi 1 xi trim painted works pretty well three hinges each one of these hinges are rated for like sixty pounds I think it's good as far as the durability of it before I go in actually the roof is a 512 pitch [Music] let's go in here and see what we got so my roof is OSB two by fours 16 inches on center everything 16 inches on center here well stabilizers make for a nice whole place to put stuff you know I did do a ridge board so up there you can see ridge board thing is solid I'm telling you getting up there jumping around doing everything I can once I got that OSB up here this thing was built like a rock way over built for a little 8 by 8 but we experienced of good snow load here so you can see all my crap here you got winter eyes that which I'll probably make another video about that I've got the little window framed in what windows nice for getting some air through here you can see everything came out quite good all the framing everything's solid everything's put together with screws for the most part I did use nails on the T 111 brand nail gun everything going into the pressure treated hot dip galvanized there are some spots where I did make a couple of mistakes I need to fix so all of my nails resume all my nails like right there that one just didn't get enough caulking to fill the nail hole but for the most part it's entirely seamless you cannot see any nail holes in here now the reason I went with this for my base was that we live in a snow area area that freezes so I want to be able to stick my hi-lift jack under there and lift it slide Rock shim it up whatever as things settle out and keep my floor in here nice and level if you have a slab of course a slab foundation is always going to be a better foundation I don't like skids skids were make it the custom builder this is all essentially a couple of four by fours for a rather big building I guess if you want to drag the thing around can but not my preference I am gonna build a little ramp there for the mower and stuff should be quite nice so right now let's go in and talk about some of the costs associated with this well the cost associated with this seven hundred and forty dollars to build this if I had to buy the shingles which I didn't those were extras about 800 bucks 800 bucks for a shed that is bomb proof that is awesome functional will stand the test of time let's go look at some of the different options as far as plans and whatnot right now I head indoors so we've looked at some sheds I showed you what you could buy that you should build rather than Buy now my shed I just winged it right I know what a chef looks like I know how to build things so I just went out and got the wood and started building not everybody wants to do that some people want a plan and this is a great example of a plan if you get on eBay there is so many plans out there for a small outbuilding different barns sheds even homes you can just buy plans comes with me and my camera just ain't focusing it does not want to focus does it hmm there we go now we're in focus you can see things so it'll tell you everything you need to know about building this building including all the materials list you can contact a lumberyard and figure out exactly what to order you could get this delivered if you don't have a truck or van and just go that route I'm by no means endorsing these people I'm just saying that they're out there right generally these are pretty good plans to follow of course you're gonna want to check your codes if you have any or if you want to just be like screw it I'm not doing that you can anyways I hope this saves you some time saves you some money and you enjoyed this video of me talking about sheds and small outbuildings thanks for watching

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Keywords: Shed, Lowes Shed, Home Depot Shed, Building a shed, Build vs buy shed

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Length: 16min 27sec (987 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 26 2018