DIY garden shed Tips

Wow, well in a hot climate like Australia where large outdoor garden sheds are popular due to the high outdoor activity of such a country, I didn’t expect to see them hit with huge winds. I have been looking at how bad the weather has been around the globe recently, with huge 180mph gale force winds smashing into Queensland, Australia and the UK being hit with strong winds too.

 The temperature has also dropped in many parts of the world so I thought it would be a good idea to cover this area a little more with regards to shed building and outdoor shed maintenance since the weather around the world seems to be getting worse!

 Now most people have not experienced a huge tropical storm or hurricane strength winds, but should we prepare to experience these more everywhere around the world over the next 5 to 10 years?

So how do you protect your diy garden shed from extremely strong winds? How do you stop your outdoor shed from being picked up and carried by strong winds?

 The first thing your garden shed needs in this instance is a strong foundation. Ideally, especially if you are living in an area, or moving to an area which are prone to such forces such as hurricanes, you want a thick concrete foundation. The idea then is to anchor your diy garden shed to the foundation.

 As laid out in a good garden shed plan you should drill holes every 18 inches with a quarter inch drill bit in the base of the floorboards of your diy garden shed , and then mark them onto the concrete outdoor shed foundation.

 Drill holes with a hammer drill and a masonry drill bit which should be included with your purchase of an outdoor shed anchor. The package of outdoor shed anchors will also detail the minimum depth for the holes.

 Now you need to position the shed over the pilot holes in the outdoor shed foundation, aligning the pilot holes with the outdoor shed floor board holes. Thread a washer on to each and every expandable concrete anchor screw and the place the screws through the holes in the floorboard into the pilot holes that you drilled into your outdoor shed foundation. Then expand the anchor screws with a screw driver drill bit and a drill. What happens then is every 18 inches the anchor screws expand and grasp the outdoor diy garden shed foundation which then provides extremely strong anchoring.