subject: Avoid Costly Mistakes By Working Smart And Planning Ahead [print this page] When building any type of storage shed, or outdoor or garden shed, it is essential to start with a well thought-out set of plans, and this includes the shed floor plans. Well designed plans, or blueprints, are the key to successfully building the right shed that meets all your storage requirements and aesthetic tastes.
If you're a do-it-your-selfer you may be tempted to "wing it" and start building without plans, or at best, sketch a plan in rough dimensions with the idea of changing or amending it as you go along. This may be the most costly, frustrating, and time consuming mistake you will ever make in any DIY project ever undertaken.
Keep this in mind: it is far quicker and easier to rectify possible mistakes or miscalculations upfront on paper, than it is to pull down a section of the shed and rebuild it later because the size is wrong, the dimensions are inaccurate, or the shape or style clashes with your house or garden. Rectifying mistakes on paper beforehand involves a few flicks of the wrist - rectifying mistakes once sections of the shed are built, involves time, sweat and frustration - and money wasted on spoiled materials.
Plans are meant not only to establish the dimensions and style of your proposed shed, but also to give you a clear blueprint of where you're headed with the project, every step of the way. Perhaps even more importantly, plans also give you an exact idea of how much the building project is going to cost. By working off your plans, you will be able to calculate very accurately how much material to order, and how much it is going to cost. It simply does not make sense to spend thousands of dollars on materials, and hours of your valuable time on the construction itself, without any accurate plan as to where you are headed.
When designing your own plans, the shed floor plans are probably the most important aspect of the design as a whole. Everything begins with the two-dimensional floor plan because this determines the actual size and basic shape of the shed design. When it comes to designing shed floor plans, size is crucial because this ultimately translates into available storage space once the building is complete. Make sure beforehand that you plan a shed that is going to big enough to accommodate all your future storage needs.
Another point to consider is that the size of your floor plan also impacts directly on the final cost of the shed in terms of materials needed, as well as the hours of work required to complete the project. So when sketching out the first draft of your floor plan, take the time and effort to put some real thought into it - it could save you a lot of problems later on.
