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Shed Buying Guide

Buying a shed involves a lot of different decisions that ultimately need to be made to help ensure you find the right style and size shed for your usage needs and the space you have available in your garden. With a variety of different options availa

Summerhouse Buying Guide

Summerhouses are buildings typically made from wood that feature felt or tiled roofs, windows, and a glazed door. They were traditionally made for relaxing in during the warmer months but can be used all year round and make a great addition to homes

A Guide to Buying a Potting Shed

If you’re someone who loves growing plants, fruit and vegetables in your garden but doesn’t want to rely on a break in rainfall, a potting shed could be the perfect solution. There is a lot to consider before buying a potting shed, so we have put tog

A Guide to Buying the Best Garden Bike Storage

A bike shed is the best place to store your bicycles and keep them safe and dry, but choosing the right model isn’t always easy. There are a number of considerations when it comes to buying garden bike storage, like size, usage and delivery. Luckily,

Do I Need Planning Permission for a Shed?

Making big changes to your home requires a lot of consideration; one such thing that should be considered is planning permission. If you’re having an extension, loft conversion or conservatory, it’ll most likely be on your list of things to sort out,

How to Build a Shed or Cabin Base

All garden buildings must be assembled on a firm and level base to give a good foundation and maximise the longevity of the building. Without a firm and level base, you may find that that the shed or cabin can drop out of square causing problems with

What is the Difference Between Shiplap, Overlap and Tongue and Groove Cladding?

When it comes to buying a new shed, there are a few things you should consider before making a purchase. You need to think about the space you have available, whether you want an apex or pent roof design, but also, the type of cladding used to build

How to Build a Shed on Uneven Ground

When you purchase a shed, it’s important to make sure the foundation is strong and sturdy to give the structure as long a lifespan as possible. As many of our gardens aren’t actually flat, you’ll likely need to build an uneven ground shed base. Build

How to Paint a Shed

Once your new Powersheds shed has been assembled in your garden, it’s time to make the whole place look great. Getting the lawn in order, jet washing that patio and sourcing the perfect furniture are all vital parts of creating that perfect garden se

How to Waterproof and Insulate a Shed

Once your shed is in place in your garden, keeping it protected from the elements is vitally important, as is preparing the interior of your shed for its intended use. Ensuring your shed is properly waterproofed and insulated should be something all

How do you assemble a Powershed?

You do receive written instructions with your Powersheds. However, please also take a look at our installation videos to see how you can install a Power Shed. DIY not your strongpoint? – Check out our shed installation directory. So, your new Powersh

How to Make a Shed Door

At Powersheds, we’re proud to manufacture absolutely every part of your new shed at our factory. This means that everything from making a garden shed door through to the packaging up of your shed is done by one of our highly skilled Power Sheds team,

How to Secure a Bike Shed

Whatever type of bike shed you’ve got, it’s important that you always fully secure your bicycles inside the shed itself. Because no shed is impregnable and, in most cases, it will actually be easier for a thief to get inside your shed than it will be

Common Garden Shed Roof Questions and Answers

It goes without saying that the roof is one of the most important parts of your shed, without it the whole structure would lack integrity and, of course, it wouldn’t keep out any of the elements. For that reason, looking after your shed roof is extre

Shed Felt Buyers Guide

There are many types of shed felt which differ in price and quality, but what’s the best roofing felt for sheds? We've compiled a list of the most common types and explained the differences:. Sand backed shed felt:. Sand backed shed felt is non-breat

Finding the Best Base for your Bike Shed

So you’ve done your research and found the best bike shed for your situation, but have you considered the foundation you’ll be placing your bike shed on?. Reading this short post will help you understand the basics of shed foundations, as well as pro

What Are Knot Holes in Wood?

Knots in wood are most likely something we’ve all come across at some time or another. In fact, they can be one of the defining characteristics of a piece of wood that make it so unique and beautiful. For example, you may have a favourite piece of fu

A Guide to Buying the Best Garden Bike Storage

A bike shed is the best place to store your bicycles and keep them safe and dry, but choosing the right model isn’t always easy. There are a number of considerations when it comes to buying garden bike storage, like size, usage and delivery. Luckily,

How to Run Electricity to a Shed

Although the main use for many sheds is still to create a little more storage space in the garden, these days, sheds are utilised for an increasing number of different uses. From garden workshops to offices and gyms, there are several different uses