| As with any DIY home improvement, a few hints or | | | | Presumably with all of the hardware and cladding |
| tips can go a long way towards making the project a | | | | included. Invariably, the kits are lacking the correct |
| roaring success. Building a steel shed starts just as | | | | number of fasteners. Further, the fasteners provided |
| any other building project would. Steel sheds are built | | | | are often of inferior quality and a bit too universal in |
| from the bottom up. In this case, the bottom | | | | size. Visit the hardware store and purchase a wide |
| meaning the pad or foundation. Pouring a concrete | | | | assortment of lengths and diameters of nuts, bolts |
| slab is a bit too strenuous a job for most | | | | and self-tapping screws. When assembling steel |
| homeowners. It is recommended that you hire a | | | | sheds, often, the pre-drilled holes do not perfectly |
| masonry contractor for this part of your building | | | | align and having a slightly longer and narrower bolt will |
| endeavor. Still, there are a few things you will want | | | | allow you to pull components together. |
| to do in this phase, in order to make the actual | | | | When assembling large sections of steel sheds, |
| assembly of your steel shed go more smoothly. | | | | remember to leave all of the nuts, bolts or sheet |
| Steel Sheds Start From the Ground Up | | | | metal screws being used not fully tightened (a little |
| First, be sure the earth beneath the steel shed's | | | | loose) until all of the pieces are basically in place. This |
| location is free of tree roots and graded fairly | | | | will allow you to give a wall or roof section a bit of a |
| smoothly. Next, place several layers of visqueen | | | | twist and make sure all of the screw holes properly |
| plastic on the graded earth. Make sure your | | | | lineup. Once aligned, you can quickly tighten the |
| contractor uses a line level in building his forms. After | | | | fasteners for that section. |
| the concrete is poured, hand your contractor lengths | | | | Caulk Roof Seams on Steel Sheds While Assembling |
| of eight inch threaded rod to be placed in the | | | | Finally, most of the kits created for steel sheds use |
| concrete on spots marking the corners of your new | | | | interlocking roof panels. These use a folded sheet |
| building. This will make anchoring the building far more | | | | metal hooking design that, in theory, is meant to |
| simple than drilling through the concrete afterward. | | | | prevent forced rain from leaking through. A bead of |
| After a well deserved break of letting the concrete | | | | latex caulk run on the inside of the bend, before |
| pad dry, your steel shed is ready for the next stage. | | | | hooking the following panel will completely guarantee |
| Extra Fasteners Help with Assembly of Steel Sheds | | | | that no force of storm can cause your new metal |
| Assuming your concrete pad has been given a week | | | | roof to leak. Finally step back and admire your |
| to thoroughly dry, you are now ready to begin | | | | beautiful new steel shed. |
| assembly. Steel sheds arrive in prepackaged kits. | | | | |