Garden shed uses

Garden buildings can be great for getting your tools and materials organized to make the work a lot easier and less stressful. Garden sheds can be set up with racks to hold tools, shelves to hold materials, ramps for driving or pushing lawn and garden equipment inside, and benches for garden work like potting plants, or sharpening tools.

Garden building precautions

When setting up your garden building, caution should be used to avoid creating new problems during placement. It would be a sad irony to create more work for yourself by trying to make your work more convenient.

Outdoor sheds and irrigation

Garden sheds should be set up properly to avoid causing problems. If the garden building is placed inside the irrigated area of the yard, the building will block irrigation somewhere, which will prevent a part of your lawn from receiving water. In such cases your irrigation will need to be adjusted to accommodate.

Backyard sheds and lawn layout

The outdoor shed will also change the layout of your lawn, and you will need to decide before placement whether you need it a little closer to the fence or a little further away to accomadate your mowing and trimming.

Utility buildings shade and heat

The new garden building will also pose a few potential problems that may be less obvious. The building will provide shade over an area that was not shaded before, and it will also intensify the heat from the sun in other places. This can be a problem for shade loving plants which might suffer from the added heat of the sunny side.

Conclusion:

Be sure to plan carefully for availble space, making sure everything will fit. Keep in mind that the irrigation, and shade and light situation will change, and make any adjustments in the irrigation system and placement, as well as plant placement in the landscape which might be needed to avoid shade and heat problems related to the buildings presence.

A barn roof storage shed with double doors

So, is wood or steel a better building material? The answer is, yes! Wood is better for some applications, and steel for others. This can be seen easily in the portable utility building market.

Wood Frame Buildings

For the purpose of framing, wood’s light weight provides an excellent framework for a building, keeping the weight to a minimum, while offering structural stability more than sufficient for the job. Wood frame buildings are among the best for storage sheds and other utility buildings.

Steel Covered Buildings

As for the covering for the building, wood is at a distinct disadvantage for the same reasons. To provide the strength needed for covering the building to protect it and it’s contents from nature and intruders, a very thick covering of wood would be required to equal the strength of steel. A thin film of steel provides more than adequate protection from the elements. Steel also ads to the structural integrity of a building.

Wood Frames With Steel Siding

Steel offers another distinct advantage over wood as a covering, that is, if it is properly prepared, it is almost impervious to the elements. It will not rot when moisture is present as is the case with wood. Water is still an enemy of steel, but if it is properly galvanized and painted, it is almost permanent. One manufacturer offers a 25 year rust through warranty for it’s product. Steel storage buildings, built around a wooden frame offer the best of both worlds. The best material for storage buildings is clear, it is a combination of both wood and steel, but both in the right places!

Small Wood Frame Steel Covered Storage Shed

Carports protect your car from the elements of nature, and from financial loss. They can be one of the best forms of insurance for your car. >>>


Your car is one of your biggest investments, protecting it should be a high priority. Carports offer protection for your car, and for you! They can also save you money! These things usually fall into 2 categories, Living things, and Climate conditions. Following is a list of a few of the things that a carport can help protect you and your vehicle from:

Living things

• Falling limbs can be a constant problem, and are completely unpredictable. They can cause minor damage, or, in some cases, even total your car!

• Some types of tree sap can damage your auto’s finish, while others are at best a nuisance, costing you time and money to remove.

• Bird droppings can be a major problem, and cause serious paint damage. At best, they are an aggravation.

Climate conditions

• Acid rain can be hazardous to your cars paint.

• The sun can bleach your auto’s paint, causing it to fade prematurely, and may even destroy your vehicles re-sale value.

• The sun can warp your cars plastic interior parts. It also can cause pain, inconvenience, and discomfort to you.

• Hail can leave you with dents and dings.

What’s a driver to do? It is simple, protect your vehicle from the elements by installing a nice, attractive, affordable carport. The cost is minimal, our carports start at only $695.00, and can save you that much in body shop bills with the first fallen limb, or the season’s first hail storm.

There are hundreds of commercial uses for portable buildings, many more than we could list, but here are a few of the most common ones. >>>

Think about what a portable utility building could do to improve your production and your bottom line.

• Power generator buildings

• Waste pump station housing

• Water booster station housing

• Chemical additive stations

• Water, gas, and oil well pump stations

• Central communication rooms

• Construction office housing

• Construction tool sheds

Having the ability to protect tools and equipment from nature and theft, or the ability to have an office on site particularly during inclement weather, or a spot to store materials until they are needed can be the cutting edge advantage in today’s competitive market place.

Renting storage space

Why waste money by paying monthly rent for something that you will never own? >>>


Why pay $100.00 a month for a year to store $1000.00 worth of products? You will have lost 200.00, and you still have nothing to show for it. At the end of the year, really after 10 months, you have lost all your products value, just to keep it! If you continue to store it, you have to continue to pay for it, and the only way out, is to remove the products, and stop paying rent. At the end, you have nothing to show for it, except financial losses! The longer you store it, the more you lose.

Buying your own storage building

Contrast that with buying your own storage building: If you purchase a building and place it on your own property, you can store your own goods conveniently at your own place. You save not only the rental cost, but the time and expense of driving back and forth, and you will have your own building to use in any way you desire.

Yes, you will have to pay for the building, but the building will be yours, so you actually get something for your money besides the right to store your products.

Rent to own

Our rent to own programs can get you started for a small deposit, and a payment of about the same amount you would pay to a public storage, or self storage facility per month. You can pay it off at any time, with no penalty, and we can do this without a credit check, and without beating your credit up if you decide you no longer need the building.
Whether you buy a storage building outright, or pay for it with the rent to own option, you will have something of your own when you are done. When you pay rent for storage at a public storage or self storage facility, you have nothing to look forward to except more payments, and we think that is something you could probably do without!

Storage shed utility building

The type of material used for a storage building or any type of portable utility building will largely determine the long term durability of that building. >>>


Have you ever taken a close look at storage buildings that have been around for a few years in an irrigated, or otherwise damp and humid back yard? I am willing to bet that their condition is dependent on one particular aspect of their construction, the materials they were built with! Sure, there may be other factors, like the craftsmanship that went into the building, and the design of the structure, but all other things being equal, the material is the key to longevity.

Composite shingles

Let’s start at the top. A building built with composite shingles will almost always have a few missing after a year or so. They get lifted by the wind, moisture and debris settles between them, and eventually, they will age and break off with the next big gust. If this condition persists, anything inside will suffer, including the floors.

Wood siding

The material used for the walls of the building is another critical factor. Wood, or wood composite materials may look great initially, but will alternately absorb moisture, and dry out continually. This loosens the grip of the fasteners and the seals. It eventually causes problems with the paint. It also causes problems with the material itself, and will eventually lead to rot and decay. If you have one of these, the best way to maintain the building is to clean, reseal, and paint it about once a year, or every 18 months. The average cost for such a project is about $500.00 per year?

Doors

Doors are also important. Wood or composite doors have the same problems as wood or composite siding, plus, they are heavy, and with all the moisture problems, they eventually sag. This type of material will inevitably allow moisture to get to the floor of the entry, rotting away several inches of flooring at this critical point.

Plastics and vinyl

Plastics and vinyls suffer from ultraviolet light, even the ones that are uv coated. They also have other problems, like sensitivity to heat and cold. These materials will warp and undulate with changing temperatures, and will eventually develop a coat of unattractive powder on their surfaces. After a while, they will become brittle and crack with the first sharp blow they receive.

Floors and framing

The inside flooring and the frame of the structure are important as well. It should be of the best material available, and as long as it is structurally sound, it will be fine, that is, if moisture is kept from invading it. That is the function of the shell of the building, the roof, and walls, and openings. If these are made of the right materials, no moisture can get inside to cause damage.

What is the best building material?

So, what is the best material for covering a utility building? That’s easy, metal siding and roofing! The best metal for the job is galvanized and painted steel. The best door materials? Light weight metal clad doors!

The materials we use

Our quality utility buildings are manufactured with the finest wood framing materials, protected by the industries best galvanized, enamel coated steel panels, guaranteed not to rust through for 25 years! Our doors are metal clad, double sealed, and will prevent that door area rot so common on other types of buildings. Maintenance? That is the beautiful part. They are virtually maintenance free, and that gives you a longer lasting building, that looks better, keeps your possessions safe, and won’t cost you hundreds of dollars a year for cleaning, painting, and sealing!

Wood framed steel storage sheds

There are a few things I hear on a regular basis from people who are checking out a building for possible purchase. >>>


I thought they might be interesting to anyone who has been toying with the idea of  buying a building.

Reasons why they are thinking of buying:

• My garage is full, and I can’t park my car inside.
• I have got to get out from under those public storage payments.
• I need a place to work on my… (add whatever hobby or craft you can think of).
• I am thinking about making a family game room.

All those reasons are great, and we will be offering some more ideas in other posts. Things like:

• Home workout centers or gyms.
• Home offices.

If you have some ideas, or suggestions, we would love to hear them. You can make a comment in the comment section, or email us at administrator@ customstoragebuildings.com

Storage utility buildings for home use