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If you want to get the most out of your shed (and the money you paid for it), you need to set it on the right shed flooring. With that in mind, here is a guide to shed flooring options.

Understanding shed flooring options

Your shed flooring performs three main functions. Firstly, it provides a strong and stable base for the shed itself. Secondly, it protects your shed from the effect of water coming up from the ground below it. Thirdly, it provides insulation.  

Different shed flooring options have different advantages and disadvantages. For example, shed flooring options with the greatest strength often have the lowest insulation. You can counterbalance this by combining them with other floor coverings. This will, however, add to the price, so you’ll have to think carefully about whether or not the benefit is worth it.

You should also think about the practicalities of installing your chosen floor covering. In particular, check if you need to follow any special process to get the flooring to adhere to your sub-floor. Also, check if it needs to be cured and, if so, what the process is.  

Once you’re clear on how easy or difficult it is to install a shed floor covering, look at its durability, ease (or difficulty) of maintenance, and price. Then decide whether, overall, the floor covering justifies the effort and cost for you in your particular situation.

The main types of shed floor covering

There are all kinds of materials you can use as a shed floor covering. Most of them, however, fall into one of five main groups.

Aggregate shed floor coverings

Concrete paint

Cement Sheets

Marbleized cement

Aggregate shed floor coverings are massively strong. They should therefore probably be your default options if you’re storing heavy items in your shed. Aggregate shed floor coverings provide a lot of protection against water but little to no insulation. They are fairly easy to install and while they’re on the expensive side, they do last a long time.

Tiles

Interlocking tiles

Normal floor tiles

Raised floor tiles

Tiles offer a decent level of strength and protection from water but very little insulation. They can look attractive but are easy to break and can be hard work to clean. The flat surface can be wiped over but the grout will usually need periodic scrubbing.  

Installing tiles requires good DIY skills and/or professional help. They are more expensive than some other options but do last a long time.

Epoxy

Epoxy is strong and water-resistant but has no insulation. It’s attractive, easy to clean, and durable but very expensive. Also, unless you really know what you’re doing, you should leave the installation to the pros.

Wood planks

Wood is fairly strong and provides good insulation. It is, however, vulnerable to water. Wood planks are usually pretty budget-friendly (but this can vary). They are durable, attractive, and fairly easy to clean. Installing them is generally very straightforward, especially if you have two pairs of hands. 

Soft floor coverings

Rubber matting

Horse stall mats

Laminate

Linoleum

Vinyl rolls

Carpet/Rugs/Runners etc

Cork

Sandpaper

These types of materials are great for insulation but have minimal strength and offer little to no protection against water. They’re affordable and easy to install and clean but will generally need to be replaced frequently.

When you got your shed, it was the pride of your garden, right? But over time, sheds become weathered, dingy, and dirty. But it doesn’t have to be this way. At Frank’s Sheds, we offer basic shed renovations to restore your beloved home outside your home to its former glory.

We can offer the following basic shed renovations:

• A cleaner shed
• New lighting
• A lick of paint
• Window and door replacement
• Improved aesthetics

Our expert team is thoroughly trained and qualified to make your shed the pride and joy of your garden once more. When we’re finished, your shed will look so good you will want to live in it. Our primary goal is to make your shed experience enjoyable and pleasant, as it should be.

Why Renovate Your Shed?

Sheds get dirty. That’s a fact. And yours is probably long overdue for a wash. We can take everything out and power wash the inside, eliminating all the nasty bugs from the dark recesses. But you want a functional shed as well. We can install new lighting, so you aren’t pottering around dangerous garden tools in the dark. Finally, your shed will look as good as new with our wide range of options and perhaps a new window or door. And with all that hard work, you will make your shed a part of the garden where you can sit and relax, just as it should be.

Our Expert Services

Our professional team has decades of experience with basic shed renovations. So, you can sit back, relax, and let us take care of your storage needs. First, an inspection will assess your shed and what needs to be done. Then we can schedule your service at a time that suits you, and you will be informed of all costs. Unfortunately, we can’t give you a solid quote until an inspection is complete because of all the sheds’ different sizes, shapes, and conditions. However, our goal is to make renovating your storage solution an enjoyable experience.

The Frank’s Sheds Team

Founded in 2005, we’re a family-run business here in town. We know how challenging it can be to find affordable and suitable storage when you don’t know where to look. Fortunately, we’re portable building and servicing experts with over 30 years of experience. Because of this, we can offer many shed services, including new builds and basic shed renovations. Our team is always friendly and professional, and many valued customers are now our friends. At Frank’s Sheds, we have one motto that we live our lives by: A BETTER SHED AT A BETTER PRICE!

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Frank’s Sheds are proud to have the best customer service around. You can contact us anytime with questions about our products or services.

Choosing the right storage shed for your yard is crucial. While sheds can look like pretty unassuming buildings, they perform a vital task, helping you to keep your tools and garden items stored securely and safely. To get the full benefit from a storage shed, you need to do two things. Firstly, you need to choose the right shed for your needs; this is something we can help you with, check out our wide array of options to select your perfect shed. Secondly, you need to know how to organize your shed. Understanding how to organize your shed is vital to maximize the space and store items safely.

Keep Items Off the Floor

Knowing how to organize your shed can be difficult, but it is best to keep items off the floor wherever possible. Items stored on the floor are more vulnerable to damage and create a trip hazard.

Use a Pegboard

Fixing a pegboard to the wall of your shed to hang items is an excellent way to keep tools easily accessible without taking up floor space. 

Introduce Clever Shelving Solutions

Creating a shelving system will help you to store your items safely. Organizing hardware into labeled jars and creating wall shelves for storing them on will help to keep these smaller items easy to find. Adding a magnetic strip to the shelf edge will enable you to conveniently hang extra items from the shelf. 

Contact us to learn more about Franks Sheds and the options available to you.

A lovely and well-trimmed back yard requires patience, expertise, seeds, and gardening tools. Keep in mind that leaving sharp or pointed objects lying around poses a serious risk to your children and the organzation of your yard. A backyard shed comes in helpful here. If you want a backyard storage  shed but don’t know where to start, check out Franks Sheds for some ideas. Here are some of the benefits of storage sheds:

Garden Tool Organization

One of the top benefits of storage sheds is garden tool organization. With its storage sections and shelves, you can effortlessly organise and store items for quick access. Placing the tools everywhere is unproductive since you may forget where you put them, wasting time and energy in the process. With a backyard storage shed, you have one area to keep all your tools.

Contact Franks Sheds is you would like to see some choices. 

Quicker Tool Access

Place the shed near your garden for easy access to your gardening tools. So you can quickly gather fertilisers, soils, seeds, or tools. Garden sheds are most popular among gardeners since they save time.

Beautify The Backyard

Another one of the best benefits of storage sheds is how it can help improve your garden’s efficiency and operations while also improving its look by decreasing clutter. Even if your backyard is full with flowers and foliage, unused bags or tools might provide a distraction. Keep these items in your garden shed to instantly improve your garden.

Create Room

Without a backyard stoarge shed, you may store your tools on your porch or garage. With a location to store your equipment, you can use these places for other purposes. Keep your yard and porch tidy by putting gardening equipment and other items in the stoarge shed.

Raise Property Value

Adding storage to your property is believed to increase its value. If you need to sell your property, you have an advantage over others. Many people acquire a shed for the short-term benefits and overlook the long-term benefits.

Extra storage is always a plus because it is frequently a top priority on purchasers’ lists.

These are some of the many benefits of backyard storage sheds. If you would like more information or would like to discuss your options and prices don’t hesitate to contact Franks Sheds. 

A wooden garden shed is an essential space for storing tools, handicrafts, and a whole host of other things in your garden. Not only that but it’s very simple to both order and install.

The foundation

If you’re going to install a storage shed in your garden, the first thing that you need is a sturdy and level foundation. Without this, your shed is never going to last and there’s a good chance that there are going to be some serious issues with the construction of the shed as a whole. 

The tools 

As simple as assembling a wooden storage shed can be, it’s still going to be a serious challenge if you don’t have the right tools. Make sure that you have a screw wrench and a hammer, a stepladder, a water level, and a tape-line. Not only that but you want to make sure that you have safety gloves and other relevant safety equipment. Any kind of construction carries risks and you want to make sure that you’re being as careful as possible.

The components

Before you start putting your shed together, you need to be sure that you have all of the components of your shed. The last thing you want is to get halfway through assembly and realise that something is missing.

It’s also a good idea to work with someone else when assembling your storage shed. It will not only make the process a whole lot smoother but it’s much safer than trying to do it on your own.

An outdoor shed may be constructed for a practical purpose, such as keeping your tools together, providing a staging area for you to pot plants, or even a space in which you can take part in a hobby with free reign – but there’s no reason this construction should feel any less homely than any other part of your property.

In fact, taking a few steps to make your shed an extension of your home will help you unlock the worth of such a garden addition.

Here’s how:

Addons & Awnings

An additional porch or overhead shelter for a shed can provide a small outdoor area that can help it feel a little less divided from the garden on which it stands. Refining the inside with room for a shelter, a table for a small dinner party, or a sofa for a relaxing drink can be a great idea, too.

Refine The Pathway

The pathway leading into the shed, perhaps crafted by cobblestones, wood chips, or a garden arch can allow it to seem more connected with the garden, as if the walk to the shed’s door is the natural direction to follow. You may even use a patio to provide an exterior dining area.

Floral & Fabric Designs

A few floral and fabric trimmings can add your own sense of decorative worth to this space, be that a hanging basket on the outside, or a reupholstered chest inside you use to store your tools.

After designing a shed with a little more love than you might grant to a storage area, it becomes a natural extension of your home. With an excellent service like Franks Sheds to guide you, this will be a great idea.

A good quality garden shed is an asset to any property. It gives you a safe place to store your things, as well as free up space in the home, something we could all use. 

But when planning to install a garden shed, it is vital that you get the foundations right. The foundation for your garden shed will protect your shed and what’s inside. Without the proper foundations, your shed could become structurally damaged, damp, and a health and safety hazard. 

So before you go out and buy yours, consider the foundation for your garden shed. 

Here at Frank’s Sheds, we have some basic tips for building the perfect foundation. 

Location, location, location

Choose a spot away from waterlogged areas and tree roots. If you want water or power in the shed, place it in a convenient location for these to be installed. 

Choose the right foundation

Heavier sheds will need frost-proof foundations, which also last longer. There are also on-grade foundations, which are quicker and cost less but do not have longevity. 

Keep it level

Check the level of the foundation at all points during the process to ensure that it is consistent. 

Talk to us

At Frank’s Sheds, we’ve built foundations and installed thousands of sheds of all designs. You’ll get peace of mind in knowing that the job is being dealt with quickly and professionally by our team. Head on over to our Facebook page to see some of our work. Don’t just take our word for it, see what our happy customers have to say too. 

Contact us today for a quote.

At Franks Sheds, we’re everything you need and more when it comes to your outdoor storage needs. Our sheds offer a variety of features and styles to suit any exterior space and whatever preference you have for your home.

But where is the ideal place to put your shed? Finding the optimal location to place shed storage is important to figure out so here are some things to consider. 

Find a space that’s accessible

Firstly, the space you choose should be one that’s accessible to reach. There’s nothing worse than placing your shed in what you feel is the right place but then ends up being a nightmare to get to. 

Design 

Consider the shed’s design when placing it in the space. Think about how the doors or windows open and how easy it will be to get to the door of the shed. Especially when transporting larger furniture and objects, you want it within an easy reach to suit you.

Extends the lifespan of the shed storage

At Franks Sheds, all our customers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida get the same quality service and a storage shed that’s top of the line. The placement of your shed will likely influence just how long it lasts in terms of its lifespan. Leaving it in an overly grown area of the yard will likely cause more damage from fallen debris. A space where it’s in direct sunlight may cause the exterior to fade a lot quicker, which then requires more maintenance.

Ideally, you want a spot sheltered from the weather but not covered by shrubs and trees that could cause damage. 

Wherever you are Fort Lauderdale in Florida, here at Franks Sheds, we’re here to help.

Preparing your storage shed for winter can be an arduous and sometimes stressful task, luckily we’re here to show you how to do it in an easy way. 

Clean Up Your Shed

Your shed becomes a storage space for everything from pots to lawnmowers, fertilizer, mulch, garden hoses, and gardening tools and accessories. Before you decide to close your shed for the winter, it’s a good idea to organize it first. Otherwise, critters will claim your shed as home. You can also be spring-ready by cleaning the shed and everything inside it.

Take everything outside to sort out what you need and what has to be thrown away. Broken pots, spare parts, additional materials, and other broken goods that can’t be used or aren’t required should be thrown away. Remove any cobwebs from the floor by sweeping them. Get rid of any insects. 

Check the interior of your shed and repair is needed

After you’ve finished cleaning the floor and walls of the shed, it’s time to inspect the interiors and make any necessary repairs. Examine the floor, ceiling, and walls thoroughly. Use caulk to fill in any gaps or fissures you find. This will keep pests out of your shed over the winter. Look for damage beneath shelves, hooks, and other wall-mounted hangings. If you notice something, fix it right away. Examine the seals around windows and doors with care. Replace any weather-stripping that has cracked or is damaged. Otherwise, the shed will be filled with chilly air and wetness.

To create the perfect workspace in your yard or garden, you need to ensure that you are always thinking of the bigger picture. For example, it’s probably not enough to simply stick a desk in your shed – as this will not create a perfect working environment. Here are some ways you can go about maximizing your shed’s versatility. 

Stay connected. One of the most essential steps towards converting a simple shed into a creative, productive workplace is ensuring that you remain connected to the outside world. For example, you should ensure that you can still connect to your wifi or purchase a router – especially if you don’t want to miss any zoom meetings. Furthermore, you also need to make sure that your shed is connected to electricity. Our design options mean that all of our sheds come electric-ready with a switch, outlet, and light. 

Stay focused. Working from home often means working with distractions – but that shouldn’t be the case in your new custom-built office. Therefore, you should ensure that you design your space carefully to create a space where you can remain focused. For example, adding windows to your shed will allow natural light to pour in, heightening both productivity and focus within the workplace. You could also add sound installation to the shed if you’re interested in maximizing your shed’s versatility. 

Stay inspired. If you aren’t sure where to get started with your shed design, conversion, or installation – check out our previous work or reviews for some inspiration. Furthemore, don’t hesitate to get in touch should you have any questions. We’ll work closely with you to create the shed workspace of your dreams.