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Delivery & Installation
The Hauling Equipment Conundrum
Day after day, shed haulers have to decide about what equipment to use—and the choices keep growing.
Pine Hill Reaches Milestone
Shed builders, you have crafted a quality portable building and made a sale. Quickly, it sets in that you’ll need the means to transport this final product. In the year 2000, this challenge was brought to Dan Petersheim, owner of Pine Hill. Having been raised in farming and instilled with[Read More…]
The ABCs of Shed Building Kits
Selling shed building kits is the bread and butter of Domenic Mangano’s existence. That’s because as president and senior designer of Vermont-based Jamaica Cottage Shop, Mangano sells 1,500 buildings annually, with 80 percent in kit form. To what does Mangano attribute those transactions? “When you look on the internet for[Read More…]
Q&A: Shed Transportation and Delivery
Remember the famous line from the 1989 Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams? “If you build it, he will come.” You could say in the shed industry, if you build it, customers will come. Of course, there’s more to selling a shed than that. There’s also more to the process[Read More…]
Family Converting Shed into Tiny House
Beau and Kelly Brotherton and their children aren’t your typical American family. Instead of wanting more, the couple wants less—a simpler, less expensive life. So, on 7 acres in central Texas, the family is converting a shed into a tiny house. The shed is a 16 by 48 Lincoln from[Read More…]
Pitching Site Prep
What’s the most difficult part of shed installation for your business? Is it getting together all the materials you need? Finding the right people to help speed through the installation? Could it possibly be dealing with your customer’s site preparation? When asked about how they prepare their customers for site[Read More…]
Transportation: Outsource or Invest?
Shed moving and transportation has become a booming business all on its own in recent years. There’s good reason for that. Not only does the growth follow the increasing demand for sheds that go well beyond what the big box stores offer, but shed moving is itself a significant challenge.[Read More…]
Reader Question: Shed Tie Downs
In every industry, no matter if you’re just starting out or have years of experience, you have questions—that includes shed builders. Recently, a builder posted a question on Facebook and we thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if fellow shed builders could offer their experiences in answer to the question for[Read More…]
