Urban Sheds
Urban Sheds
Definitions and types
Rooflines
The Traditional shed, the shape everyone knows.
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A classic gable roof, double doors and a side window, framed the way a house is. At standard wall height for storage, or on taller walls with a transom row for a workshop.
01Storage · Gable roof
Traditional
Gable roofA gable roof on standard-height walls, with double doors and a side window. The shape most people picture when they say shed.
Plan a storage shedDesign this style in 3D
02Workshop · Gable roof
Tall Traditional
Gable roofThe gable roof on taller walls, with a row of transom windows across the front. The same shape as the Traditional with more headroom, more light and room for a loft.
Plan a workshop shedDesign this style in 3DThe Traditional is the roofline that matches most houses and most neighborhoods. It sheds snow and rain off two sides, takes a loft easily on the tall version, and looks right next to a gable-roofed home.
Two versions. The Traditional, at standard wall height, for the 6x8 to 10x10 storage sizes. The Tall Traditional, on taller walls with the transom row across the front, for the 10x12 to 12x20 workshop sizes.
Every size, in this roofline.
Storage sizes are at standard wall height and workshop sizes on taller walls; each size page has the floor plan and your local price.
Framed like a house.
Every shed is framed on 16-inch centers with 2x6 rafters and a pressure-treated floor, and carries a 30-year structural warranty, transferable once to the next owner of your home.
Compare an Urban Sheds build to a typical factory kitSee the difference in rafters, headers, plates, floor, drip edge, shingles, siding.
| Urban Sheds | A typical kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Framing spacing | Urban Sheds16-inch centers on the floor, the walls and the roof, like a house | A typical kit24-inch centers |
| Wall top plates | Urban ShedsDouble 2x4 top plates | A typical kitA single top plate |
| Door headers | Urban Sheds2x6 headers, so the doors never sag | A typical kit2x4 headers, or none |
| Floor framing | Urban ShedsPressure-treated lumber, rot and termite resistant | A typical kitUntreated lumber |
| Roof rafters | Urban Sheds2x6 rafters | A typical kit2x4 rafters |
| Drip edge | Urban ShedsAround the full roof perimeter | A typical kitLittle or none |
| Roof shingles | Urban Sheds30-year architectural shingles | A typical kit25-year 3-tab shingles |
| Siding | Urban ShedsLP® SmartSide engineered siding, 50-year warranty | A typical kitPlywood T1-11 or vinyl |
LP rates SmartSide for 200 mph wind and 1.75-inch hail, and backs it with a 50-year warranty against hail, wind, moisture, fungal decay and termites.
The Traditional, built.
A few Urban Sheds builds in this roofline, photographed where they were built.
Questions people ask us.
Storage shed or workshop shed?
Storage sheds are the smaller sizes, 6x8 to 10x10, at standard wall height: extra storage in a small space, for the mower, the bikes, the bins and the patio set. Workshop sheds are the larger sizes, 10x12 to 12x20, on taller walls: room for big items like a riding mower, or room to be inside at a bench with a project. The taller wall is what makes a 4-foot loft above and a row of transom windows up high work so well. Both are framed the same way, with the same siding and the same 30-year structural warranty, transferable once to the next owner. The difference is size and wall height. If the list is mostly yard gear and bins, it is a storage shed; if a riding mower, a bench, or you are going in, it is a workshop.
Is my shed brand new?
Always. It doesn't exist until your build day: the lumber and siding arrive fresh from the supplier and your shed goes up in your yard. It has never sat on a lot, ridden on a trailer, or waited for a buyer, and your warranty starts the day it's finished.
What's the warranty?
Three warranties. Your builder covers his workmanship for the first year and comes back to fix anything that is not right. Urban Sheds covers the structure for 30 years as long as the shed gets about an hour of upkeep a year (we publish the checklist), and that warranty transfers once to the next owner of your home if the form is filed within 60 days of the sale. LP covers the SmartSide siding for 50 years. If your craftsman ever leaves the network, Urban Sheds connects you with another certified craftsman. For a claim, your builder answers within five business days; if you cannot reach him in ten, warranty@urban-sheds.com assigns another certified craftsman within five.
Your backyard. Builder Direct.
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