Shed Manual: Designing, building and fitting out your prefect shed (Haynes Manuals)

Covering topics such as getting started, shed styles, materials, foundations, hardware and finishing,  The Haynes Shed Manual provides step-by-step instructions and wide-covering advice on all aspects of planning and building sheds.  Written by two shed experts, it's for the enthusiastic DIYer and those considering taking on a project.

John Coupe is a practising structural engineer who has designed buildings ranging in size from domestic extensions to multi-storey residential and commercial developments using steel, concrete, masonry and timber.  John's website is www.secrets-of-shed-building.com.

Alex Johnson is a journalist, blogger and author of Rooms of Their Own: Where Great Writers Write, Improbable Libraries and Bookshelf. He lives in St Albans, London with his wife, three children, and plenty of books from all over the world.