How to Move a Portable Shed

Portable sheds are the perfect storage solution for outdoor tools, bicycles, gardening equipment and all the other items that can quickly clog a family garage. Older style metal sheds used to be bolted down to concrete pads. More recently, portable sheds have taken over the market. Built off site and delivered to your back yard, they can be placed on any level surface and moved when necessary.

Storage shed
Long handled pry bar, such as an ice spud or a scrap 2-by-4
Cinder block or 6-inch tall piece of wood timber
(2) 4-by-4's, at least 2 feet longer than the length of the storage building
Handful of 3-inch all purpose course thread drywall screws
Cordless screwdriver with Phillips head driver bit
4 fence posts, 2-inch diameter

Instructions

- 1
  Empty the shed. Before attempting to move the building, make sure to make it as light as possible.
- 2
  Lift one edge of the storage building high enough to get the 4-by-4 under the building, using the long handled pry bar. Position the 4-by-4 so that it is completely under the building, running front to back like a sled runner. Repeat the process on the other side of the shed and move the runners toward each other so they are less than 5 feet apart.
- 3
  Fasten the runners to the frame of the building with a few 3-inch all purpose screws. The runners will not be permanent, so drill the screws in only deep enough to secure the runner to the building. Leave the screw heads exposed so that they can be easily removed after the building is relocated.
- 4
  Clear the path between the current location of the building and its new location. Once the building is moving, the process will be much easier if the building can be relocated without stopping.
- 5
  Lift the front of the building with the pry bar so that the front end of the runners also lift off the ground. Once the runners are off the ground, slide one of the fence posts under the building so that it is perpendicular to the 4-by-4's, under both sled runners.
- 6
  Nudge the building forward until it begins to slide along the fence post. When the building has moved a foot or two, put another fence post roller under the runners. As you get more rollers under the runners, the building will move more easily. Once the runners are completely off the ground, resting on the pipe rollers, you will be able to push the building easily to its new location.
- 7
  Replace the rollers under the front of the building when they come out from under the back side of the building. As the building moves forward, the pipes will re-appear, out from under the back side of the building and they can be reinserted to continue to facilitate the move. Once the building is in the new location, remove the pipes and then the 4-by-4 runners the same way they were inserted until the building rests on the ground.

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