Content policy

Last updated November 12, 2026.

What belongs here

DIY, building, woodworking, garden and outdoor projects that you built yourself, documented with your own photos and notes.

Not allowed

• Other people's work: photos, plans, drawings or text copied from other websites, books, magazines or plan sellers without permission. Bought plans are normally licensed to you only.
• Spam and advertising: promotional posts, affiliate link lists, SEO links, product ads disguised as projects.
• Duplicates: the same project published several times. Update the existing project instead.
• Dangerous instructions: content that encourages unsafe electrical, gas, structural or chemical work, or bypassing safety devices.
• Illegal, hateful, violent or sexual content, harassment, or personal information about others.
• Misleading content: invented projects, fake costs or results, or AI-generated images presented as a real build.

Your responsibility

You are personally responsible for what you publish. If you upload something you do not have the rights to, or that breaks the law (for example copyright, privacy or defamation law), you carry the legal consequences, not DIY Outdoor Builds. Rights holders can make claims against you directly. See section 3 of the terms of service.

When in doubt, leave it out: only share your own photos, your own drawings and your own words.

How we moderate

Every submission is checked automatically for spam, duplicates and copied photos. Suspicious submissions, and a builder's first project, are held until a moderator has reviewed them. Anyone can report a project or comment; several independent reports hide a project until it is reviewed.

Moderators may remove content or suspend accounts that break these rules. Repeat copyright infringers lose their account. If you think a decision was wrong, contact us at [email protected].