I need some extra storage in the garden so it's time for a shed. The available space is 6x10ft but a 6x8 shed would be fine. Alternatives seem to be: metal (condensation?), plastic (price!), wood (short life?). Any recommendations for type, or practical experiences? Any recommendations for where to buy?
Is it possible to buy the plastic panels and put-together a custom design for less than the kits?
My best shed was built using blockwork.
I have had a wooden shed which is well ventilated all round the outside and coated with preservative every 5 years or so (and re felted every
10). Its 30 years old and pretty much as good as the day it was put up. Dont be put off wooden shed for short life, Unless its going to be right next to a conifer hedge and kept permanently wet.
Well made wood should last 20 years, longer if you keep the roof maintained (or use a sensible covering) and paint the shed.
I prefer wood as it does not cause condensation every night.
we have a wooden shed that I bought in 1978.
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My wooden shed is over 30 years old. The secret is to spend time and cash on treating the wood BEFORE you put it together. The underneath of my floor had about 4 coats of Cuprinol. Don't be in a rush to assemble it.
There's a shed in my mother's garden that was probably 20 years old when my parents bought their house in 1970. It's had a new roof (not just new felt), but it's still in good condition.
On the other hand I wouldn't expect a shed bought from Homebase/B&Q/etc. today to last that long.
My mate has just taken up woodwork in his metal shed - he's solved the condensation problem by insulating the roof (and only the roof).
I took down a 30 year old shed a few years ago - and I saw no reason why it shouldn't last another 30 years with continued sporadic maintenance and ill-treatment.
The only issue i have with wooden sheds is that damp can get in between the boards eventually. Brian
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Don't be put off by short life of modern flimsy el cheapo wooden sheds. You get what you pay for. Go to a reputable shed builder or build it yourself with pressure treated timbers. I have a factory built timber shed that's at least 30 years old, and see no reason why it wont see me out! Plus I built another myself to exactly fit an available space using quality materials and a lined steel roof which I expect will also last for a long time.
Mike
Kits are either awful quality or excessively expensive. Make your own, its not hard. Plastic breaks Metal rusts & condenses Wood rots if not treated, and eventually rots anyway needing (relatively easy) repairs Precast concrete costs Blocks are relatively slow to build, but not expensive.
Roofs: Felt is easy but shortest lived Steel lasts better but is ugly Asbestos equivalent lasts well Flattened steel drums are cheap & long lasting, but rust is ugly
NT
One day you will get around to taking out of the garage and assembling it :-)
Thanks for the 1.5MB attachment (a 28,117 line posting). It saved me the bother of clicking on the dropbox link. :-)
The point is that once they rust they look awful, but continue to give good service for years more. Guess I thought that was obvious.
NT
I've a wooden shed mass-produced by a local shed-builder. There was a slightly more expensive option which was made from thicker planks, which I chose.
When it came I told the people who delivered & erected it not to put on the capping strips that would normally go on vertically, ground - roof, at each corner.
I went round the thing and filled every nail-gun hole with flexible sealant. I also filled all the small gaps at the corners where the walls' planks' end wood showed up, and anywhere else that there seemed to be a significant gap.
I coated all of that - nail-gun holes & corners etc, once the sealant was dry, with several coats of wood preservative. I also painted all sides of the corner strips a couple of times before fixing them on. Once on I applied sealant to the gaps between the fitted strips and the planks. Then I applied preservative to the whole shed... paying extra attention to any exposed end-wood. I'm fairly confident that it will last long enough...
What about under the floor?
I agree that that's an issue; I just have to hope the supplier's pressure-treatment of the wood is adequate. At least the under-floor area doesn't get deluged in rain like the walls do. And, the shed is standing on gravel which drains well.
Jeremy Nicoll - news posts wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@wingsandbeaks.org.uk.invalid:
In many instances - it is just so easy to treat the individual panels on both sides - whilst laying flat before assembly - but most people are in a hurry to assemble it and the opportunity is lost. (Not all are pressure treated judging by the pale examples I have seen being erected.)
and I would have, if I'd been the person erecting it. But the suppliers erected it.
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