Given the eclectic range of wisdom among Ducati fans, thought I'd try and pick your collective brains about sheds. Our existing garden shed (there when we bought this house 10 years ago) is going mouldy and rotten and needs replacing - I'm starting to think it's just the extensive cobweb collection that is holding it together. We need a 12' by 6' pent roof shed that can tuck into an awkward gap between the side of our house and the fence along the boundary of our property, where exciting things like garden chairs and barbecue charcoal can live. (This is purely shed as storage for garden junk, not shed as man/womancave or workshop). Given the awkward location, I want something that is not going to need regular repainting with wood preservative to stop it going rotten, as that won't be possible once installed. Googling for garden sheds has brought up a bewildering range of prices for what look (at least from shed company website photos) like superficially similar buildings. It seems one can pay anywhere from around £700, to over £2500 (the latter for cedar). Any recommendations for particular companies, materials (e.g. pressure treated deal vs cedar), types of construction? Anything I should look to avoid, or companies with whom folks have had bad experiences? Some companies mention some kind of new recycled plastic shed base, as opposed to traditional paving slabs. (No idea what's under the existing shed, but probably not paving slabs). Are they any good?
Don't know if they do the size you need, but I bought one of those green metal ones from Argos for gardening stuff. Been brilliant (if a shed can be brilliant?) Now painting!
How about a galvanized metal shed? No painting, 10 year garantee and a huge amount of sizes and shapes available. This is a 6'X 7' shed I got off ebay for 210 quid delivered. I had to assemble it myself, but it not going anywhere! I use it as an overflow storage to my garage.
Bought a tanalised 8' x 6' a couple of weeks ago, £550 delivered and erected. This was a dual pitch jobby but I think the Pent roof was the same price. The non-tanalised version was £110 cheaper and the guy said it would last just as long as the tanalised as long as you stained it every year - being a lazy git, I know I'm not going to stain it every year. You could also save money by not having the bracing in the walls, but I felt these were too flimsy. I put some slabs down myself, so couldn't comment on the other systems of foundations now available ukgardenbuildings.co.uk (supreme/tanalised)
I built mine for less than £800...........18' x 13'..............3" x 2" studwork, ply sheathed, boarded, slate roof; all it needs is insulation and lining and you could live in it. And it will still be standing when the house falls down. AL
I bought a log cabin from Argos about 6 years ago. Some Finnish company £1500 for about 4mx3m. Absolutely brilliant. All the parts were cut so precisely it all slotted together (plank by plank). Thick 3/4" wood not flimsy lap stuff they use on sheds at B&Q. Also, in the garden, it looked like a summer house not a shed. I had it as a workshop and it was a really nice place to work in.
Southern Sheds, they do a range. Prices are OK I have two sheds from them and they were easy to erect. They come flat packed with loads of options to add on including full assembly etc.
I was working in my shed yesterday, when a bloke walking past told me that my garden was a dump. I started to chase after the cheeky bugger, but fell over the mattress behind the old gas oven.
