Educate me about Garden Sheds.

No3ntry

No3ntry

No3ntry

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Hello,

I will be moving into a new build property next month and will be in need of a shed.
I plan to stay there for quite some time so want to invest in a decent shed.

The shed I will buy will be 10' x 8'
I found (what I considered) the perfect shed at www.acesheds.co.uk
Their site allows you to customise your shed with things like increase sized frame and flooring etc. The price wasn't bad either I configured a strengthened shed with opening windows for about £940ish

The problem I have found is I am well out of their delivery area.

I am in Derbyshire so I started looking around and found a place called easyshed.

Their shed comes in at about £1050 but the windows aren't of the same quality and the frame is a bit smaller (38x50mm vs 65x38mm at acesheds)
I can also not upgrade the cladding at easy shed without a significant hike in price

At ace sheds I was able to add loglap cladding which whilst I haven't got my heart set on this does look a lot nicer to me.


So is their anywhere that delivers to the derbyshire area that can compete with ace sheds ?

Also is is loglap ok as a pose to shiplap ? in my mind the shape of it would increase its strength over normal flat cladding.

Thanks for looking :)
 
Christ for that money ill build you a fort of a shed.. complete daylight robbery. I could be in any of those sheds in under a minute with just a foot long screwdriver.

hope you dont plan to keep anything remotely valuable in it
 
No3ntry said:
Any ideas where to get one from?
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Well the question you need to be asking yourself is what are you going to keep in it? if its just a bog standard lawnmower and kids toys then no point in spending a fortune.

if your keeping £100/£1000 worth of bikes and tools in it then you need something more than a slat panel shed which you could kick your way in
 
erm
chest freezer
tumble dryer
couple of bikes
usual garden tackle
few tools

What do you have in mind ?
I really hope you aren't going to say a metal shed as I really don't want metal.
 
What are you using for a base?

When we build new homes for Local Authorities they all insist on a shed for each property and a cycle hoop set into a concrete base, hoops are about £35 and you'll have to mark out and cut whatever base you are putting down first and slide over.
 
Lopéz said:
For a 10 x 8 shed?
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I looked into building my own, I couldn't buy the materials for what I bought the shed for, and that was buying materials at 'trade' prices.

Unless you are comparing buying feather edge materials to buying a ship lap shed but then that's not a fair comparison.
 
No chance you can get decent materials for that price. It would the weakest thinnest saddest shed you ever saw.

I used BBD Leisure Buildings in Princes Risborough a 20' by 10' cost me over £2k but the build is fantastic. You basically get what you pay for. In your case I would go for ship lap as a minimum. The structural wood size is only an issue if you plan to interior clad it and/or hang heavy shelves or tools off it.

That's my twopenneth.
 
I got mine from http://www.tigersheds.com/

It was expensive, but I looked at loads at all different price points and this was by far the best quality. Mine was the premium pressure treated one, that is probably overkill for what you need. I'd siggest at least making sure its made from 12mm shiplap cladding, rather than the crappy 8mm feather edge sheds from B&Q etc.

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http://www.tigersheds.com/product_detail.asp?prod=128

This one looks like a good compromise between price and quality.

EDIT: actually the frame of that one is only 28x44 and I dont think they have a opening window option. The one from Acesheds does seem good for the price. Shame they dont deliver to your area :(. I had the same trouble when I was looking. Also had one company saying 16mm shiplap and when I went to look it was actually 12mm and they said they quote the size before planing the timber.
 
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A lot of places seem to quote the pre-machined sizes for the wood.

I showed the shed I had picked previously from tiger sheds to my GF father-in-law and he said it was flimsy looking.
He has offered to build a shed for me but it all depends what the cost will be if he does it.

I will revisit tigersheds now and see what else I could choose. :)

EDIT the shed you have picked out Mark, is the exact shed I had picked out :p
 
Get a metal shed, There cheaper, more secure, easier to put up and wont rot!
Also if you use it store a motorbike insurance is much cheaper.
 
maccapacca said:
I looked into building my own, I couldn't buy the materials for what I bought the shed for, and that was buying materials at 'trade' prices.
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PlacidCasual said:
No chance you can get decent materials for that price. It would the weakest thinnest saddest shed you ever saw.
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Dimple said:
Link for materials please
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Yes, I didn't think I was the only one. Enough timber to make a 10x8 shed for £150-250? Yeah, righto.

OP, I've had 2 large Tiger Sheds and been very pleased with the quality overall.
 
I built an 9x7 shed for near enough free. But it was built from old pallets that were on a pub bonfire :D. Lasted a good 10 years as well, I just neglected painting it as it wasn't getting used at the time.

I priced up my shed and it was coming to more money than the elite shed from Tiger sheds. But this was in part due to the fact none of the timbers merchants near me did any less than 19mm shiplap cladding. Also I priced it up using 3"x2" timber for extra strength, but thinking about it I could have used much thinner stuff. I bet you could probably get it in under the cost of a built shed if you can get trade prices at a timber merchant and can find 16mm cladding. Plus I'd use OSB board for the floor and roof as that would be cheaper than using the T&G and would work fine.
 
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