Educate me about Garden Sheds.

No3ntry · 5 Jan 2013 at 22:18

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

No3ntry · 5 Jan 2013 at 22:33

Any ideas where to get one from?

No3ntry · 5 Jan 2013 at 22:55

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.

No3ntry · 5 Jan 2013 at 23:21

base is already laid, its slabs on sand over hardcore.

No3ntry · 6 Jan 2013 at 22:21

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

No3ntry · 8 Jan 2013 at 13:23

Lopéz said:
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.

Did your tiger sheds use the 28 x 44mm frame timber that the ones they have now do ?

Seems a little bit small and flimsy, but having not seen them I can't be sure.

Also how do OSB floors cope with general day to day use vs Tongue and groove floors ?