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Passmores mine still looks like new 5yrs later.
The good thing about Tiger sheds is that it is a shiplap solid roof and floor i.e. no fibreboard floor. It also comes completely dip treated from the factory (inside and out) so you don't even need to paint it for the first year or 2.
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Recently ordered a shed from I Like Sheds. Was the cheapest for what we wanted, and customer service/delivery were spot on.
Also got mine from Tiger and it is a very nice shed. Although I did go for their top of the range 16mm pressure treated shiplap. Only thing that was missing was some diagonal bracing on the walls. You could move the shed about if you pushed it hard enough and on a shed of this price it should have been there from the factory. Other sheds I was looking at from other sites had the bracing, but overall the Tiger shed seemed a better option. Mainly for the mortise and tennoned door.
You do get what you pay for with sheds. I'd say as a minimum look for 12mm shiplap rather than overlapping feather edge boards.
Although mine is pressure treated and supposedly fine untreated for 10 years I still put 3 coats of Ronseal shed and fence preserver on. Mainly to colour the timber. I'd recommend this stuff over wax based surface treatments. It soaks into the timber to protect it and you don't have to worry about it flaking or washing off.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260974121...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
You do get what you pay for with sheds. I'd say as a minimum look for 12mm shiplap rather than overlapping feather edge boards.
Although mine is pressure treated and supposedly fine untreated for 10 years I still put 3 coats of Ronseal shed and fence preserver on. Mainly to colour the timber. I'd recommend this stuff over wax based surface treatments. It soaks into the timber to protect it and you don't have to worry about it flaking or washing off.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260974121...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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I found a supplier on the bay that builds pressure treated sheds with thicker timbers than tiger for roughly the same price.
I haven't ordered mine yet as I don't own the house/garden it is going in yet but I will be ordering from them.
http://www.urbanforest-timberbuildings.co.uk/Urban_Forest_Timber_Buildings.html
£50 delivery and free assembly service.
I haven't ordered mine yet as I don't own the house/garden it is going in yet but I will be ordering from them.
http://www.urbanforest-timberbuildings.co.uk/Urban_Forest_Timber_Buildings.html
£50 delivery and free assembly service.
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They do seem a lot better quality than the Tiger sheds and cheaper. Tanalised as well so you don't need to worry about it rotting. Wish i had found this site when I was looking for a shed. They even use 1" thick floorboards compared to the 16mm ones on my Tiger elite shed!
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you've just ruined my day
This actually puts me off,
I want to assemble the shed myself so do I get a discount?
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Timely thread, need to get myself a good shed, fed up with feather edged rubbish we seem to only have over here.
Out of interest, do most people here put down a concrete base or similar? I've always used cheap patio slabs on a 2" base of hardcore.
Out of interest, do most people here put down a concrete base or similar? I've always used cheap patio slabs on a 2" base of hardcore.
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All mine have been on concrete bases with no timber base and if you get the setting out right your last board overlaps the concrete, I've never put down slabs as bases except for at work where we put down slabs then the shed but that's with a timber base.
I used concrete piers with a 4x2" timber frame on top for the base, as suggested by a few people on here. Worked great and means I can easily move the shed in future should I ever need to. rather than having a big concrete base to deal with.
Hardcore and patio slabs would also work fine, but I was trying to do it as cheaply as possible as the shed cost a lot. I guess if you can get some free or cheap slabs it would be a better solution.
It's been up for just over a year now and is still dead level and the floor seems solid enough. I have a pillar drill and a few other heavy tools in there as well.
Hardcore and patio slabs would also work fine, but I was trying to do it as cheaply as possible as the shed cost a lot. I guess if you can get some free or cheap slabs it would be a better solution.
It's been up for just over a year now and is still dead level and the floor seems solid enough. I have a pillar drill and a few other heavy tools in there as well.
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