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Garden Shed; Wooden or Metal

  • 03-06-2012 06:24PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭


    In middle of getting garden shed, what are the main pros and cons of getting a metal shed as opposed to a metal shed ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭celticcrash


    It matters where you plan to put the shed. If its in view from the windows of your house than I would go for a solid wood shed. Just for aesthetics.
    The metal shed would last longer but they can be ugly looking.
    The metal shed needs a concrete base opposed to the wooden shed that can be simply put on blocks. I myself have a 14 by 6 wooden shed. I have it seven years and its solid as a rock. Ronsel 5 years satin clear varnish does a good job. I have seen people buy cheap lapwood sheds and after 2 years they fall apart.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,177 ✭✭✭Liamalone


    I have a wooden 15'x10' shed myself, only got it a few months ago right enough - a relation has a metal one and the doors are bent n buckled and it's only two years old, probably due to her kids though.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,873 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    If you're getting a wooden one get one with a metal roof, I have my garden shed for a girl's playhouse (10X10) on laid blocks and it's 100% after around 8 years, gets two coats of paint every two years.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭Final Approach


    Also, with a wooden shed you can screw bits and pieces onto the interior walls, e.g. brackets for holding tools etc, shelves for paint tins, bicycle holders, which for me would be a significant advantage.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭martinn123


    The main differences are.
    Wooden Sheds, on blocks, maintenance,

    Steel Sheds, concrete slab, maintenance free.

    many timber sheds, including mine, are in a corner or against a wall, where regular maintenance is impossible, and eventually they fall apart.

    Cost, timber sheds are less expensive.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    Metal shed all the way
    I threw out my wooden shed after about 12 yrs a few yrs back for a metal one from Clane Sheds. 16'8" x 8'
    Its on concrete blocks...you only need a concrete base if you plan to put a car in it
    The only pro i can see with wooden sheds over metal is price


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭ART6


    Metal sheds -- massive condensation inside unless they are dry lined and insulated. Concrete floor necessary. Otherwise, minimal maintenance. More expensive but better in the long term if insulated.

    Wooden sheds -- not damp-proof and needing annual maintenance (preservatives, possibility of rot). Roofs covered with the useless roofing felt that's normally used, leaking regularly and needing replacement every few years.

    I have a wooden shed that I use for general storage of junk, but it is damp and not suitable for storing expensive garden tools and equipment. I also have a steel shed that I took the trouble to fully insulate and dry-line with 9mm ply. It's as dry as a bone and it preserves my equipment well. It cost me at least twice as much as the wooden shed, but I don't have my mower and shredder etc. rusting quietly away! That, to me, is a saving.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    ART6 wrote: »
    Metal sheds -- massive condensation inside unless they are dry lined and insulated.

    bit of an over exageration

    I've had my shed in 2yr with no condensation issues


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,872 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Lucky you. The last shed I had, concrete block with metal roof - massive condensation that literally saturated everything inside so it was unusable. I now have a wood cabin. Much better in all respects except maintainance, which is worth it to me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    The inside of the roof in mine has a lining on it which helps to prevent condensation, so I was told. Seems to work and came as standard


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