Sheds...

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Where did you buy yours? Are you happy with it? how much did it cost?

[vikkib]

The one I have on the plot was a freecycle job but I gave the guys who helped me move it some money as a thank you! It's 6x4 and I just wish I had a bigger one!

In my garden we just have a small 6ft x 2ft 6" one which was from a company called Shedstore. It was pretty cheap at £185 and it feels very cheap!

Again - I wish it was bigger but we don't really have room for anything larger.

[out in the cold]

Had it made, delivered and built by local joinery firm.

7x5ft. £430

It is a proper, solidly built shed, none of this feather edge nonsense...

[mrbadexample]

£700 for a 10'x8' built and assembled by the bloke round the corner. Included removing the old one. Not too bad but I've got a problem with the inside of the roof going mouldy and he could have done a better job of levelling it - there's a good bit of flex in the floor.



Oh, and it could do with being moved 6" to the right so I can get to the fence and paint it.

Do you reckon I could do that if I emptied it and got a couple of big strong lads round?

[SarzWix]

Mine is a 7' by 7', and was cheap-ish from Focus DIY (as was). The size of it is perfect, but 5 years down the line it is showing the fact that it was cheap The side which faces both the sun and usually the wind too is in the worst condition; there's big gaps in the wall where the wood has shrunk and twisted. Also, the doors don't fit properly any more, the floor flexes really badly, and one of the roof bars has snapped.

Don't go for the biggest and cheapest, settle for smaller and better quality if you want it to last, that's what I've learned!

[Scarlet]

Hmm, mine was made by a local carpenter. 12x8. £1400. It was a little more expensive than others but you really get what you pay for. It started out reasonable but then I decided to go for treated timber, extra heavy duty roof materials, a row of windows (as it doubles up as a potting shed) shelves inside. Guttering. Sturdy lock and key. The price also included fitting as my OH doesn't do DIY!

More than happy with mine - I haven't had any problems with it.

[Newton]

Recently bought a 12x8 "workshop" from a well known store for my home but it really is base level!

I am in dispute because it is of such poor quality I had to replace the flimsy floor, add extra support to the roof. Add guttering etc etc etc. It took 2 handy lads two days to put up. The sales blurb said 5 hours.

The big store doesn't reslly want to know.......they say the manufacturer won't give a gesture.

I should have cleared the amendments with the store head office apparently.......but I didn't. It needed putting up to protect my stuff! And the old one had been taken down to make way for the not so shiny new one.

The guy at the store had been very good in getting back to me but so far has only been able to offer £100. My costs for erection and adaptation were over £300 in the end......£120 anticipated.

Do I take the £100 or fight on!?

[Stan79]

eBay - i'm amazed at how much sheds cost! We costed up the timber for a potting shed and it came out about £350. New they're 4 times that for the size and spec we wanted!!! The labour isn't worth that difference in price!

In the end i picked the one below up for £78 on eBay two weeks ago and put it up this weekend.

Materials for the base = £110.
Two rolls of roofing felt = £50

Total = £240

[Two_Sheds]

Mine was an eBay too, but I was done. The fella makes them himself I think, and he delivered for me and everything, but I've had nothing but problems with it: full of knot holes, FULL of them, the roof leaked and the door's falling off.

So when you're buying a shed, from eBay or anywhere, check it isn't full of holes

[kizkiz]

Have just purchased one from Garden Sheds | Timber-Metal-Steel Sheds | Sectional Buildings | Storage Sheds for Garden
not had it yet, so can't really comment, but spent some considerable time googling reviews of shed companies, and this was almost the only one that had good reviews across the board. They are also fairly local, so been and had a look. The difference in quality between budget and expensive can really be seen
As others have said, you really do seem to get what you pay for

[veggiechicken]

£700 for a 10'x8' built and assembled by the bloke round the corner. Included removing the old one. Not too bad but I've got a problem with the inside of the roof going mouldy and he could have done a better job of levelling it - there's a good bit of flex in the floor.

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Oh, and it could do with being moved 6" to the right so I can get to the fence and paint it.

Do you reckon I could do that if I emptied it and got a couple of big strong lads round?

? Use one of those long handled paint rollers that they use for painting houses?

[Potstubsdustbins]

I hit lucky with mine an ex army friend owns a shed making business.

12 x 8 pent to my specs, erected £500 in notes of course.

Potty

[Rustybean]

I ordered mine online from Walton sheds - arrived flat pack to allotment exactly when they said it would - 10 x 8 ft - very pleased and all bits were included

[Pa Snips]

Mine is an ex-vehicle body, roughly 11'x7' and cost nothing because the person I got it from wanted to get rid of it.

[Peppermint]

We have a stone building attached to the house which I use as a potting shed and to store my hand tools. We need somewhere for the lawnmowers, barrows etc. and having seen what was on offer we decided to build our own. It took about three months of weekends (mainly because we had have some of the materials delivered from the mainland and also due to some appalling wet weather). Concrete floor (which will hopefully stop the voles digging through to get stored vegetables), wood frame and clad with industrial sheet metal. Totally over-engineered due the high winds (very often gale to storm force). Roughly 13 x 12 feet and an absolutely brilliant store shed (OH built it, I fetched things, held things and painted on the wood stain ). Cost: approximately £700 but we still have the guttering, IBC , taps etc to buy for the rainwater collection.