Plastic Shed - experiences?

[1Bee]

I've been coveting a shed for a while (we just have a tool box on the plot) and it's possible if the bathroom refurb doesn't go too far over budget I might be able to have on this year.

I've started wondering about a plastic shed, since it occurred to me that it's highly unlikely I'd have the time to properly maintain a wooden one.

Has anyone had an experience of plastic sheds, please?

[gardening_gal]

I have a Keter small plastic shed that I've had for a few years now although it was dismantled and stored for the last couple of years. I've just recently got it and built it again.

I like it. It was a doddle to put together, it was/still is watertight and is a nice and airy wee shed.

However, I also put down a plywood floor on top of the plastic floor that came with it as I felt it needed strengthened. I didn't like the creaky noises when I walked on it but the plywood sorted that.

The other 'drawback' (?) is the fact you can't really lean or rest much against the walls as they will start to bow a bit.

Depends on what the shed is to be used for imo as to whether it would be a good idea for you. You do get various versions of plastic sheds, some stronger than others, obviously at a greater cost, but I personally feel they are a viable alternative to wooden ones.


Mine is this one but I got it during an Amazon special thing or glitch thing (can't remember which). I paid £179 for it.

https://www.keter.com/en/factor-4x6

[bikermike]

We have a plastic shedlet in our back garden
It's pretty much one of these
https://www.keter.com/en/midi-compact-shed

It's not terribly sturdy (partly because it comes with the walls in horizontal halves for packaging purposes), but it's stayed up for over 5 years, so it can't be that bad. It has moved a bit, so the doors don't quite match up properly without a bit of shove. I've also put a padlock and hasp on it (bolts and araldite).

My big concern with them is that the clip fastenings will move.

Also, they are quite light, so I'd be worried about wind. I filled the base of mine with concrete and screwed it to the wall.

[Cadalot]

As above I have two Ketter sheds the lock on the door on one broke and I had to fix and the other bowed because I placed stiff leaning on the walls but water tight and very easy to erect and I don't have to paint it every other year so all in all quite happy.

[Penellype]

I don't know what make mine is or how old it is as it came with the allotment, but mine (4ft x 6ft) is watertight, sturdy and shows no sign of moving in the wind. Very happy with it, just wish it was a little bit bigger.

[1Bee]

I love you guys. I half expected replies of the "if it's not wood it ain't a shed!" variety, and instead some of my gardening heroes have them...

I think the key points are:-
Treat it like a plastic shed - i.e. accept the walls are more flexible and don't lean stuff on them.
Fix it firmly. The one I'm looking at suggests screwing through the floor/wall joins to concrete or a slab base. I can probably manage a slab base.

*wiggle* 2019 may well be the year of the shed....

[bikermike]

good luck with it! - let us know how you get on

[gardening_gal]

Fingers crossed 1Bee! Good luck!

[benb89]

We looked at a few plastic sheds for our yard at work but decided to go for wood on the advice of the place we purchased it from. A neighbour has a plastic shed which ended up 3 gardens away following the heavy winds on Sunday, but I presume they hadn't had it fitted properly.