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ABYR
Registered User
Garden Shed
Anyone recommend a place to buy a decent Garden Shed. One of those wooden ones with the windows at the sides.
At a cheap enough price!>
cullenswood
Frequent poster
Re: Garden Shed
Abwood is where I recently bought mine. Seem top quality and delivered it within 24 hours!
Once Bitten
Registered User
Garden Shed
Forget timber !
Too low (stand in to one and see how much area you have to actually stand up - just down the centre aisle)
Too small
Too hard to maintain pristine.
Go for one of the PVC/Steel varieties. Just did it (15 x9) and wouldn't go back.
ClubMan
Administrator
Re: Garden Shed
Would definitely recommend the likes of
Yardmaster (available in Argos) over wooden alternatives.
Maceface
Frequent poster
Go Wooden
I think the wooden sheds look a lot nicer. To be the metal ones makes your garden look like a garage.
I would recommend Kelly Sheds, and they have resellers everywhere (I got mine in Johnstown Garden Center). They all should charge the standard Kelly prices, so should be no problem. Mine is about 7x5 and the delux version. Cost about 500.
Another place I heard is good (and cheap) is the place called ABS(something like that). Its on the Naas road near the red cow roundabout (Naas side heading into town).
ClubMan
Administrator
Re: Go Wooden
I think the wooden sheds look a lot nicer.
See how nice they look in 10 years or each time you're faced with painting them with preservative!
legend99
Very frequent poster
What have people done in the past for flooring with the Yardmaster sheds???
jenolan
Registered User
Where to get cheap shed
The cheapsest place you'll get is B&Q, they are literally half the price of everywhere else. Now I kno wyou get what you pay for but if you're starting off and just need somewhere to stick the lawnmower etc they're fine.
Abwood sheds are a much better quality but you do pay for it
sueellen
Moderator
Re: Garden Shed
"What have people done in the past for flooring with the Yardmaster sheds??? "
We just have ours on paving slabs but like all sheds it is damp.
askew70
Registered User
Re: Garden Shed
We have a wooden shed which we bought from The Shed Man on Kilakee Road in Dublin (contact details are here: [broken link removed]). They did a good job of installing it too. Five years later, it is still in excellent condition with no sign of dampness (we went for one with an internal lining - it cost a little more, from what I can remember, but it was well worth it). Our shed is laid on concrete blocks, so it is a few inches away from the wet soil/ground underneath. The Shed Man have quite a few sheds on display, so you can actually walk into them to see if the size suits you. In the range that we chose from, they offered an extra height one too, for those that need it (we didn't, we are both shortarses!).
We painted the shed (used a wood primer first, followed by good quality oil-based finish), rather than varnish it - the paint is now starting to peel a little, in places, but it won't need repainting for another year at least.
One thing to bear in mind, when choosing between a wooden shed and alternatives, is whether you can fit shelves within it. The wooden supports in our shed are robust enough to allow metal shelf brackets to be easily attached. I have seen some wooden sheds, though, that don't look robust enough to take shelves. I haven't been inside a metal shed, so I don't know whether they can easily take shelves.
geegee
Local user
The problem with metal sheds is condensation. If your looking for soggy boxes and a free shower every time you go in then go for one - been there etc etc...
GG