| Garden sheds - a lifestyle choice or simply a | | | | shaded corner or at the bottom of your garden. |
| necessity? Either way we look at it many of us recall | | | | However with the surge in suburban developments |
| the humble garden shed as either a place to store all | | | | around the country these days garden space is |
| that garden furniture sparingly used throughout | | | | becoming increasingly trivialised in preference of |
| another dreary British summer and a redundant | | | | interior space, indicative of a society drawn to the |
| lawnmower or as a welcome retreat away from the | | | | sofa and a TV dinner. That said metal sheds do not |
| wife and kids. Whether that's true today is open to | | | | look out of place in a suburban environment. And |
| debate however it is not beyond the realms of belief | | | | what about shed size? Whatever size shed be it 8 x |
| to think that the garden shed still has a prominent | | | | 6, 10 x 8, 12 x 8 you can get a metal or wooden |
| place in the Great British garden. Sheds have been | | | | shed. The primary consideration usually revolves |
| around for a number of centuries but as time has | | | | around durability. Wooden sheds require more |
| gone on so too has the development of sheds, be it | | | | frequent maintenance with an annually begrudging |
| due to size, design or need. Running alongside this has | | | | slap of that sticky staining residue we call treatment |
| been the discovery of new materials. Subsequently, | | | | to prevent premature rot. Then you have the metal |
| as is often the case, the choice now is mind blowing. | | | | shed that is pre-treated or painted at the factory but |
| Presently we have your tried and tested wooden | | | | does not counter the flimsy panelling often found. |
| shed and its comparably more recent metal cousin. | | | | Metal sheds are susceptible to denting from a stray |
| So why change something that isn't broke? And | | | | cricket ball clattering the side. Unexpected peeling or |
| which really is better; wooden or metal sheds? Well | | | | bubbling can happen depending on the price of shed |
| each have their merits, so I guess it boils down to | | | | you pay for though this is far less of a problem |
| the personal judgement of the recipient, you the | | | | theses days with many respectable manufacturers |
| consumer. Here are a few pointers you may want to | | | | around. |
| consider before choosing which type of garden shed | | | | In defence of the metal shed they are ideal as a |
| to go for. | | | | storage solution for garden furniture, the lawnmower |
| As alluded to earlier a wooden shed carries a greater | | | | as well as any clutter from the house in view of the |
| sense of tradition. Whereas, metal sheds are | | | | fact that they are considered more secure. Despite |
| suggested by some as having greater durability but is | | | | the somewhat fiddly task of assembling a metal shed |
| this merely a preconceived idea. It is too broad a | | | | with all its nuts 'n' bolts security is something |
| topic to talk primarily about wood versus metal as | | | | consumer's value. Wooden sheds although not as |
| there are many different forms of either. To narrow | | | | secure for the same reason uncannily offer greater |
| this down wooden sheds are primarily manufactured | | | | opportunity for modification be it an extra window or |
| from the surprisingly resistant softwood, pine, or | | | | internal shelving. The natural qualities of wood also |
| cedar. Metal garden sheds are made from galvanised | | | | enable wooden sheds to have better ventilation |
| steel, the somewhat old fashioned corrugated iron or | | | | making them ideal as backyard workshops still to this |
| emerging aluminium. | | | | day. |
| Firstly wooden sheds look more at home nestled in a | | | | |