Posted on August 7, 2010.
Should I buy a top metal shed and wood shed overlap? The rain made a sound of metal on the shed? I bought a metal shed and regret. They are very cold and prone to condensation inside, quickly ruin everything you store inside. You must either run a small heater in them, or completely online within tile polysytrene / leaf (not easy to stick to metal walls either). Yes, they are noisy.
I had log cabins in the past and they are far superior, assuming you buy one good enough, not one of those really cheap around bad guy. You need to paint with preservative from time to time, but still better than Tin Shed anyday.
Oh, and the construction of a metal shed is much more complex and meticulous than wood.
It is difficult to think of something good to say about metal sheds, sorry!
Metal or wooden huts have advantages and metal sheds suffer less from condensation, not good if you want to store electric lawn mowers, etc., but you can get a package liner, another thing is that tooth cons very easily, and I would say not easy to get the teeth, but you can get one that looks a little like wood, and it is not prone to woodworm problems, and you will not have to paint every year . Also you must get up shelves, the metal is very thin, I do not think they
At the very riveting them.
Wooden sheds and I had one for over thirty years I painted with paint, wood preservatives almost every year and even leaks in the joints, I've filled the joints with silicone sealant, and yet Ive leaking paint the exterior with rubberized paint and yes even the time flies, yes I have a new shed, but I'll still go wood.Good of luck in your decision. Alex
metal sheds are surprisingly thin and condensation accumulates at high levels in
Timber must raise the floor by bricks placed along both sides of the long wooden 4x2 drive through the brick, as a lintel to keep throwing aboveground stops rot and paint with both replacing cresote years.
Timber prettier and are not noisy when it rains, and saunas are not in the summer. metals are fragile, noisy, hot. Do not forget to replace the gutters and pipes to collect rainwater in a barrel. Premium quality water for your garden!
Gosh, everyone seems to have such a Downer on good old tin sheds. At least if you're locked out of your Tin Shed everything you need to return again in a can opener. And tin did not ignite either. Let's hear for tin sheds!