Chrisgr31

I am in the process of getting a new shed. Or to be precise the Insurance Company are getting me a new shed, after the last one burnt down.

Anyway been offered a choice of two. One has 12mm cladding pressure treated. One has 20mm cladding not treated. Identical other than this cladding. Which is best?

DCI Gene Hunt

Pressure treated...... will not rot (as quickly)

OllyK

I'd go for the 20mm to get the strength then slap about 3 coats of wood preserver on it!

r32

Pressure treated ......... pity they dont do a 20mm pressure treated though.
How did the old one catch fire?

Chrisgr31

That was my thoughts, but then the consensus in the opffice was to go for the thinner one which is pressure treated.

OllyK

Depends what is more important to you. If you want higher security and don't mind wood preserving now and every couple of years there after, go for the thicker one, it will last just fine if you maintain it well. I did this with my old one and it was still like new 10 years on when we moved house. If you don't think you'll find the time to maintain it, then go pressure treated, but then it still wouldn't hurt to slap some wood preserver on now and again.

Chrisgr31

They probably do, but not sure the insurance company will pay for it!

How it caught fire is a matter of some debate. Next doors garden caught fire, either through sun glinting through a piece of glass (at 9pm in June?!) or an electical fault in their pond filtration equipment.

That in turn set fire to the fence and our shed.

An intersing point is that our insurance does not cover us for plants that are damaged, not a real problem to us, as the plants involved were limited in number. Another neighbour though lost a fully mature Silver Birch in the fire, which cost £900 to remove. His insurance (fortunately for him) covered plants. We would have had to pay that bill ourselves.

Also in the case of a fire you can't calim off the person in who's garden it started unless you can prove they were negligent.

Bubba po

Mmmmmm.... She-e-e-e-edssss.

I too would go for the 20mm cladding and use a good quality preservative, not a paint or stain. Cuprinol do a good one.http://www.duluxdecoratorcentre.co.u...0202&langId=-1 I would do the underside of the floor before putting it together, and mount the bearers on pads of slate so that it isn't in contact with the floor. Damp is the death of sheds. Sort the roof (the supplied felt is always ****e) and the floor (not in contact with the ground) and the walls will last for feckin' ages even without preservative.

My twopenn'orth.

Shark Man

Mines only 12mm pressure treated

Still, only the one side is exposed to the elements and it weathering nicely, apart from the knots falling out

Concrete/slab base, perspex roof and proper guttering is the way to go

Bubba po

12 mil? You could poke your finger through that!

Cheapskate.

Shark Man

I know but it's right against a fence so it doesn't see the elements, quite cosy in there after I bubble wrapped the roof

Bubba po

Is it ship-lap, or v-groove t&G?

richieh

ahh but the 12mm will destoy the 20 in the twisties-i thought everyone knew that
they'll be posting polls to vote on next-is my shed a shed kind of thing
richie

Shark Man

Shiplap

Bubba po

Anyroad, Chrisgr31 (catchy handle) would you consider adding your shed to this cavalcade of seductive outbuildings when you have it erected?

Bubba po

So it's actually somewhere between 5 mil and 12 mil for a third of the width of the board?

casualhero

You'll be saying my wiggly tin favela isn't good enough next, you heartless ogres

Fuzz

20mm and preserve it well before knocking it up.. ooh err


Andy

richieh

sorry couldnt help it
richie

Shark Man

Err, something like that.

But the other side is a old fashioned 8" thick claybrick wall with single cavity and a dampcourse

Bubba po

My shed looks much better than that, these days.

Besides, I'm getting a new, better one... ask Shark man.

Bubba po

Surely Sheds have to be wood?

richieh

shed and looking good?-some kind of oxymoron shirley(sic)
richie

casualhero

You say shed, I say favela (it's themic see? Brazilian GP this weekend )

Anyway, I've seen Shed Seven and they were made out of Yorkshiremen

Bubba po

But they only play when they bloody well feel like it.

Son of Quatto

Go back Bubbagek u are not welcome here

Chrisgr31

Perhaps I should post a pic of it after the fire!

Coffin Dodger

A man's shed is his true castle. It's a right of passage into midlife when you own your first shed

Shark Man

Mid life at 27

I've started keeping the Fushias in there over winter with the pots nestling happily in the bores of a defunct Rover V8

RussBoy

Might be SIAL but WTF.... Readersheds.co.uk - share your shed - pictures of other peoples sheds, downloand shed plans, Directory of shed companies, garden shed on the interweb


Russ