"Steve Harris" wrote in message
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I've been looking at small shed (around 6' x 4'). The well known names
offer them at 99.99. An unusual possibility is Wickes metal shed.
Price of these is comparable with materials to build my own.
I can't easily inspect the offerings because they tend to be hidden away
or mounter 15' up in the shops.

Anyone any experience of these sheds? Any good?

My only experience of a metal shed is one my parents bought many years ago
(in the very late 70's). At the beginning of the new year, there was a huge
windy storm. The shed decided to fly. I still remember looking out of my
bedroom window to see my parents trying desperately to hang on to the shed -
they both had the base in their hands at above head height. The shed went
up and crashed (into the wall of a house, across a road) a few yards away,
luckily without hurting anyone. Very luckily, because if anyone was in its
path, it could have caused very serious injury. Personally, I wouldn't buy
a metal shed