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Old 10-12-2006, 05:53 PM posted to free.uk.diy.home,uk.rec.gardening,alt.home.repair
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Default metal garden sheds and laying concrete


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argos are selling, maintenance free resin coated 'ship lap' style
galvanised steel sheds 3.03 metres by 2.37 metres for £400. i have
been told that the quality of most wooden sheds are very poor (not like
the ones you see already erected in the garden centres) which you only
discover when all the wood arrives at your house.

i would like to know, do these steel sheds come with their own flooring?
(the argos catalogue does not say). if not, i guess we would need some
concrete laid down; which as a 'novice' and retired would be a bit too
much for me.

does any one have experience of these metal sheds please, i.e. the good
and bad points and what to watch out, if anything? and is there anyway
around laying a concrete base? thanks

About ten years ago I bought a metal shed, not from B&Q I might add. It
came with a shuttering ply floor. The sub floor I did was sand and
slabs. Worked just great, always dry as a bone, nothing has shifted.
Much better that timber. I keep all my camping equipment in it. Never a
problem.
Hope this helps.
Cheers. Joe


yes thanks. not from b and q. ? if its a good shed with a floor, where
did you buy yours please? surprised you can keep things like tents in a
garden shed. i always assumed it was too damp for ours and end up dragging
them into the loft.


Bought from a local garden centre. I live in North Devon so we are wet most
of the time. Never had a problem with damp in the shed. Stuff comes out
each spring and is put back each November.
Joe