metal/plastic/wood tool shed ?

sgosden

Going to get a 3x5ft little shed for the back garden. It'll house the "extra" tools I don't use much (recip saw, router, chainsaw etc) that don't have space for inside. Along with project boxes for the house renovations (eg matching electrical sockets I'll do after the kitchen is done, rolls of cable). And off cuts of useful wood etc. 

So needs to be waterproof, but not turn into an oven in summer and ruin the electrical stuff. 

After some searching I have concluded that there are 9,000,000 options. With specialist shed companies, b&q and temu (and other versions of the same stype of retailers) all offering the "same" thing with massively varying reviews. So keep going round in circles. 

Any good experience of retailer / brands here? 

Looking for less than £200 if possible. But will do more if that's to low below the "its actually just all shit" threshold . 

Sporky

Metal sheds are brilliant if you want everything in them to rust.

Wood is probably still the best material at that price.

TTony

You could make something pretty sturdy for that budget, certainly better than you could buy.

Some 3x2 for the frame, sheets of OSB for the walls, floor & roof, felt and a bunch of screws to hold it all together.

sgosden

Sporky said:

Metal sheds are brilliant if you want everything in them to rust.

Wood is probably still the best material at that price.

Noted. Ive a 6x7 metal one , with ventilation which has been ok. But I imagine the size helps that massively.  

TTony said:

You could make something pretty sturdy for that budget, certainly better than you could buy.

Some 3x2 for the frame, sheets of OSB for the walls, floor & roof, felt and a bunch of screws to hold it all together.

Lack of workshop space & my two helpers being a 4yo and 2yo means something precut/flat packed is the only realistic option  

boogieman

I’d just go for wood. Plastic breaks down through UV eventually and goes brittle, metal tends to run with condensation in colder weather and gets like an oven in summer. 

Wood is fine as long as you treat it with preservative…. no matter what the manufacturer says about it being made from pressure treated wood, it’ll still last longer if you treat it. Even better, treat all the panels before you put it together and then mount the whole thing on lengths of solid timber to stop the floor rotting out.   

axisus

I need a shed and I'm wondering the same things. I have a bigger budget though and I'm getting a bigger shed, more like 8' x 7' I would say. I've seen a metal one that I really like. I guess that metal sheds can't be a total disaster or no bugger would buy them? 

I've seen some where people install a solar powered fan in the roof to aid ventilation.

GoldenEraGuitars

Wood.

4 x 2 studding, tongue and groove. Sorted.

Emp_Fab

Get the biggest shed you can afford.  Until you've experienced the joy of standing in your own wooden house in the garden, warm and dry, and it's all yours, you're simply letting the best in life pass you by.

DavidR

Must say I prefer wood. 

In family, one has largish plastic shed which is nice. He assembled it. See comments above about perishing but so does wood. 

Second son has large B&Q shed which we put up 3y ago. A lot of work to paint several times and assemble. Questionable quality. 

I replaced my shed in the Spring and paid for build, painting and assembly. Not cheap but build quality and wood much better than B&Q and I could specify exact size and requirements. 

As ever, you get what you pay for. 

Unlike guitars ( sometimes)!