Plastic vs. galvanised steel garden shed

GeorgeS79

Hi All,

Recently dismantled and cleared the old garage i "inherited" when I bought the house and looking now for different solutions for some outdoor/garden storage. I kinda narrowed it down to two different options, one is a plastic storage box, the other a galvanised steel small shed.

The plastic storage box:
Keter Store-It Out Max Outdoor Plastic Garden Storage Shed, Beige and Brown, 145.5 x 82 x 125 cm (L x H x W) on Amazon

The steel one:
Outsunny Garden Shed Storage Unit Cabinet w/Locking Door Floor Foundation Vents, 213 x 127 x 185 cm (L x H x W) on eBay

(sorry, can't post links on the forum since my account is quite new).

Initially was thinking to get the plastic one only for the tools I has in the previous garage (lawn mower, gardening tools, etc), but then I cam across the steel one and now thinking I can get the tools in AND two bikes (mine and my son's). But can't decide which one would be better, in terms of longer lasting, maintenance, stuff like that. If we're talking only about the storage space definitely the steel one, but I'm afraid there are other things I'm not aware of that I'm not considering.

Any ideas/advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

peter12345678910

The Steel One From. homebase is very large. I can get so much in, 2 bikes, baby bike, big shelf with car stuff. also table and chairs even 2 homebrew 5 gallon plastic vessels, which are ferment ING slowly in this cold but no problems from insects.

But I USEd 2 Builders To Fix It, and they struggled a little bit. but looks good after 3 years.

We Also Have The Plastic Storage Unit, you can throw one or 2 things into them as long as you remember what you threw into them should be fine when you want to find them again.

TELLIT01

I have the plastic one and store our garden furniture in it over winter. It's perfect for that. It has a plastic floor so I wouldn't want to be bouncing a mower in and out of it. I also question whether it would be high enough to store bikes in.

savemoney

Wood. Metal gets condensation

GeorgeS79

TELLIT01 wrote: »

I also question whether it would be high enough to store bikes in.

The plastic one was initially only for tools, I figured the bikes won't fit in, but then I found the steel one which is high enough for that as well.

Anyway, found after posting here that the steel one doesn't have a floor of any kind so it will have to be fitted on top of some sort of concrete slab and bolted down. Water from the rain it'll be a problem in this case. Still looking for other options.

Thank you all for your replies!
George

bris

Plastic. keter sheds are excellent, the metal are not so good. FIL's neighbour has a metal shed and it's never really been right.

You can get pretty big plastic sheds with double doors

peter12345678910

The Builders did concrete the floor afterwards and then we put lino above that. Yes you do get condensation which means water dripping from ceiling but not a problem just make sure everything is covered.

Though the grass cutter is kept in the wooden shed, which we probably should have downed but I had put a new roof on it, and painted it on the outside and inside with wood varnish.

dunroving

I've encountered condensation problems with both types, but especially metal. Covering everything isn't, in my opinion, an acceptable solution.

ashe

Have you considered a wooden shed? Popular for a reason!

Davesnave

ashe wrote: »

Have you considered a wooden shed? Popular for a reason!

You beat me to it, but I guess the obvious answer is that the cost will be more for anything that doesn't fall apart in a twelvemonth.

GeorgeS79

Cost is definitely a criteria for this, considering I had quite a few expenses lately (new driveway, gutters, old garage demolished, etc), but I'm not disregarding a wooden one just yet. Was just looking at other viable options, if any.

If it comes down to it, then it is what it is, I'll go with that.

Just trying to start conversation here to see what other people's opinions are. And I am really grateful for all your answers, thank you very much!

George