Cedar shed or something cheaper?

dharm999

I need to replace a shed that is now falling down, rotten and beyond repair.  Have been looking online and I like the look of cedar wood sheds, but not the price!  Before I invest a lot of time investigating and picking one, does anyone have experience of having one?  Would you get another one?

Thanks

twopenny

Cedar is supposed to resist woodworm and repel insects. It's also a tough old wood.
However these days things are made from the same name but not with the same properties so I wonder if they specify which.
Ie oak can be an Asian one, not the tough English variety.

Is it a wooden one that you really want?

Would you be prepared for a cheaper wood that you had to paint regularly with wood preserver?

Brie

have you checked on Freegle or other such sites in case someone is looking to get rid of a shed of some sort?  Might be worth a look!!

kazwookie

Buy shed direct, is worth a look

-taff

I don't know about a cedar one but we bought a 6 by eight larchlappy type gubbins one and it cost around 600 ish and it's absolutely rubbish. So don't buy cheap. 

The wood is splititng, the doors are made of some kind of tongue and groove pine and they have wapred very much to the point where you can see into the shed at one point. And the felt that comes with it is completely rubbish too, very chep and flimsy. My next plan is get some corrugated plastic and put that one top. [ I]e already put the curtains I made out of backpack waterproof fabric for a defunct pergola around two sides for extra dryness.

Honestly, you'd probably be better off making your own if you can. Four frames, a floor and a pent roof quite simple.

Farway

I have a metal one after years of wooden ones rotting away

OK for storing, but stifling hot in summer & can get condensation dripping in winter, so not ideal if you want to store say DIY tools, or granular / powder fertilisers and the like, OK for spades etc

dharm999

twopenny said:

Cedar is supposed to resist woodworm and repel insects. It's also a tough old wood.
However these days things are made from the same name but not with the same properties so I wonder if they specify which.
Ie oak can be an Asian one, not the tough English variety.

Is it a wooden one that you really want?

Would you be prepared for a cheaper wood that you had to paint regularly with wood preserver?

I like the look of the cedar sheds, it’s an aesthetic thing, but was surprised at the cost.

dharm999

Farway said:

I have a metal one after years of wooden ones rotting away

OK for storing, but stifling hot in summer & can get condensation dripping in winter, so not ideal if you want to store say DIY tools, or granular / powder fertilisers and the like, OK for spades etc

Thanks, I’d read that about metal sheds.  The shed is going to store a lawnmower and tools, so don’t think metal is an option

dharm999

-taff said:

I don't know about a cedar one but we bought a 6 by eight larchlappy type gubbins one and it cost around 600 ish and it's absolutely rubbish. So don't buy cheap. 

The wood is splititng, the doors are made of some kind of tongue and groove pine and they have wapred very much to the point where you can see into the shed at one point. And the felt that comes with it is completely rubbish too, very chep and flimsy. My next plan is get some corrugated plastic and put that one top. [ I]e already put the curtains I made out of backpack waterproof fabric for a defunct pergola around two sides for extra dryness.

Honestly, you'd probably be better off making your own if you can. Four frames, a floor and a pent roof quite simple.

Thanks.  Decided not to go for a cheap one, for exactly the reasons you’ve said.  Think it’s a false economy

dharm999

Brie said:

have you checked on Freegle or other such sites in case someone is looking to get rid of a shed of some sort?  Might be worth a look!!

Been keeping an eye on that plus freecycle, gumtree freebies and local Facebook pages, but nothing appropriate has come up, so think I have to just go ahead and buy one

Sapindus

Sorry can't help with the cedar debate but do look at the quality of the door furniture.  I paid £2k ish for a 7 by 11 only to be told by the fitter I should put coach bolts in the hinges as it doesn't matter how tough the lock is they just unscrew the hinges.  So I did that and it took ages to file the holes square so I just replaced one screw in each side of each hinge.  Then I bought a supposed "high security" shed from another supplier for my mother and checked beforehand, do they put coach bolts in, yes they said it was standard.  OK they've put coach bolts in but with a hex head not smooth like the ones I got, so I can't see what the point is!