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The size of the shelter depends on the use you intend to make of it, but also on its direct environment, and in particular the surface area of ​​your land. Do not see too small, but not too big either: adding a building is good, but it reduces the cultivable area, adds shade in the garden.

Area

  • From 3 to 40 m², the choice is wide.
  • Between 3 and 6 m², we are more in the storage. You can store a few bicycles, as well as your garden tools (mower or robotic lawnmower, brush cutter, hedge trimmer)
  • From 6 to 15 m², you can complete the storage space with a corner dedicated to potting or DIY, with a small workbench
  • Beyond 15 m², the garden shed becomes a living room: you can consider a real workshop, a small summer kitchen, a guest bedroom

Which size to choose?

If your concern is storage, you can estimate the necessary surface area by simulating a rectangle on the ground using 4 marks (bottles, bricks), and trying to accommodate (and maneuver) what you plan to put away. Make a visit to https://www.surreyhillsgardenbuildings.co.uk for the best deal.

Height

Equally important

The dealer cards generally indicate the height at the ridge, more rarely that of the walls at the bottom of the slopes. To move around comfortably and live in the shelter, a minimum of 2.20 m is necessary.

What material?

Metal garden shed

Metal shelter

Let’s quickly move on to aesthetics: it all depends on the style of your home, your place of life (urban garden? Countryside?), or even the general atmosphere of your garden.

Wood

With this material, integration into the garden is natural; but you can also apply paint or stain to obtain the color of your choice.

If the thermal insulation is good, not all woods are created equal.

  • Natural pine: inexpensive, it requires regular treatments.
  • Autoclave pine: vacuum impregnated with a fungicide, its maintenance is less restrictive.
  • Northern fir: an excellent compromise, due to its natural resistance. To be varnished or stained every 2/3 years.
  • Spruce, cedar: high-end woods; cedar is downright rot-proof.

Metal

Aluminum and steel also have their followers. Resistant, easy to assemble, on the other hand, they are poor insulators (except for the double-walled models, which are much more expensive).

Steel: generally hardened and treated against corrosion, it will however be necessary to monitor its aging after a few years.

Alum: light and maintenance free (since it does not rust), it is also more expensive.

PVC

Reserved for small storage shelters, it is inexpensive, but lacks strength. It is also not very durable: its color fades in the sun, it sometimes deforms as for the ecology.

What about the roof?

  • Bituminous felt
  • Bituminous shingles (or shingle)

Shingle

This is the economical solution. The roofing, 1 to 1.5 mm thick, is nailed in wide strips directly to the roof panels. Easy to install, it ensures tightness by a simple covering.

We speak of “bandeau”. It is a roof formed of bituminous plates, positioned like slate tiles. Good weather resistance, choice of colors, it is twice as thick as the roofing (3 mm).

Roof tiles

Cover the roof of your shelter with tiles? Forget this idea. The frames of these small buildings are not at all sized to support such a weight.

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