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Shed-reclaimed material?
swanny - 5/2/12 at 08:44 AM

Hello all,
I need to build a new shed and while the structure should be ok I'm struggling for what to use to clad the visible side and front .
My plan was to get something good quality and possibly reclaimed to clad the front and one side and simply use particle board for the other side and the back. But I don't know what I could use. Does anyone have any ideas?

My plan was to build a nice looking shed that was good quality as it needs to look nice and if we move I'll be taking it with me I've just run out of ideas regarding possible materials to clad

Thanks

Paul

austin man - 5/2/12 at 09:54 AM

To look nice you really need to be using a decent shiplap or tongue and groove. Using particle board not sure how weather proof
It would be. If you move and take it with you this could unsightly in its new home.

HowardB - 5/2/12 at 10:02 AM

subject to your criteria, t&g is the best and most expensive, and stirling board about as cheap as I would go. As with many things a good roof makes all the difference.
I have a t&g shed, it's 13 years old and has moved house with me. The floor and all the sides come apart and can then be flat packed.
I had a wood store that had a corrugated roof, and stirling sides, treatment with fence stuff meant that lasted more than 5 years.

hth

swanny - 5/2/12 at 02:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by austin man
If you move and take it with you this could unsightly in its new home.


My Thought was that if I move and end ip putting shed in a different corner I coins simply swap the posh side over so particle board would be hidden again

Confused but excited. - 5/2/12 at 03:27 PM

I made my shed out of modular panels that bolt togother. 9mm marine ply on a 50x50mm Tanalised timber frame. These are bolted together with silicone rubber to seal the joints. Corrogated plastic roof. Still water-tight after ten years. The floor is 13mm ply on 75x75 tanalised timber frame, resting on engineering bricks every 3 ft to keep it off the wet concrete.

macc man - 5/2/12 at 04:05 PM

I looked at buying a shed but found the good ones too expensive so I built one from 2x2 par for the frame and shiplap cladding outside. Roof was 18mm plywood covered in mineral felt. Has been up over ten years and stiil in good order. You only get the quality you pay for. Can be unbolted for removal or make an offer to the new buyer for it.