Wooden Garden Sheds

The most popular material for sheds, affordable and blends sympathetically into the garden more than any other material, especially as the wood weathers with age. They are easy to modify with shelves, locks etc.

The wood used for sheds will always be treated with preservative, dip treated is good, pressure treated is better. The wood can be left as it is or additionally stained in a whole host of shades, stained wood is subtle in a way that other painted surfaces never can be.

Which Cladding? - the material used for the walls of the shed

Weatherboard - is the cheapest, it is made of overlapping fence-type boards. As the boards are simply overlapped they can warp and knots may fall out. Sometimes known as rustic-cladding.

Tongue and Groove planking - is better as the planks are held in place along the top and bottom edges giving a more weather-proof and cleaner planed finish.

Shiplap - a similar and less expensive version of tongue and groove, a rebate at the bottom of each plank overlaps the edge of the plank below.

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