Garden shelters confer many feasibilities: wood, metal or plastic, common or new. From effortless shed to shelter or attic space, they scale in record time, and well-suited thoroughly into the landscape.

1) Put to use of the shelter:
A garden shed meets a specific requirement. The preferred of model and size depends on the purpose for which it is intended. To make easy the buy, it is better to query the right questions.
A shed for garden equipment?
A compass that confers tinkering, readjust seedlings?
A summer kitchen, a playroom for minors?
An annex for visiting friends?
A living space, all season?

Standard to be :

Function, height, materials ... are all fact to be to set aside a garden shed. Function: storage, conversion, Living
Ridge height: to travel at ease: 2.20 m mini
Material construction: permanence over time, finishing, maintenance
Ground anchor and method of association
Category of roof and roofing
Presence or absence of a floor
Openings: doors, windows, glazing
Equipment selections: shelves, tool racks ...
Admirable to come across: the guarantees interchange from 2 to 10 years build upon on the material and design quality.

2) Adopt a shelter - size, material, joinery:

An area:
Garden shelters fall into several levels.
To classify supplies and garden equipment, bikes ... a distance smaller than 6 m2 is faultless. To equip sheltered workshop, established or install a large storage space, between six and fourteen m2 are suggested.
A adaptable shelter, from 14 m2, awards a very comfortable seasonal schedule. From 20 meter squares, shelter living spaces are full.
They possess a thick structure (up to 44 mm) and Home gaps The windows are double glazed for maximal - complacency

Material of the construction:
You have the preferred of three materials: wood, metal and PVC.
Raw or autoclaved wood: spruce, fir ...
Painted wood: soft or warm colors (Mediterranean) .
Metal: galvanized steel / lacquered insensitive to oxidation (but does not like the salt air) Or PVC resin: aesthetics (maisonette stage), resistant to all the climates, virtually Maintenance free. A water wash is sufficient.

Joinery:
A shelter is principally - established of a door and a window.
Swinging or sliding door, single or double (wanted for passing tractor, workshop machinery, bulky furniture ...)
Fixed or windows (hinged, tilting), acrylic glazing or glass (systematic for double glazing) Skylights (skylight)

3) Installation and Keeping of a garden shed:

Mounting a shelter:
Metal roofing, PVC or resin are transparent and agile to plant (pre-assembled panels) Wooden shelters present two types of construction: pre-assembled panels (easy to assemble) and boards or planks to follow suit (guaranteed resistance) With or without floor:

Roof-shaped:
Again, three sorts of roofs are recommended.
one pan: adossable shelter.
2 or 3 sections: traditional.
Flat roof: latest.

Guide and coverage:
The shelter roof can be established of:
panels chipboard or OSB waterproof overlaid with roofing felt (roofing) battens and cover shingle close look of slate or flat tile distinct panel thicknesses and battens.

Wooden shelter:
The wooden shelters stand in need solid infrastructure: concrete slab, paving, concrete block ... build upon on the size and weight of the foundation.
Interposing a sealing film between the construction and the base of the shelter to interdict rising damp.

Metal shelter:
Shelters completed of metal or plastic may be enough with an anchoring kit for stability. For lighter, there are storm kits that restrict the lifting of the roof when the wind blows strong.

Drainage of rainwater:
An draining of rainwater is suggested to secure wood run-off.

Repairs of shelter.
Preservation of raw wood.
Insecticide treatment / fungicide before assembly 1 or 2 coats of stain after assembly 2 coats of stain every three years.
Conservation of autoclaved wood.
Glaze every ten years.
Keeping of painted wood.
Regular washing, dressing up with paint microporous 'exceptional wood'.
Maintenance of metal, PVC resin Jetting water.