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Saw these on Hot UK Deals this morning.
No experience of metal sheds.
Apparently they can be a pain to assemble and prone to condensation, but some people rate them and the prices looks pretty good:
[b]6x7 for £129.99[/b]
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/metal-shed-6-x-7ft-argos-129-99-was-199-99-save-70-1452357
[b]8x7 for £179.99[/b]
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/metal-shed-8-x-7ft-argos-179-99-was-329-99-save-150-1452186
have seen these ripped from their fixing , fixing still in the ground just the metal round them torn away in high wind situations so think about sighting carefully ....
Yes, I can imagine there's lots to consider. Fixings for shelves, etc must be harder too - but then I'm sure there's lots of practical info about that online.
The camp site I go to often has a metal shed for bike storage, and there's something about it that feels weatherproof, that the cheap (similar priced to these) wooden sheds never get.
for that price you can afford to add a few customisations such as beefing up the bolt down points, adding £20 of Rockwool and some thin ply to the roof etc. If you want some shelves you could just pick up some free standing ones that you can then move around or make some wooden battens or a basic frame.
Metal sheds are also noisy when it rains. We have one too close to our back door 😕
And yes they are a pain to put together, takes ages compared to a normal shed.
I assembled one of the large versions of these Argos sheds for the local Scout group last year to store some of their kit.
The metal that they are made from is incredibly thin. It does gain more structure once up but is not the robust of sheds. I certainly wouldn't want to keep anything of value in one.
They are fiddling to put up mainly due to the enormous number of screws and nuts and bolts you use. We got through several fully charged cordless drivers/drills.