Garden Sheds Today
Garden sheds are now a common sight in the modern garden, but they often are a bad investment in terms of quality, durability, and design, making them a poor value purchase when compared to purpose-built timber buildings and quality log cabins. Their poor design makes them unsuitable for use as an actual room or additional living space. Additionally, due to these shed poor designs they will also cost you more money in the future making for a bad investment today and for years down the line. Garden sheds may seem to be a somewhat attractive addition to a garden, providing a visual distraction as well as additional storage. However, to establish whether or not a shed is a suitable sustainable long-term investment, the entire lifespan costs must be considered. Additionally, the value of the job you’re asking of the shed. For example, what will be inside? How important are its contents to you and your household? Will the shed able to adapt with your changing needs and lifestyle? Also, how well it will do at meeting your requirements over the next decade? If it last that long. These are all important questions to ask yourself before making any purchase of a garden building.
Poor Design Equals Bad Investment
Their light weight construction and basic design is frequently concentrated on an aesthetic and low cost approach that is myopic and leaves people wanting more from a building. Garden sheds are not only lacking in structural strength, but they are also not normally built to be utilised as a room in and of themselves. This blog will look at how garden sheds might fail an owner and why investing in a bespoke timber building or log cabin is an excellent move. One of the most compelling anti investment arguments is the product quality and materials utilised in the construction of a standard garden shed. Garden sheds are frequently made of low-quality materials such as thin plastic, wood, or steel. These low-quality materials are not intended for long-term use and may require replacement after only a few years. This indicates that the original cost of the shed is only a portion of the total cost, and the total cost may be significantly greater during the shed’s lifetime. Overall, garden sheds by design may appear to be an attractive addition to the garden, but the quality of materials and the cost of upkeep can often outweigh the initial cost. This means that a garden shed is not a good long term investment and that it is important to consider the whole lifecycle costs when making a purchase.
Unsuitable For Use as A Room
The main problem with garden sheds is that they are not built to last. Basic garden sheds usually have a floor that is less than 20mm thick and a roof that is less than 10mm! This is shocking, completely unacceptable, and incredibly unsafe. This is simply not strong enough to withstand inclement weather and the wear and strain of daily use for an extended period. This is not only awful value for money, but it is also bad for the environment, because the lack of structural integrity means that garden sheds will need to be replaced more frequently than a purpose-built timber building or quality log cabin.
Garden sheds are not intended to be used as actual rooms; thus, they cannot be utilised for a variety of purposes such as offices, workshops, or places to play for children and family time. Even if a garden shed were to be utilised for any of the aforementioned reasons, its basic design and inferior materials mean it is just not up to the task. Furthermore, traditional garden sheds have a low amount of insulation from the outside environment, which means that the objects stored inside the shed are vulnerable to temperatures and weather conditions. This means that in the summer, the temperature in the shed can be unbearable. Higher-quality timber buildings, on the other hand, are built to provide superior insulation, which means that valuable things housed within the quality log cabin are less likely to be damaged by harsh temperatures or inclement weather. Garden sheds are not only difficult to insulate, but also difficult to soundproof, and they do not provide the same degree of comfort, safety and security as a purpose-built timber frame building or log cabin.
The Best Choice and Only Practical Solution
Timber structures and log cabins from timberbuildingsgb, on the other hand, are made to last. They are manufactured with quality slow grown northern timber. The expert manufacturing and construction processes also ensure they are robust and can withstand the wear and tear of everyday use. Purpose-built structures are not only stronger and more aesthetically pleasant to look at, but they are also meant to be used as actual secure environmentally sound rooms and provide a variety of additional benefits that garden sheds do not. Our fully bespoke design means you can have the cabin of your dreams made to fit just about any, safe, specification you can think of. They are the smartest way to protect your belongings from the outside world, whether that be from people or the environment.
Timber buildings and log cabins have greater natural insulation, which means they use less energy than garden sheds and are more pleasant all year round, regardless of the weather. Because our buildings at TimberBuildingsGB are completely bespoke and intended to be used as genuine rooms, they include several amenities that improve convenience, such as quality glulam windows, twin skin designs that are easily insulated and sound reducing. Robust 28mm thick floors to hold the weight year after year without fail. Walls a minimum of 40mm thick but also 70mm or twin skins of either. Extremely high quality glulam windows and doors featuring German hardware that minimise energy cost and ensure the best protection. Furthermore, their better interlocking construction quality and durable materials make them far safer than garden sheds by design, preserving the contents from theft and poor weather and enhancing property value as compared to a garden shed, which could after a time can actually hurt your properties value.
In summary, a purpose built timber frame building, or log cabin from us is significantly superior to a garden shed. Garden sheds are inexpensive and can occasionally look nice, but they are poor value, bad design and wholly unsuitable for use as a room or additional living space, and frequently disappoint consumers due to a lack of structural strength and simply awful design. By investing in a timber building or log cabin from TimberBuildingsGB, you will obtain a long-lasting structure that is durable, has high-quality materials and construction, and has all the bespoke expertly designed features you require for a comfortable, safe, and secure environment. These buildings are not only gorgeous but indeed add value to your property due to their incredibly high standards.
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