Thanks guys for your input in this. I was thinking about wooded one in a first place and I think I'll stay with this decision. See, the one I have now, after previous owner has one big flaw - for some reason it stands on the ground - I don't see anything under it, so guessing it's standing straight on the ground. That means is sucks water from the ground and that is why all walls look like a total damp. I saw my neighbour putting a new shed, big wooden one - he has paving square slabs under it, then this kinda hash wooden frame and then a shed on it, so there is ventilation under it and it doesn't have any contact with ground. Something like in this picture below: I'm thinking about doing same thing - I'm gonna have to make a ground even first, then put those slabs and buy this wooden frame for my new shed. Now, only thing left is wait for a summer days to do it After that I will have to read about those maintaining procedures Rhydian mentioned, thanks!
I'd dig 30-50 cm's down and fill it with gravel. Then paving slabs, then a solid wooden frame bolted to the corner slabs and then the shed bolted to the wooden frame. When installing the shed, make sure to have a humidity controlled fan in it. You should know that a shed like that is probably not insulated. I would probably also build a wooden ramp to the door if you ever have to move something big and heavy in there.
Fan... check! Now, how can I get rid of bugs?! I hate bugs an spiders! I need to figure out how to seal the door so they won't come in during night...
If your handy with tools you can probably build one for cheaper and better than you can buy it. If not see if there is a local independent who specialises in outdoor buildings. The DIY sheds are a bit pricey and garden centers often extortionate. For the bugs, run power to the shed and use on of those ultrasonic spider scarers. You would need to make the shed air tight to stop them coming in and that ain't going to happen with a garden shed.
If you put some fine masked netting on the intake of the fan it should help a bit. You could try applying voltage to the netting but I am not sure whether that would work in rainy weather and so forth.
Just built a Keter 8x9 Infinity plastic shed, looks nice in the garden, should last for a long time, easy to put up by your self, nice and bright inside without need for lighting (daytime obviously) http://www.keter.com/categories/outdoor-storage/storage-buildings If there is a negative the doors aren't as secure as I'd like but most sheds seem to have an issue IMO as not many lock in multiple points, in an ideal world I would get an insulated Brick building put up.
We just deal with the spiders but they do get huge in sheds! Prehaps your local garden center will have some pesticides or something to keep them away. Also if you get mains power set up a bug zapper during the night.
If you use the shed regularly they shouldn't be too much of an issue. It's when you only venture out to the shed twice a year that the little buggers get big. I went in my bike shed after not needing to go in there for several years...one of the spiders I saw was horrific! They are not supposed to get that big in Britain!!! I suppose you could go round sealing any gaps you can find with a silicon gun. But then you really would need to make sure you had some ventilation. As for the door I don't know.
Spiders can get in really small spaces especially if their only babies venturing out. Sealing everything wont help they'll prob just get underneath the wooden slats lol.
I have a shed almost the same as the one pictured. I used some space board and ply to insulate it, then painted the ply with a moisture seal paint. I also used some ronseal on the outside. One thing to note is that if you just tack in the glass it will leak in heavy rain, Its worth spending the time puttying the windows in. I would also suggest some draught tape round the doors as this keeps moisture out too. I have a smaller metal shed and it is absolutely freezing in the colder weather, wood is much better at keeping in the heat. One thing, before you decide to keep spiders out, spiders will keep pretty much all other crawly insects at bay. No method for keeping insects at bay works all the time. The best thing you can do is brush the walls and ceiling of the shed regularly and sweep or hoover the floor. Insects will only thrive in the right conditions. Remove their habitat and food and you will control the insect. You can use a gel bait for ants, can be bought in any diy shop. Flies will only be a problem if food is left in the shed, an electronic fly swat will suffice for those that do come in. I work for a company that provides pest control.
That explains your knowledge then So spiders keep other bugs away... and I'm afraid of spiders only.. I guess I better get a cat then Jokes aside... I really hate spiders, I had an idea to paint the shed white inside so I would see them straight away when I get inside and could get rid of them before I work inside...
Gotta be treated timber, Double skinned with an insulation layer between the two skins, It's what i've got and i love it!
I don't like spiders either, but I have a grudging respect for them. I've known for years spiders eat other creepy crawlies, which is why I leave them alone at home. (unless they are huge, in which case they go in a glass and then get walked into the garden to be flung nextdoor hehe). I only kill ones near or on my bed.
