Metal Garden Sheds

Metal garden sheds were undoubtedly the most popular type of garden shed in the 1970s and the early 1980s. Most of these garden sheds were sold as kits from the local hardware or gardening shop. The sheds were also uniform in design and were far from attractive.

Metal garden sheds kits were very popular for a number of reasons. The kits were reasonably priced, they were light weight and could be transported in the back of a car and they were easy to assemble. The purpose was entirely utilitarian. They were not meant to look good. They were simply meant to shelter your lawn mower and hid the hose. Thankfully times have changed and the days of ugly metal garden sheds are long gone.

Immediately after metal garden sheds faded from popularity, the wooden garden shed began to make an appearance in backyards all over North America. A wooden garden shed has a more natural look. They also looked more substantial and frankly less cheap than the metal sheds. The drawbacks to the then wooden garden shed was price. This new type of shed was drastically more expensive to the older cheap metal garden sheds.

As the old saying goes, nothing is more certain than change. These days metal garden sheds have become much more attractive and the wooden garden shed has been reduced in price.

Metal garden sheds are a few distinct advantages over other types of garden sheds. The most obvious advantages are listed below.

1. Metal is very durable. Is is not vulnerable to rot, termites, or carpenter ants.
2. Metal is very light weight and therefore metal garden sheds kits can be transported from the store to your house in the back of your car.
3. The lightness of metal sheds also lends itself to easy assembly.
4. Metal roofs if properly installed are water proof and can last a life time.
5. The metal can come in a variety of colours and textures. Certain metals mimic exactly the look of cedar or other woods. There is an enormous variety to choose from.

There are a lot of reasons to choose metal garden sheds.