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Timber Shed finishes

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  • 10-08-2015 8:09pm
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    Kazbah
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    I need to buy a shed & I'm a bit confused what finish I should go for - rustic, barrel, shiplap or pressure treated. I'd like to paint it and for it to be low maintenance. Is pressure treated my best bet?

    Also at some point I'd like to get the garden paved. At the moment it's a wilderness of weeds. Is it a waste to pave under a shed. I probably won't be moving it. What do people recommend?

    Thanks


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Pressure treated timbers are best, but barrel board and shiplap are timber profiles, I would personally prefer the shiplap (flatter finish).

    Paving under shed would probably be a little indulgent, but I would recommend putting a hardcore base in and make sure paving extends in under shed so as not to see any hardcore.


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    Kazbah
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭Kazbah


    So are you saying pressure treated is the finish and shiplap is the type? Ie I can get pressure treated shiplap? Also when you say hardcore base do you mean gravel or something? Sorry I've no knowledge in this area!! Thanks for the reply :)


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    homer911
    Registered Users Posts: 5,119 ✭✭✭homer911


    Pressure Treated is a way of protecting the timber against rot - technically it could be applied to any finish of wood but its not usually done on the rustic/rough cut timber

    To pressure treat wood, it's put in a pressure chamber. Chemicals are added and the pressure in the chamber is increased - this drives the chemicals into the timber. They they reverse the process, creating a vacuum, this draws the remaining air out of the timber allowing the chemicals to be further absorbed

    I replaced my shed recently (20 yo) and paid extra for an Onduline roof (Ballyfree sheds do this and probably some others). Over 20 years the felt roof rotted and blew off twice so I think its well worth the extra spend


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