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Are you teetering on the edge to buy a shed? Whether you have been pondering over the possible new investment for a month or a year, it's safe to say that in a difficult economy there is no other investment that is a better asset for your home for such a low price!
There are quite a few questions you should be asking yourself before throwing your wallet on the shop counter. Today I am going to be exploring one question which is very important when it comes to how much you will be spending.
Which is the most enduring wood to have for your shed so you don't have to fork out more money later on?
The 3 most popular woods are cedar, pine and redwood. They all shine in certain departments so we will inspect each one in turn
Pine is a very good wood, enduring and attractive. However, it must be said that you need to treat it well before using it for your shed. If you are buying a flat packed shed then it will most probably be treated already. However, if you are gathering the wood yourself, then it is highly recommended that you treat the wood with a high quality preservative.
Treating the pine can be the difference between having a deteriorating shed after 1 year, and having a shed that has lasted, literally, decades. I recommend that you treat your shed annually. That way it's not too expensive and it's not very labour intensive.
Probably the best feature of pine is its ubiquity, and so, low cost. Pine is a very affordable wood.
Cedar wood is a high quality, resilient wood resistant to decay in particular. While you don't even need to treat a cedar wood shed all it will do is gradually fade unfortunately, it is a slow growing wood. This means that it's expensive, and forests take a long time to grow back. Pine, on the other hand, is a very fast growing wood.
Redwood is much like cedar in that it's resistant to decay. It's got a very nice aesthetic and will endure for decades. There is a particular grade of redwood that is called Heart-B. As the name implies, it means that heart wood is used but a few knows are left in to give it character in my opinion, a shed without knots is a very dull shed.
So ultimately it's is dependent on your budget. But you should take both the short term and long term aspects into mind.
While pine is cheap upfront, you will need to service it annually in order to get a good life out of it. But if you can swallow the initial cost of cedar or redwood you'll have a self-supported asset that you can use for years and years down the road and not have to life a paintbrush.
In my opinion, choosing the wood for your shed ios one of the most important questions you can ask yourself.
