When choosing a timber building, you need to check the specifications to ensure it will have the strength to last. So always check out the thickness of the timber, whether it’s made from redwood or the cheap inferior whitewood, how thick the framing is etc. Are the doors and windows joinery made, meaning they will last a long time? Does it has toughened glass for safety or imperfect horticultural glass, plastic or perspex? All important questions.
On many of the buildings available on the web, you will find that they will deliver them to your house and leave them for you to build. You can save a little money this way, but you will have to build it yourself. That’s OK if you are a good DIYer, but it will still be hard work. The best option is to take advantage of 1st Choice’s FREE assembly option on the Diamond and Platinum buildings. They will do all the hard work – all you need to do is build a level base for it to go onto. And they can even arrange that for you as well if you wish. This way, you can be sure your new building will be built correctly, and all you need to do is enjoy it.
We have a large range of
garden shed sizes for you to choose from and in several styles. However, we specialise in making buildings to suit your needs. Whether it needs to be taller, extra or fewer windows, the doors and windows moved, we can do that for you. Ensure you buy the building to suit you and your family with no compromises. Give us a call on (0333) 800 8880 or visit our showroom and discuss what you would like. We are happy to provide a quote to suit you with no pressure.
To make the most of your new building, it’s a good idea to have it
lined and insulated to get the most use out of you all year round. Doing so will keep the building cooler in summer and warmer in winter. It’s possible to do this yourself if you feel confident. However, there is an option to do this for you on all the
Platinum buildings. It can be seen as a luxury, but you will be glad you did on those hot summer days or cold winter days. Just contact us, and we will arrange a free quote for you.
We provide 12×9 sheds with a protective treatment but why not consider a building painted with Sadolin (Diamond Buildings) or Valtti (Platinum Buildings) paints. Both are available in a range of colours so you find a colour to suit you. You can find more details about
painted sheds here. Or, just contact us, and we will arrange a free quote for you.
Sadolin Superdec 'Clover Leaf'
Free Fitting Included
Sadolin Superdec 'Sea Step' +
Free Assembly Included
Sadolin Superdec 'Four By Two'
Free Fitting Included
Sadolin Superdec 'Outside'
Free Installation Included
Tikkurila 'Sage Green' Wood Stain
Free Assembly Included
Tikkurila 'Chestnut Brown' Stain
Free Assembly Included
Tikkurila 'Charcoal Grey' Wood Stain
Free Assembly Included
Tikkurila 'Oakwood' Wood Stain
Erected Free Of Charge
Before deciding on a new 9×12 shed for your garden, you should always do your homework (sorry!) as it’s very easy to be taken in with a flashy website leaflet or colour brochure. Try to find time and make a trip down to our showroom where you can examples on view. By doing so, you will then be able to decide what you may be buying. We have a large collection of wooden buildings that you are welcome to view. We will be delighted to show you the different buildings and answer any queries you may have. We can provide quotations as well. Another thing to do is to take a look at the
feedback from previous customers which can be enlightening.
All of our timber sheds which we sell are not the 'cheap and cheerful' buildings you can buy online made from inferior materials and down to a price. After 40 years in the business we know what is important in making a quality garden shed - one that will last and will look good in your garden.
Don't risk buying a 'bad un'. Do your research and always, if possible, go and look at your intended purchase before signing on the 'dotted line'. Don't end up in the situation - if only! Visit one of our show sites and see for yourself how good our sheds are. You won't regret it.
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Bespoke Options
The poppy has becomes a symbol of remembrance after the dreadful 1st World War, called the Great War, which to me sounds as glorifying war itself, and each year millions are sold in aid of our armed services which is the right thing to do.
It’s vitally important that youngsters are taught the mistakes of yesteryear and that these do not repeat themselves. Each November there will be many remembrance gardens covered with these beautiful iconic flowers.
All around you will see people, at work, at shops, at allotments where gardeners are tending their plot of garden, and quite often roads will become still at 11.00 when ‘we remember them’.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) asked us to think about the red poppy – the symbol of remembrance as the nation remembered. The field poppy will be forever associated with the trenches in Flanders after these beautiful flowers bloomed in the area called ‘The Western Front’.
They are also associated with the Royal British Legion annual poppy appeal. This appeal raises money to support members of the armed forces from past through to present. Nowadays you will often see these growing on construction sites as the disturbed grounds is ideal for them to bloom.
According to the RHS these flowers were given a name in the Historia Plantarum of ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus (what a mouth full – I think I will go down to my 12×9 garden shed in my garden to clear my brain). Those ancient Greeks certainly were busy.
Many gardeners assume the poppy is a weed similar to others in the garden, but it’s a great source of pollen for foraging bumble and honey bees in the garden. These plants certainly brighten up the garden with their scarlet colours. Field poppies from the garden will last longer indoors in a vase if the bottom of the stems are sealed using a naked flame according to the RHS.
In California the poppy is the official state flower and you will see the gardens along the many highways covered with them as gardeners over there are enthusiastic about their garden displays.
These poppies light up the garden with their huge flowers and bright colours, it can be said that this is a happy garden flower. With the exception of the legendary blue poppy there are quite easy to grow. You will find hundreds of tiny seeds inside the seed bodies which don’t need much encouraging to grow.
These are very easy to grow, all you need is to take a small amount of about 10 or 20 seeds and sparingly plant on the top of the soil. The poppies in your garden do need light to germinate so don’t plant them too deep. Cool weather is ideal for germinating, maybe about 55 degrees, so could flourish in the English gardens maybe in a shady area alongside your garden shed.
I have a 12ft x 9ft shed and should be ideal. When the flowers fade their seed heads begin to rattle and this mean they are ripe for harvesting. When you open the pod have a bag handy to catch the seeds and then store in your garden building for the following year.
