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Choosing a 8 x 3 shed gives you a useful, well-proportioned place for tools, gardening equipment and everyday outdoor essentials. We are a family business with years of experience helping customers find timber buildings that suit their garden, storage needs and budget. You can therefore compare your options carefully before deciding which timber shed suits you best.
See selected buildings at our show site, where you can compare designs and get a better idea of the space and finish different sheds provide. Qualifying timber sheds benefit from free assembly, adding extra value and making the installation process more convenient.
Size: 8ft × 3ft (approx. 2.4m × 0.9m) · Construction: Redwood deal timber · Framing: Minimum nominal 2×2 framing · Floor & roof: Timber construction · Glazing: Toughened glass on Diamond and Platinum buildings · Roof styles: Apex or pent.
Best for: Narrow gardens, side passages, tool storage, garden equipment, bikes and compact workshop space · Installation: Free fitting on wooden sheds, subject to delivery restrictions · Options: Double doors, colour paint finishes and insulation · Bases: Base building service available · Customisation: Bespoke options available · See before you buy: Garden sheds on display at our Surrey show site near Guildford, Woking and Ripley.
Need advice? Our experienced team can help with 8×3 shed specifications, door and window positions, storage requirements, base preparation, installation, insulation and bespoke options before you order.
An 8×3 shed is a practical choice when you need useful garden storage but only have a narrow strip of space available. I’m Robin Antill, founder of 1st Choice Leisure Buildings, and sheds are where my working life in garden buildings began back in 1979. After more than 45 years in the trade, I’ve learnt that narrow sheds need particularly careful planning because every inch of floor and wall space matters.
An 8ft x 3ft footprint can work well alongside a house, fence or garage, or in a side passage where a conventional deeper shed would take up too much room. Before ordering, think about what you actually need to store, measure the largest items and consider how easily you need to reach everything once the shed is in use.
You may see an 8×3 shed described as a 3×8 shed or 8ft x 3ft shed. These descriptions normally refer to the same general footprint with the dimensions reversed, but always check which measurement represents the length and which represents the depth. This is particularly important with a narrow shed because its orientation and door position can make a considerable difference to how practical the building is.
The Shoreham Narrow Shed is the only product currently displayed on this 8×3 page, and it is directly relevant because its published range runs from 4ft x 3ft to 12ft x 3ft. That means 8ft x 3ft is a genuine size within the Shoreham range rather than simply an approximate match.
The Shoreham is specifically designed for narrow spaces and currently shows free fitting and a colour paint finish option. Its constant nominal 3ft width means you can make good use of a long, narrow part of the garden without having a conventional shed projecting much further into the available space.
A narrow 8ft x 3ft shed can be a better solution than a more conventional square shed when your available space runs along the side of a house or boundary. The eight-foot length gives you useful wall space for tools and storage while keeping the nominal projection to around three feet.
I would plan the interior before ordering. Deep shelving can quickly make a narrow shed difficult to move around in, so shallow shelves, wall hooks and sensible organisation usually make much better use of the space.
The Shoreham uses 16mm tongue and groove shiplap cladding with 50 x 45mm nominal 2×2 framing. It also has a tongue and groove timber roof and tongue and groove timber floor supported on pressure-impregnated joists. These are the sorts of construction details I have always encouraged customers to look at rather than choosing a shed simply from a photograph or headline price.
Having manufactured timber sheds myself, I know that the parts you don’t immediately notice can be just as important as the appearance. Framing, floor and roof construction all contribute to how substantial a shed feels and how well it performs in everyday use.
One measurement I wouldn’t overlook is the total space the building needs rather than just its nominal 3ft width. Although the Shoreham is designed for narrow spaces, its roof projects beyond the walls and the current specification advises allowing a gap of approximately 3ft 4in or 101cm. Measure the complete available width before ordering rather than assuming that a passage measuring exactly 3ft wide will be sufficient.
I think customers should know who is behind the advice they are reading. I left school at 15 and started my own garden building business in 1979, trading as Marina Sheds. I was hands-on from the beginning, manufacturing and selling timber sheds, so I learnt about garden buildings by actually working with timber and dealing directly with customers rather than simply reading specifications in a catalogue.
That practical manufacturing background still influences how I judge a shed today. An attractive door or paint finish naturally catches your eye, but I also look at the timber, framing, floor, roof and how the complete building has been put together. Two sheds can look quite similar in photographs and still be very different when you examine their construction properly.
I sold Marina Sheds in 1990. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive all the money I was due from the sale. It was a difficult business lesson, but it certainly didn’t end my involvement with garden buildings.
In 1992 we expanded beyond sheds and added summerhouses, garages, garden rooms and log cabins. Marina Sheds no longer properly described the wider business, so that change in direction also meant a change of name and we became Titan Garden Buildings.
My son Craig joined me in 1992 after studying carpentry at Guildford College from 1990. His carpentry training brought additional practical woodworking and timber-construction knowledge into a business already built around manufacturing and selling garden buildings.
We sold Titan Garden Buildings in 1998 and, in 2000, Craig and I decided to take a different approach. Rather than being tied to buildings from one source, we wanted to use our experience to select quality garden buildings from manufacturers we trusted. That decision led us to form 1st Choice Leisure Buildings.
Craig now runs the day-to-day business and I continue to support him and the team as required. I’ve been involved with sheds and garden buildings since 1979, and I believe that experience matters because I’ve seen the industry from both sides: first manufacturing and selling buildings ourselves and later comparing products from different manufacturers for our customers.
More than 45 years around sheds has taught me that restricted space makes good planning more important, not less. With an 8×3 shed, every inch of width matters. Shelving that projects too far into the building or poorly organised storage can waste a surprising amount of usable space, so I would choose the layout around what you actually need to store.
An 8ft x 3ft shed can work well for hand tools, gardening equipment, pots, folding furniture and other relatively narrow items. The eight-foot length gives you useful wall space, so wall-mounted hooks and shallow shelving can be particularly effective.
I would avoid very deep shelving because it can make the central walkway unnecessarily tight. Measure your largest items before ordering and check the door opening as well as the available floor area. A narrow shed works best when you can get to what you need without having to empty everything in front of it first.
The Shoreham Narrow Shed currently shows free fitting. I think that’s an important benefit because even a relatively compact timber shed needs to be assembled correctly if the floor, roof and doors are going to perform as intended.
Free fitting still requires suitable access and an appropriate firm, flat and level base. If the route into your garden is narrow or awkward, tell us before ordering rather than waiting until fitting day.
A 3×8 shed still needs a suitable base. An uneven or unsuitable foundation can affect how the building sits and how well the doors operate. A narrow shed should not simply be placed on an unprepared strip of ground and expected to perform properly.
If you need help preparing the site, take a look at our garden building base and additional services. Getting the base right before the shed arrives is far easier than trying to correct problems afterwards.
The Shoreham Narrow Shed currently offers a colour paint finish option. A narrow building is often positioned close to a house, fence or boundary, so choosing a finish that works with its surroundings can make a noticeable difference.
Colours displayed online can vary because of photography, lighting and different screens. If a precise shade is particularly important, check the available colour information before making your final decision.
I have encouraged customers to inspect sheds before buying for many years. Photographs can show style and colour, but they cannot completely tell you how substantial a floor feels, how a door operates or what the timber and framing are like when you see them close up.
You are welcome to visit our Surrey garden building display site at Sutton Green, near Guildford and Woking. We can’t display every model in every possible size, but seeing representative sheds gives you the opportunity to compare construction and finishes before making your decision.
Take your time, look closely and ask questions. We don’t believe in high-pressure selling. I started my first shed business in 1979 and I still believe that seeing what you’re buying and understanding the specification are two of the best ways to make an informed decision.
If you specifically need a timber 8×3 shed, the Shoreham Narrow Shed is the product to concentrate on because 8ft x 3ft falls directly within its published 4ft x 3ft to 12ft x 3ft size range. The main questions are whether the narrow footprint works for your garden, whether you have enough overall width for the roof and how you intend to organise the available storage space.
The best shed isn’t automatically the cheapest one. It is the building whose size, construction and layout suit what you genuinely need to store and the space you have available.
Mark out approximately 8ft x 3ft in your garden and check how that narrow footprint feels in the actual position. Measure the items you intend to store, check the precise external dimensions and door opening and make sure you have a suitable firm, flat and level base. Most importantly, remember that the Shoreham roof overhang means you need approximately 3ft 4in or 101cm of available width rather than an exact 3ft gap.
If you’re unsure whether the Shoreham is the right 8ft x 3ft shed for you, please contact us. Tell Craig, me or one of the team what you need to store, how much space you have and where the building will stand. We’ll help you decide whether this narrow shed is the right solution for your garden.
Robin Antill
Founder, 1st Choice Leisure Buildings
