Is a metal shed better than a wooden shed?

A metal shed has the advantages of being fire-proof, rot-proof, and low-maintenance. They're also 100% rodent-proof – not even sharp squirrel teeth can chew through metal panels! Waltons metal sheds have up to a 10-year anti-rust guarantee. They're easy to secure, and are much harder to break into than their wooden counterparts. All the metal buildings in our range are windowless, helping to keep anything you do store out of sight – especially important if you want to store valuable items.

How do you assemble a metal shed?

Absco metal sheds from Waltons are quick and easy to assemble with their unique, patented Snap-Tite assembly system - renowned for being among the easiest in the world to put up. A competent DIYer with an extra set of hands to help will get one of these sheds built in just a few hours. Full assembly instructions are supplied, and there are handy YouTube videos to guide you through the process.

Does a metal shed need a base?

Waltons' metal sheds are supplied without a floor, and we recommend a flat, level concrete or paving slab base to bolt the frame to. This provides the best protection against strong winds (over 90mph), and ensures your building has a firm foundation. For help deciding which base is best, check out our ' How to build a shed base ' guide.

Metal Sheds

Metal sheds from Waltons are secure, low-maintenance and fire-proof storage buildings that come in a wide range of useful sizes. Constructed using an innovative SnapTite assembly system, our metal garden sheds are also quick and easy to install – especially useful if you want to take yours with you when you move! Sturdy and windowless, steel sheds are also a great way to conceal your belongings from opportunist thieves, and even if they do try to break in, the metal walls will prove hard to breach. Still deciding which shed is right for you? Please take a look at our guide to buying a shed for the information you need to make an informed decision.

Choosing a metal shed

If you’re looking for a super low-maintenance, secure garden building, a metal shed makes a great choice. Built from prefabricated panels which snap together to form a rigid structure that’s built to withstand the worst of the UK weather, our metal sheds are made of ultra-tough Australian Bluescope steel and come with a 30-year rust and corrosion guarantee. Though easy to assemble, the panels which make up these sheds are designed to be padlocked together from the inside. Using your own quality locks, you can turn your shed into a veritable fortress.

Uses for metal sheds

Offering excellent storage for gardening tools and equipment – especially more expensive items like lawnmowers, bicycles, electric bikes, and scooters, our range of metal sheds takes you all the way from a handy little 5x3 metal shed all the way up to our largest metal shed measuring a very generous 20x10 ft, which you can even use as a garage for your car. A metal shed built on a concrete slab base is also by far the best way to keep vermin out of your bins. With fortnightly collections becoming increasingly common, it gives you great peace of mind to know that your rubbish is safely stored so that pests and rodents can’t get at it.

Wind and weather-proof sheds

Designed with apex or pent roofs, both of which give you plenty of headroom; with the addition of an anchoring kit for a metal shed, designed to secure your shed to a concrete slab base, even wind speeds of 147mph won't blow your steel shed down. For more information on building a concrete slab base, please consult our guide to building a shed base for step-by-step instructions.