Description

Boasting sturdy tongue and groove cladding and a solid timber floor, Forest’s UK-made 8 x 6 Shiplap Potting Shed perfectly blends a high-quality design with a premium timber finish for the ideal growing solution. With the flexibility to hinge the lockable door at either end of the building on either the left or right side of the gable end, you can conveniently customise the layout of your potting shed to suit your available garden space.

It features high-quality interlocking, weather-resistant shiplap cladding. It's not just any potting shed.  Its framework is 30% thicker than most wooden garden buildings, so durability is assured. The best part? annual maintenance is a thing of the past. Forest promises a 25-year anti-rot guarantee, offering peace of mind thanks to its pressure treatment.

The smart modular design makes this build stronger and easier to construct than other garden sheds, leaving the panels less at risk of warping. Its sturdy tongue and groove cladding offers improved weather resistance, and the tongue and groove timber boarded floor can endure heavy footfall for many years to come. Ample light is provided by the 10 fixed windows and two opening windows that ensure fresh air flow passes through to ventilate your plants, manufactured from shatterproof PET for a safer solution for busy family gardens.

As this potting shed is supplied with two sets of two-tier plant staging, you can tailor the space to suit your needs, whether you remove them to make space for taller pots or set your staging together under the fixed windows to optimise light exposure or position at the back of the potting shed. The Forest Shiplap Potting Shed is delivered with all required fixings and easy to follow instructions for speedy self-assembly, so that you can look forward to bringing your plants, flowers and veg to life in style with the reassurance of Forest’s 25-year anti-rot guarantee.

Features:

Guarantee - 25-year anti-rot

Walls - Premium Shiplap 

Floor - 12mm Tongue and Groove boards for handling heavy loads

Roof - Apex roof with 8mm OSB and green polypropylene backed roofing felt provided

Frame - 28mm x 28mm (doubled up to 56mm)

Floor Bearers -  58mm x 28mm Pressure treated

Windows - 8 fixed windows and 2 opening windows

Door - Single door

Lock Type - Pad Bolt with tamper-proof screws

Treatment - pressure treated 

Delivery - White glove service

About Your Order:

The Forest Potting Shed Shed is a UK-made pressure-treated shed that features sustainably sourced timber. Pressure-treated timbers are used throughout the construction of this shed. The treatment gives you a 25-year guarantee against fungal damage and rot. The simple design and flat-pack delivery make it easy to assemble. All the fixtures and fittings required for assembly are provided. Easy-to-follow instructions are included. We offer a white glove service where our trained professionals will deliver your shed and place it in your desired location within your garden. The delivery team will use their discretion to ensure a safe and reasonable placement of the shed. Please note that unrestricted access is required and the delivery team will not pass through your home or garage. We prioritize the safety of your property and will not deliver to an unsafe location that could potentially cause damage. Additionally, the delivery team will remove all product packaging upon completion of the delivery.

Please note: The Forest Shiplap Potting Shed is supplied unpainted. Some images may show the product painted and/or decorated with accessories/furnishings. This is for display purposes only. Your order will not be delivered with any of the accessories/furnishings shown.

Garden Shed Maintenance:

The wooden garden shed is made from pressure-treated timbers for excellent durability and longevity. Forest’s pressure-treated products do not require annual re-treatment. An anti-rot solution in the timber structure, improving rot resistance. The treatment may leave a greenish tinge on the wood; this is normal and will grey over time. Forest Garden Potting Shed come with a 25-year Anti-Rot guarantee. The manufacturer advises that if you want to paint your garden shed with a different colour, ensure the treatment you choose is recommended for pressure-treated timber.  

Note: the 25-year anti-rot guarantee does not include the felt and hardware 

elbec recommends Protek wood treatment. Browse our Protek Royal Exterior Wood Finish Paint range to find the best shed paint to add your own finish.

About Forest:

Forest is one of the most trusted manufacturers of garden timber products in the UK. They have been producing high-quality wooden garden buildings for over 50 years. Forest is proud to be a British company and uses sustainable British timber in its products.

The company is at the forefront of design and provides an excellent choice in contemporary summerhouses and modern sheds. All Forest garden buildings are made to make Britain a nation proud of its gardens. Superior quality, cutting-edge design, and excellent security are why Forest has become one of the top choices for customers when buying a garden product.

Please note: The Forest Shiplap Apex Potting Shed is supplied unpainted. Some images may show the product painted and/or decorated with accessories/furnishings. This is for display purposes only. Your order will not be delivered with any of the accessories/furnishings shown.

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Delivery

ALL DELIVERIES ARE DELIVERED TO KERBSIDE OR DRIVEWAY. All of the Forest products are delivered flat-packed, (other than fence panels which are delivered fully constructed) direct to your home, and are supplied with a set of instructions to support assembly.

If you have ordered more than one item, they may arrive at different times.

Delivery

With the majority of Forest products, you will be required to book your delivery date at the time of placing your order. Our 'Request a Delivery Date' service is available to the majority of areas and you'll find that the majority of the UK postcodes are FREE but some areas may incur a delivery surcharge and some postcodes are not covered at all. Select a 'requested delivery date' by entering your postcode in the 'Request a delivery date' section above. You will also be notified at this time if your area incurs a surcharge or delivery is not covered in your area.

Where 'Request a Delivery Date' is not available on a product, you will be contacted towards the end of your timescale by Forest/their chosen Courier with a delivery date. If this date is not convenient you can reply to the message to book a more convenient delivery date. The delivery timescales are as stated on the product page.

The delivery timescales to these areas may be extended by up to 5-10 working days:
AB, CB, CO, CT, DD, DG, EH, EX, FK, G, IP, IV, KA, KW, KY, ME, ML, NR, PA, PE, PL, PH, TD, TN, TW, TR, TQ.

We are sorry but Forest does not deliver or offer an assembly service to the following Postal Codes:
BT1-BT99, GY1-GY9, HS1-HS9, IM1-IM9, IV41-IV56, JE1-JE5, KA27-KA28, KW15-KW17, PO30-PO41, PO49, TR21-TR25.

Prior to Delivery

Once you have a confirmed delivery date if you provide us with a mobile number this should be the first number and not the alternative number), we can confirm the day before delivery if your delivery will be morning or afternoon.

Upon Delivery

Your order will be delivered kerbside or on your driveway. Due to health, safety, and insurance liabilities, the driver will not be able to take your goods to the back of your property but – upon request – may place the product at the side of the house if there are no access issues. This is to avoid risking damage to your property while delivering to an unsafe location. We will not be able to go through your property.

We advise against arranging for a third party to install the product before its delivered and checking that all parts are present,  we cannot be held liable for any third-party costs caused by delays.

Assembly

Specification

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Create a secure and beautiful growing space in your garden with the Forest Shiplap Potting Shed. Features include:

• Pressure treated with a 25-year anti-rot guarantee - longest on the market
• Maintenance-free- preservative never needed
• An easily customisable layout that allows you to place the door at either end of the potting shed on the left or right side to suit your available garden space
• Optimal lighting is offered by 10 fixed windows and an additional two opening windows that ensure proper ventilation
• Supplied with two sets of two-tier staging that can be flexibly combined throughout the space to suit your growing needs