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Today the majority of garden sheds today will need to be taken care of regularly to last unless they have been made using cedar or pressure treated wood. Although most sheds for the garden will have a wood based primer coating on them this generally isn’t enough to protect them from the elements and ensure that they last for many years to come. In this article we look at the types of garden shed treatments and why needed.

So why should you regularly treat your garden shed after it has been constructed? The main reason for anyone to treat a garden shed using the kinds of treatments we mention below is to ensure that it lasts for many years to come. The main problem with many garden sheds today is that they are not very resilient unless made from pressure treated or cedar wood and changes in the weather can lead to them deteriorating very quickly. However by applying a good quality treatment to the sheds wood provides it with protection to prevent the weather from getting into it and damaging it.

Above we have shown you why it is so important to regularly treat your garden shed after it has been built. Now let us take a look at the kinds of treatments that one should be considering using for your garden shed.

Treatment 1 ” Creosote Substitute

You will find that this treatment is available under a number of different names including ones such as Creotreat or Creotech. To really ensure that your shed remains in good condition mix 5 parts of this treatment with 1 part clean engine oil. The oil is needed because it prevents the wood from becoming brittle or from cracking and provides some waterproofing to the wood as well.

This is a treatment which is very easy to apply and can be done using a sprayer. This is also the cheapest of all the ways of treating a garden shed to increase the length of time it lasts once constructed. The only real down side to using this particular type of garden shed treatment is that it only comes in one colour and that is brown.

Treatment 2 ” Wood Preservative

This particular treatment can either be used as the main treatment or to act as a base coat prior to the garden shed being painted. If you are going to use this as the base coat before painting make sure that it is one over which paint can be applied because if you don’t then when you do paint the shed it will just slide off the woods surface. Also you should use a spirit rather than a wood based preservative as this will help to ensure more of it is soaked into the wood providing high levels of protection for the shed from the elements.

Treatment 3 ” Combined Preservative, Colour and Waterproof Agent

Today of all the types of garden shed treatments available these ones are proving extremely popular. If you do intend to use this type of treatment as with 2 mentioned above it is far better if you use a spirit rather than water based one. Also you need to look whether the wood is planed or not before you applying any of these treatments. If the wood is planed and you use a treatment that isn’t suitable for it then shortly after applying it will begin to peel and the wood becomes open to the elements. There are numerous advantages to using this type of treatment over the others. It is easy and quick to apply and it also comes in a wide array of colours.