Picture shows Casita with optional verandah

Manufactured in the UK, Shire's sheds are renowned for their quality and probably manufacture the best value for money wooden shed in the UK today.

The 7' x 7'(approx) Casita Apex Garden Shed/Summerhouse is halfway between a wooden shed and a summerhouse. Casita is Spanish for shed.

It has two criss-cross opening windows which will add extra light and ventilation and an optional verandah is available (pictured) for the perfect place to sit in summer.

The optional verandah adds an additional 650mm to the length of standard building. All timber is from sustainable sources, so that you can feel good about buying a wooden Shire shed.

Shire garden buildings are made from a high grade ship-lap tongue and groove construction. This is distinguished from fast grown type timber used on cheaper sheds from other manufactures.

Tongue and groove construction means the building is better sealed from the elements. The timber used is a continental slow grown timber. Slower grown timber means tighter grain, extra strength and longer life.

Framework: The Casita has a robust planed 35x35mm (1 1/2" x 1 1/2") framework (walls and floor) that gives the garden building strength. Floor: The shed's floor is manufactured from high quality 12mm planed tongue and groove matching pattern boarding.

Roof: The shed's apex roof is constructed from 11mm Oriented Strand Board (OSB) with included roofing felt.

Walls: The shed's walls are constructed using high quality 12mm thick softwood planed tongue and groove shiplap pattern boarding.

Treatment: All Shire garden buildings are supplied pre-treated with a base coat to both sides in a honey brown water based industrial product.

Windows: These are properly morticed and tenoned. They are opening, profiled, and weather resistant. The window has a unique profiled 'lip' that covers the aperture of the opening in the panel making it weather resistant. Casement stays have 2 levels of opening. The glazing is 3mm horticultural glass which many other manufacturers do not use as standard. All glazing is retained by profiled beading which is pre-mitred (no awkward corners to be cut).

Window Profile

Doors: are ledged and supplied with a padbolt. Please note: all measurements are approximate and Shire's garden buildings are made from metric measurements.