UK National Shed Week Sheds Light on a National Obsession
Between the 4th and the 11th of July this year, the UK celebrated National Shed Week, seven days given over to the love of the humble shed. The UK is a nation obsessed with this little wooden structure – sheds have gone from somewhere to simply store garden tools to something of a mini cultural icon. With the advent of structural insulated panels (SIPs), sheds have become even more hi-tech, reveals UK SIPs supplier SIPFIT Direct (http://www.structuralinsulatedpanels.co.uk/).
Sheds have long been part of British culture, even appearing regularly in our much-loved TV soaps and sitcoms. One stereotype of the garden shed is that it’s the place where the brow-beaten and nagged man of the house goes to escape from the rest of the family to enjoy a sneaky glass of sherry. Then there’s the practical shed, the one which is the gardener’s friend or shelter for the keen allotment-keeper. But the shed has now firmly entered the 21st century, thanks to the innovation of building with structural insulated panels.
Sheds have always been handy things to have, providing extra space in the garden which is protected from the elements. Before the invention of structural insulated panels, the protection from rain, wind and cold the average UK shed could offer was minimal, however. One of the main benefits of SIPs is their thermal core which provides superior energy efficiency. Use SIPs as the material of your shed and you keep more of the wind, rain and cold out than ever before, and you keep the warmth in. Having a shed which really does protect you from the weather means you get to use the shed more often, opening up the possibilities of use. Suddenly the humble shed can be anything you want it to be: music room, chill-out area, games room, reading room, yoga practice area – even a good old-fashioned place to repot your plants, but one you actually enjoy using in the winter months.
It’s said that more British people are shed-owners than any other nation, and that we collectively spend a staggering 60 million hours per week inside them. National Shed Week revealed the many different ways people use their sheds in this day and age, with some being decked out as American diners and others as tropical hideaways. Quite apart from the wacky way shed-owners choose to decorate their precious spaces, the innovation of SIPs seen in flat pack house construction and also used in shed construction, means that the possibilities for shed use are now nearly endless.
Find out more about the many varied uses of SIPs at http://www.structuralinsulatedpanels.co.uk/.
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