11′ x 7′ Keter Oakland Plastic Garden Shed (3.5 x 2.29m)
First Added - August 4 2022
Last Updated - August 4 2022 - 0 Data Points Updated - 55 Data Points Added
Reviewed & curated by a panel of garden building experts. Using methodology 1.1
Product ID: SKU: 17204172
Size: 11' x 7'
Merchants Checked: 12
Our verdict on the 11′ x 7′ Keter Oakland Plastic Garden Shed
The 11′ x 7′ Keter Oakland Plastic Garden Shed comes with a reverse apex style roof, holds a Limited Lifetime guarantee, and is fit with lockable double doors that use a lockable locking system. The 2 windows used on this particular 11′ x 7′ use a acrylic glazing material (Thickness was not specified).
Base material: plastic
Our experts say this has 1 stand out feature. A stand out feature is something found on over 70% of the top 10% of products in a particular category or is an exceptionally good feature as rated by our panel of experts.
1. The metal panels roof covering found on this shed is rated to be one of the best by our experts.
Below is a brief overview of how some of the key points of this shed fairs across the market.
Guarantee
On a plastic shed, the guarantee that the manufacturer offers is usually a very good indicator of the quality of the building. The longer the guarantee the more the manufacturer believes in the quality of the building they have produced. Typically we see manufacturer guarantees for plastic Sheds ranging from zero right up to a limited lifetime guarantee.
This plastic shed comes with a limited lifetime guarantee. Most plastic shed come with a 10 years guarantee (36.47% of them) [1].
For this particular brand (Keter) they offer 12 [2] different types of guarantees on their plastic sheds, with the limited lifetime guarantee on this being the longest they offer. The limited lifetime guarantee is found on 18.75% of Keter plastic sheds [3], with a 5 year guarantee on 18.75%, a 15 year guarantee on 31.25% and a lifetime guarantee on 12.50% of its plastic sheds. It is great that this shed was given one of the highest guarantees offered by the brand, and this shows the manufacturer has a lot of faith in the overall quality of this part of their product range.
When looking at comparable 11′ x 7′ plastic sheds (we found 428 of them) the most popular guarantee length offered by manufacturers was 10 years [4]. 50.47% came with a missing guarantee, 34.35% came with a 10 year guarantee, 8.18% came with a 15 year guarantee, 2.34% came with a 1 year guarantee, 1.40% came with a 3 year guarantee, 1.17% came with a 20 year guarantee, 0.70% came with a 30 year guarantee, 0.47% came with a 5 year guarantee, 0.47% came with a limited lifetime guarantee, 0.23% came with a lifetime guarantee and 0.23% came with a 25 year guarantee.
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Cladding
The plastic cladding(walls) used here is an about average form of construction for shed walls out of the 2 types [5] we’ve identified on same-size sheds, that you’ll also see getting used on 2% (84 of 4,360) of all sheds analysed [6], as well as being used on 1% (4 of 436) of the top 10% of sheds [7]. You’ll also find the plastic cladding showing up on 2% of 11′ x 7′ sheds (7 in total) [8].
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Roofing
Polypropylene is the material used for the roofing, our experts rate this one of the best forms of roof material out of the 4 types we’ve found on same-size sheds [9]. This roofing material is used on 1% of all sheds analysed, and 1% of the top 10% of sheds. Out of all 11′ x 7′ sheds we find this is actually the only one to use a polypropylene roofing.
Metal panels is used as the roof covering. Our experts say it’s the best roof covering material, and is also the only kind identified on same-size sheds [10]. It comes fitted on 2% of sheds and used on 6% of the top 10% of 11′ x 7′ sheds. While the Expert Score of the average metal panels covered 11′ x 7′ shed is 8 points higher than this item (80 vs the average of 88), you can be sure it’s not the roof covering bring the score down as this one of the highest scoring roof coverings found on 11′ x 7′ sheds. 2% of 11′ x 7′ sheds (10 in total) make use of a metal panels material as a roof covering.
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Flooring
The manufactures of this shed chose polypropylene for the floor construction, we rate this an about average form of floor construction out of 5 types found on same-size sheds [11]. This type of floor construction is used on 1% of all sheds we analysed, with none of the top 436 sheds making use of this kind of floor material. The data we have on all sheds shows us that this is the only 11′ x 7′ shed that comes with a polypropylene floor material.
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Window
Acrylic windows come installed on this shed. As a glazing option, we rate it one of the worst out of the 3 glazing types found on 11′ x 7′ sheds [12]. This particular type of glazing is used on 1% of all windowed sheds and 4% of the top 10% of sheds with windows we analysed. 2% of 11′ x 7′ sheds with windows (4 in total) use acrylic windows.
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Height
The height of this shed is 2540.0mm (8′) which is 6% more than the average 11′ x 7′ shed, giving you 149.0mm (0.5′) extra headroom.
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Doors
The door height is 1,810.00mm (6′) tall which is 14% or 222.15mm (0.7′) taller than the average 11′ x 7′.
The door width is 1,388.00mm (5′) wide which is 16% or 189.33mm (0.6′) wider than the average 11′ x 7′.
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You Might Also Consider
We found 9 11′ x 7′ sheds with comparable specifications. The 11′ x 7′ Keter Oakland Plastic Garden Shed has an Expert Score that is 1% lower than average and is £25 less expensive than average. If you are looking for the best value or highest expert scoring sheds out of the 9 with comparable specifications the following might be of interest.
Best value – If you are looking for something comparable that costs less, then you could save £819 with this 6′ x 12′ Palram Canopia Grey Skylight Plastic Shed. It is priced at £770, this is 106% less than this and has an Expert Score of 87, 7 points higher than the 11′ x 7′ Keter Oakland Plastic Garden Shed.
Highest Expert Score – With an Expert Score of 87 vs 80 for this product, the 8′ x 10′ Suncast New Tremont Three Apex Roof Plastic Garden Storage Shed is the best 11′ x 7′ shed with comparable specifications, and is priced at £1,649, that’s £60 more than the 11′ x 7′ Keter Oakland Plastic Garden Shed.
High Wind Area – If you live in a particularly exposed or high wind area then having a shed with a thicker cladding and higher than average frame thickness can be preferable. We found at least 3 sheds that have a combination of features that can make them more suited to higher wind areas.
13’2 x 6’6 Shire Jersey Double Door Wooden Garden Shed
10′ x 8′ Forest Premium Tongue & Groove Pressure Treated Double Door Reverse Apex Shed
10′ x 8′ Forest Premium Tongue & Groove Pressure Treated Double Door Apex Shed
Coastal Consideration – If you live in a particularly wet or harsher environment such as by the coast then you might want to consider something with a more robust pressure treatment or something made from metal or plastic, both materials that are particularly suited to such harsh environments. We’ve found at least 3 sheds that have a combination of features that can make them more suited to higher wind areas.
10′ x 8′ Yardmaster Green Metal Shed 108GEYZ
10′ x 8′ Yardmaster Castleton Anthracite Metal Shed
10′ x 8′ Yardmaster Shiplap Metal Shed 108TBSL
Public-Facing – Extra security measures might be more of a concern if you’re placing your building in an area that is more public-facing than a garden. Features such as security windows or even having no windows at all, and the ability to lock all opening doors are usually much more important when you have something that is more public-facing. We found at least 3 sheds that have options that you might find a better fit if this is a concern you have.
10′ x 8′ Yardmaster Shiplap Metal Shed 108TBSL
10′ x 8′ Yardmaster Castleton Anthracite Metal Shed
10′ x 8′ Yardmaster Green Metal Shed 108GEYZ
More Child Friendly – If you have children and you are looking for something that has that little extra in terms of durability then tougher glazing options might be a better option. Here we have at least 3 other options that will fill those needs.
10′ x 8′ Forest Premium Tongue & Groove Pressure Treated Double Door Apex Shed
10′ x 8′ Forest Premium Tongue & Groove Pressure Treated Double Door Reverse Apex Shed
10′ x 8′ Shed Republic Ultimate heavy-duty Reverse Apex Workshop Double Door
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Merchants Checked
12 different sources were used to research information on this product, and 3 contained information that we were able to use to compile the data used on this page.
The following merchants were checked on the 06 August, 2022 to see if they stocked this product.
Homebase – 35509 products checked, found 1 match.
Buy Sheds Direct – 1635 products checked, found 1 match.
Shedstore – 1373 products checked, found 1 match.
Waltons – 231 products checked, found no matches.
Wickes – 19576 products checked, found no matches.
B&Q – 78905 products checked, found no matches.
ManoMano UK – 922302 products checked, found no matches.
Wilko.com – 21232 products checked, found no matches.
sheds.co.uk – 1999 products checked, found no matches.
BillyOh – 1244 products checked, found no matches.
Garden Buildings Direct – 1284 products checked, found no matches.
Tiger Sheds – 635 products checked, found no matches.
1. Global guarantee data sourced from: All limited lifetime sheds ↩
2. Guarantee types identified: 10 years, lifetime, limited lifetime ↩
3. Guarantee data sourced from: Keter limited lifetime sheds ↩
4. 11′ x 7′ guarantee data sourced from: 428 11′ x 7′ limited lifetime guaranteed sheds ↩
6. Global cladding data sourced from: All plastic sheds ↩
7. Top cladding data sourced from: Top 436 plastic sheds ↩
8. 11′ x 7′ cladding data sourced from: 428 11′ x 7′ plastic sheds ↩
9. Roof material types identified: blow moulded twin wall plastic resin, polycarbonate, polyethylene, polypropylene ↩
10. Roof covering types identified: metal panels ↩
11. Floor material types identified: metal, plastic, polycarbonate, polyethylene, polypropylene ↩
12. Glazing material types identified: acrylic, single glazed, styrene ↩