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First Added - August 4 2022
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Product ID: SKU: BUNDLE-OATL0606DOL-1AA
Size: 6' x 5'
Merchants Checked: 12
Available From: 1
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Our verdict on the Loxley 6′ x 6′ Barnsley Summer House
The Loxley 6′ x 6′ Barnsley Summer House comes with an apex style roof; holds a 10 Years guarantee; fit with double doors; is treated using a dip treated process [1]; and makes use of made in the uk, certified sustainable materials. The 2 windows used on this particular 6′ x 5′ use a acrylic glazing material (Thickness was not specified).
Base material: pine
Our experts say this has 3 stand out features. 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 12mm thick cladding used is as thick as the walls found on 92% of the top 10% of summer houses.
2. A dip treated treatment process lets us know that this summer house should be expected to last for a good few years, and is used on 70% of the top 10% of summer houses.
3. The mineral felt roof covering found on this summer house 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 summer house fairs across the market.
Cladding
The overlap board cladding(walls) used here is the worst form of construction for summer house walls out of the 3 types [2] we’ve identified on same-size summer houses, that you’ll also see getting used on 4% (29 of 741) of all summer houses analysed [3], and sadly not present at all on any of the 74 summer houses that make up the top 10% of summer houses [4]. In fact this is the only 6′ x 5′ summer house you’ll find that uses an overlap board wall [5].
The walls are 12mm thick and we rate this an about average thickness out of the 2 found on same-size summer houses [6]. It is used on 78% of all summer houses [7] and is also used across 92% of the top 10% of summer houses [8] we analysed. Even though the Expert Score of this particular summer house is 10 points below the average 12mm clad 6′ x 5’s score of 87, the fact that 92% of the top 10% use a cladding this thick is reassuring as a sign of quality. 100% of 6′ x 5′ summer houses (11 in total) use 12mm thick walls [9].
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Roofing
Osb is the of construction method used for the roofing, our experts rate this one of the best forms of roof material out of the 2 types we’ve found on same-size summer houses [10]. This roofing material is used on 5% of all summer houses analysed, and 1% of the top 10% of summer houses. While you’ll find that the Expert Score of this summer house is 5 points lower than the average for 6′ x 5’s that use osb roof material (77 vs the average of 82), you can be sure it’s not due to the roofing as this one of the highest scoring materials found on 6′ x 5′ summer houses. 18% of 6′ x 5′ summer houses (2 in total) use osb construction for the roof.
Mineral felt is used as the roof covering, and out of 2 types identified on same-size summer houses [11], is said to be one of the best roof covering materials. It comes fitted on 26% of summer houses and used on 43% of the top 10% of 6′ x 5′ summer houses. Even though the Expert Score of this particular summer house is below the average 6′ x 5’s cover their roofs with mineral felt (77 vs the average of 85), with it being on 43% of the top 10%, this should give you confidence in its quality. 27% of 6′ x 5′ summer houses (3 in total) make use of a mineral felt material as a roof covering.
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Flooring
The manufactures of this summer house chose osb for the floor construction, we rate this an about average form of floor construction out of 2 types found on same-size summer houses [12]. This type of floor construction is used on 4% of all summer houses we analysed, with none of the top 74 summer houses making use of this kind of floor material. The data we have on all summer houses shows us that this is the only 6′ x 5′ summer house that comes with an osb floor material.
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Window
Acrylic windows come installed on this summer house. As a glazing option, we rate it one of the worst out of the 2 glazing types found on 6′ x 5′ summer houses [13]. This particular type of glazing is used on 1% of all windowed summer houses and 1% of the top 10% of summer houses with windows we analysed. 18% of 6′ x 5′ summer houses with windows (2 in total) use acrylic windows.
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Height
The height of this summer house is 2200mm (7′) which is 3% more than the average 6′ x 5′ summer house, giving you 70.5mm (0.2′) extra headroom.
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Doors
The door height is 1,700.00mm (6′) tall which is 2% or 36.50mm (0.1′) taller than the average 6′ x 5′.
The door width is 1,360.00mm (4′) wide which is 23% or 253.50mm (0.8′) wider than the average 6′ x 5′.
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You Might Also Consider
We found 11 6′ x 5′ summer houses with comparable specifications. The Loxley 6′ x 6′ Barnsley Summer House has an Expert Score that is 12% lower than average and is £60 less expensive than average. If you are looking for the best value or highest expert scoring summer houses out of the 11 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 £40 with this Loxley 7′ x 5′ Buxton Summer House. It is priced at £569, this is 7% less than this and has an Expert Score of 87, 10 points higher than the Loxley 6′ x 6′ Barnsley Summer House.
Highest Expert Score – With an Expert Score of 95 vs 77 for this product, the Oren 4′ x 8′ Shiplap Alcester Summer House is the best 6′ x 5′ summer house with comparable specifications, and is priced at £1,109, that’s £500 more than the Loxley 6′ x 6′ Barnsley Summer House.
High Wind Area – If you live in a particularly exposed or high wind area then having a summer house with a thicker cladding and higher than average frame thickness can be preferable. We found at least 3 summer houses that have a combination of features that can make them more suited to higher wind areas.
Oren 4′ x 8′ Shiplap Alcester Summer House
Oren 4′ x 8′ Shiplap Pent Mini Summer House
Oren 8′ x 4′ Shiplap Binton Summer House
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 summer houses that have options that you might find a better fit if this is a concern you have.
8’x4′ TigerFlex® Shiplap Apex Full Pane Summerhouse
Redlands 4′ x 12′ Magpie Summer House
Redlands 4′ x 12′ Raven Summer House
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.
Oren 4′ x 8′ Shiplap Alcester Summer House
Oren 4′ x 8′ Shiplap Pent Mini Summer House
Oren 8′ x 4′ Shiplap Binton Summer House
Product Details
Comparisons of Similar Sheds
 |  |  |  |  | |
| Expert Score | 83 | 83 | 80 | 83 | 83 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £2,329.00 | £1,074.00 | £3,095.99 | £13,135.00 | £11,047.50 |
| Size | 12' x 8' | 7' x 5' | 20'x8' | 12' x 8' | 10' x 6' |
| Brand | Shire | Loxley | Tiger Sheds | Marlborough Insulated Buildings | Marlborough Insulated Buildings |
| Material | Wooden | Wooden | Wooden | Wooden | Wooden |
| Cladding Thickness | 12mm | 12mm | 12mm | 12mm | 12mm |
| Guarantee | 10 Years | 10 Years | |||
| Go | Go | Go | Go | Go |
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Merchants Checked
12 different sources were used to research information on this product, and 1 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.
sheds.co.uk – 1999 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.
Homebase – 35509 products checked, found no matches.
Buy Sheds Direct – 1635 products checked, found no matches.
BillyOh – 1244 products checked, found no matches.
Garden Buildings Direct – 1284 products checked, found no matches.
Shedstore – 1373 products checked, found no matches.
Tiger Sheds – 635 products checked, found no matches.
1. Dip Treated: Dip treating is a temporary protective base coat treatment that is mainly designed to help protect the building during transit and for around one month after it is assembled. This water-based treatment is the least time-consuming and cheapest type of wood treatment. It involves dipping the wood in a protective water-based preservative and then leaving it to dry. The action of dipping is where ‘dip treatment’ comes from.
A dip-treated garden building is not considered fully treated with wood preservatives; it’s vital to re-treat your dip-treated building, preferably with a solvent-based (or oil-based) wood treatment. Then re-treat it on an annual basis using a solvent-based (or oil-based) wood treatment.
If you don’t want to treat something on an annual basis then a pressure treated wooden building might be a better option, this is where the wood undergoes a process called tanalisation (pressure treatment) during production. This is where the timber is submerged in specialist wood preservatives (such as Tanalith E, this is actually the origin of the word ‘tanalisation’), the wood then goes into a high pressure vacuum tank to draw out excess moisture and air and force in the preservatives. This deep penetration of the exterior wood protects it from the elements and all forms of insect attack. Wood treated this way can last many years without being re-treated. The Wood Protection Association has a good article/video on this. ↩
2. Cladding types identified: overlap board, shiplap tongue & groove, tongue & groove ↩
3. Global cladding data sourced from: All overlap board summer houses ↩
4. Top cladding data sourced from: Top 74 overlap board summer houses ↩
5. 6′ x 5′ cladding data sourced from: 11 6′ x 5′ overlap board summer houses ↩
7. Global cladding thickness data sourced from: All 12mm summer houses ↩
8. Top cladding thickness data sourced from: Top 74 12mm summer houses ↩
9. 6′ x 5′ cladding thickness data sourced from: 11 6′ x 5′ 12mm summer houses ↩
10. Roof material types identified: osb, tongue & groove ↩
11. Roof covering types identified: heavy duty mineral felt, mineral felt, polyester felt ↩
12. Floor material types identified: osb, tongue & groove ↩
13. Glazing material types identified: acrylic, toughened glass ↩