Materials and Services
Windows on eBay suitable for a garden room
We have heard about ten double glazed window units that would be suitable for a garden room being sold on eBay. The seller brought them for a house he was building but illness has forced a change of plan. The window units are new and still boxed, so could be a good buy for a…
Read MoreNew Millboard colour
Millboard decking is becoming popular with professional garden room designers. It is a composite product made from a mix of ground stone and polyurethane. This creates an incredibly hard-wearing product that won’t become slippery and is dimensionally stable. What makes Millboard standout from other composite decking products is the surface texture and colouring. The boards…
Read MoreHave your garden room sketches turned into a 3d visualisation
So, you have a pile of sketches and maybe some floorplans for your dream garden room building. Well, Richard Follett can take your drawings and produce a 3D visualisation of what it’s going to look like. Such CGI visualisations can be invaluable in honing the design, showing neighbours what you are planning or for use…
Read MoreBuy the doors & windows the pro garden room designers choose
Your choice of doors and windows will have a significant impact on the style and usability of your garden room. You can buy them from a local supplier or online via sites such as eBay. These days, it is just as cost effective to have a made to measure size as buying a standard size…
Read MoreNew free version of SketchUp
There is a new free version of SketchUp you can use to design your garden room
Read MorePainting garden room cladding
Painted garden rooms are back in fashion, particularly black and dark grey ones. Painted finishes had gone out of favour with garden room buyers who were opting for more expensive Cedar and Larch designs that are low maintenance due to their natural durability. The thing is unless timber claddings like Cedar or Larch are oiled as…
Read MoreTrisomet panels seconds
Trisomet panels have become a popular option for garden room roofs. Many professional garden room designers make use of them as they can be installed quickly without the need for a complex roof structure. They also form both the internal and external finish of the roof, again cutting down on work. We show Trisomet panels…
Read MoreBreather & Vapour membrane kits
In the Self Build Garden Room Guide and sample plans we talk about the importance of a breather membrane in your build-up. The breather membrane wraps around the exterior of the building and allows the core structure to breathe. Stopping moisture entering the core structure but at the same time letting moisture escape from within…
Read MoreInsulated roof panels for garden rooms
A few days ago we wrote about the 3-in-1 sample plans we are developing. One of the roof options we are looking at is the insulated roof panel. These panels are very popular in garden room design, as depending on the size of the roof, there is no need to install rafters as the panels…
Read MoreThe speedy garden room foundation
We have talked before about ground screw foundations and how they are being widely adopted by the garden room industry. We spotted this on Twitter and thought we would share it here, as it clearly shows how ground screws have become the speedy garden room foundation. Stop Digging are the firm that many professional garden…
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