Materials and Services

Last week the Garden Room HQ team visited the Chelsea Flower Show. One of the key exhibits we looked at was a stunning treehouse by Blue Forest. Obviously, with a temporary exhibit at a show like Chelsea, the foundations need to be cleanly removed from the site. This is one of the key benefits of…

Most garden rooms feature timber cladding on the exterior, whether this is expensive Western Red Cedar or something a little more economical like Siberian Larch or Thermowood. When fixing timber cladding, it is important that you use stainless steel fixings. If you don’t use stainless steel fixings, you will find that the fixing bleeds an…

With each set of sample plans, we produce we write up a material estimate. In this document, we estimate the quantities of each material you’ll need to build the room. The prices we have gathered are probably high When quantifying the materials, we head to the internet to cost out each element. Now, we know…

One of the most significant costs in a garden room build is the external cladding. Timber claddings are by far the most popular option for the exterior of a garden room, because of their aesthetic appeal, the layer of thermal insulation they add to the build-up and the ease of installation. You need to invest in…

When it comes to the timber cladding for the exterior of your garden room, you’ll have choices when it comes to the width of the board. Narrower boards tend to be used by designers who are looking for a more modern look, yet wider boards reduce the number of lines the wall will have where…

When people are looking to up the specification of their garden room building they opt for aluminium doors and windows. We were recently talking to the team at Architectural Glass Installations Ltd who supply aluminium doors and windows to several garden room companies, and they can also help self-builders like you with your windows and…