summerhouse

Hi, home this is the right part of the forum to post this on! i've been staying in my mates summerhouse for 18 months and recently I've noticed that some part of the floor sounds hollow! Apparently he laid a concrete base when he built it, maybe 4/5 years ago. I'm not sure when the hollow...

Hi all I am finally finishing off the summerhouse and the last bit to do is the internal walls. These are being clad with horizontal T&G. The room is 2.8m x 2.5m with the longest walls being the back wall and front (75% windows and doors) I was intending to start with the back wall but wondered...

Hi all, I am just about to fit a shed door to my shed/summerhouse. The shed is made from T&G shiplap timber and I was going to use the same wood for the door. Every photo/design always shows the door with the T&G vertical as opposed to horizontal ( which is the format of the shed cladding) Is...

Hi all I have a summerhouse at the end of the garden which has a power supply coming from the house via a 16a breaker and armoured cable leading to a consumer unit in the summerhouse. We are building a home office in the middle of the garden. I am hoping to run ( or rather have run) power to it...

Hi All I am planning to build a summerhouse/home office so it will need insulating. I wonder if you kind people could offer me your thoughts on what I am thinking of doing? Floor support will be timber frame and joists (47x100) on concrete piles. I was intending to put baton in the joists at...

Hi In September I had a national shed company put up a summerhouse in the back garden in quite an exposed spot. It's very high winds tonight and when I went in to it earlier the sides were creaking and there was a lot of movement with each gust of wind. It seems the wind is hitting the front of...

Hi guys, First time poster and newbie here. I'm having a Summerhouse installed in a few weeks and for the base I'm electing not to have a concrete slab, but instead laying some paving slabs. I've been advised that they do not need to be level as the company installing will account for that...

Question is about how to lay the floor sheets of a timber summerhouse I am starting to design and whether to 'trap' them below the stud walls. One thing I don't like with all the designs I see is that the perimeter stud walls are built on top of the floor sheet. In my mind I prefer the future...

Hi All, once again turning to you for some advice. I am building a 3 x 3 m corner summer house, which has a diagonal of about 4m I need to stay below 2.5m to avoid planning restrictions and struggling The option I'm looking at at the moment is.... Base - 3" (3 x 2 on concrete with a membrane)...

Morning, I'm wanting to build a summerhouse, and keen to find out all I need to know before starting. The plan is to build something 3mx4m, with the highest point of the roof being <2.5m high. The site is not very level, a few inches drop from one end to the other, and can get very damp in...

Hi all, having searched and searched for a clear answer I’m hoping some one can help. I’m going to try and build a 3m x 3m garden room over lockdown. There is already a concrete base down which I am going to put it on which was laid in 1950s I think, very flat and level. I planning 2” x 3”...

Hi all Just looking for some advice. I have built a summer house which is cladded with Hardie Plank followed by a breathable membrane. The frame is built with 4x2 and I'm using Rockwall at 75mm for the insulation. I fixed the cladding directly against the membrane and frame so I want to create...

Hi, I am building a garden room which is not your 'standard' shape, using the space I have available. I have almost completed the foundations and basic floor base (see pics). I am trying to keep within permitted development, under 30m2 and within 2.5m maximum height. The issue I'm having is in...

Hello, I am hoping to build a summer house/shed combo at the bottom of the garden. I am hoping to build it myself as I won't be able to find something off the shelf that will meet my requirements. It is going to be one big building with part of it serving as a shed and the other part a summer...

Hey team, Can anyone suggest how to fix up this garden office. Inside: corner is cracked and you can just about make out daylight. Woodlice are roaming around! The ends of some of the rear beams have rotten away. Rotting of rear beams, depth 1”. Thinking Ronseal Wet Rot Hardener. I’m...

Hello, I'm at the final stages of building a summer house and I'm now starting to think about getting electric to the building. I need power for lights, alarm/motion sensor, and a few sockets for items such as TV, music and probably some power tools. The building is about 25metres from the...

Hello Last year I designed and built (along with the hubby) our huge summerhouse! Now the weather has improved we are trying to work on it again, the problem I have is where we’ve installed french doors we’ve had to put a temporary wooden support in the middle from the floor to the roof as the...

So last year I purchased a log cabin/summerhouse. We had some heavy rain last night and it drives into corners and I can see this never ever bring sorted. I think it was badly built in first place. The interlocking sections in corners have slight gaps where water is getting in, I'm sick of it...

I'll be putting up a summer house with small balcony next year. I've contacted the local authority with my plans and there are no restrictions. Both neighbours have no problem with the plans either. My query though is about the stilts I intend the fix the summer house and decking onto, rather...

I've built a garden office last year and is well insulated, breathable membrane, air gap then cladding for breathable aspects. On the warm side i.e. before internal walls is vapour barrier which I research as the best for stopping moisture in winter, and effectively creating a sealed box. The...