What is shiplap cladding?
Shiplap features smooth planed and fully interlocking and the design ensures that rainwater drains effectively and the timber dries quickly. This helps to ensure a longer life for your shed.

Is the Timber sustainable?
Shiplap cladding is usually timber grown from the FSC Scandinavian forests. The forest stewardship council ensure that the timber is continually re-planted to ensure sustainability. The timber is then kiln dried before being shipped to the UK ready for assembly.
The shiplap design allows more expansion and contraction than the close looking tongue and groove, allowing the timber building to breathe and adapt to the climate conditions. The shiplap is then pressure treated with an environmentally sound treatment, to ensure that it is resistant to rot & decay for 20+ years.

What is pressure treatment
Pressure treatment is a lifetime preservative treatment offered on the more expensive garden sheds other garden buildings. The preservative is forced into the timber under pressure and penetrates below the surface, whereas all other treatments apply a coat of stain to the surface of the timber only. Pressure treatment is almost colourless except for a slight green tint caused by the copper content in the preservative. If you have a look at timber decking the chances are that it will have been tanalised, which will give you an idea of the colour.
No further treatment is ever needed but if you want a coloured finish you can paint over pressure treated timber with almost anything, including all normal wood preservatives in any colour. You could stain it and then oil it for example.

How long does the building take to assemble on site?
Each garden office is designed to erect in a single day, and we would usually arrive at around 9am and be finished between 2 - 3pm. Timescales form ordering to delivery is usually between 4 and 6 weeks.  

Can I customise it to suit my requirements?
Yes you can. We can fit doors and windows in the sections that you require and fit partitions to suit your needs. Sockets and lights can also be in the sections that you need them in. Our contemporary design was born from customers needing double doors to get large furniture in, hence if you prefer something like georgian windows for example, we woul dbe happy to accomodate this requiremnt. Please note that we would still need to make the sections in 1200mm units. If you need an office that is larger than shown on the price list, please contact us for further discussions on your project.

What is the appearance on the inside?
Although the sections are in 1200mm units, we have found an internal lining board that does not show any joins. This means that there are no cover strips where the wall sections join, ensuring a neat finish to the building. The skirting is also made in one piece so there are no joins along the long or short sides.

What is the thickness of the walls?
The walls are 103mm thick, made up from 16mm cladding, 75mm framing and 12mm interior lining. The cavity is filled with insulation.

What about the base?
Further information on the groundworks can be viewed on the relevant page on the website. A local builder would need to provide a concrete base or a paving slab base to the same size as the building. It would also need to be flat & level to ensur ethat the floor does not bounce.

How long does the building last?
The building is designed to last for at least 30 years, by virtue of having tanalised shiplap cladding to the exterior. To maintain the look of the building, it will need treating every 4-5 years depending on how open to the elements it is. The doors and windows will need treatment every 2 or 3 years.
The felt tiles have a life expectancy of about 15 years.  

Can I hang items on the walls?
The framework of the building is certainly strong enough to hang shelves and other items on. The erecting crew will show you on the day of delivery where the vertical uprights are hidden, to ensure a strong and safe fixing.

Can I fit a heater?
You can plug in a heater which heats the office in seconds, and with the insulation is very cost effective to run. Customers have fitted log burners and radiators.

Can I fit carpets or laminate flooring?
Carpets and laminate flooring is easy to fit after assembly. By simply unscrewing the skirting, the flooring can be laid neatly before the skirting is re-fitted into place.