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Garden Rooms
The Garden Room is a building of distinction and the ultimate in Al Fresco living.
A Garden Room provides you with an extension to your home for living, entertaining and relaxing.
We have created these beautiful buildings using our 40 years experience and combining the highest possible quality in every component and material used with our expert craftsmanship and finish. Simply unique.
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Delivery and Installation
Our experienced and professional fitters deliver and install all our buildings free of charge.
As our business is very much dependant on our reputation in providing an excellent product and service our customer care is exceedingly important to us and you will find that we very much pride ourselves on this. From design stage through to installation providing the best possible service is our number one priority.
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Your Garden Room
We manufacture each and every building to order so that we can tailor make your Garden Room to your specific requirements. Please call us to discuss how you would like your Garden Room on 01553 617124.
Your Garden Room will be built to a generous 2.1m eave height and included within your building are the following:
Shiplap or Weatherboard Cladding
Our timber cladding is machined from very high quality Redwood grown in North Sweden, close to the arctic circle. These slowly grown trees produce a much more dense and stable timber than others. Choose between:
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shiplap cladding profile to enhance the look of your building, give better adhesion properties for paints and have introduced a capillary grove to reduce the risk of water ingress.
Weatherboard - (21>8 x 125mm)
Our weatherboard cladding is machined from the same high quality timber as the shiplap but gives a more rustic look to your building.
Double Doors
Your Garden Room is fitted with joinery made double doors, constructed from hemlock. They are three quarter double-glazed with 4mm toughened safety glass and finished with the finest brass fittings.
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Windows
To afford a light and airy feel the Garden Room has 4 sets of double glazed, opening windows fitted with 4mm toughened safety glass and finished with the finest of brass fittings. If your preference is for Georgian style windows and doors, then your Garden Room will have those
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Underfloor insulation
We will insulate your floor by adding a 50mm polystyrene insulator under your floorboards for maximum comfort.
Electric Packs
Professionally fitted by qualified (Part P) electricians, you can leave it all to us. Internal wiring will be fitted behind the lining of your Garden Room. We will also fit a heater into your building to allow for year-round use.
Your electrical pack includes :
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4 Double 13 amp switched MK sockets |
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1 Gang light switch |
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1 External 13 amp socket - MK |
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8 Way Consumer Unit, Main Switch takes 2 slots – 63 amp MCB – 16 amp and 6 amp Blanks |
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thermostatic 2kva wall heater |
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1, 3 spot chrome light fitting or 4ft fluorescent single fitting |
Lining and Insulation
To create year-round workspace, increase comfort and decrease noise levels we can offer lining and insulation for your building.
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Option 1 is a cladding of 15mm matchboarding. We use this cladding for its robust and hardwearing finish so that it is suitable to hang shelves and hooks etc where required. It is also a very attractive finish
Option 2 is a painted, channeled, secret-nailed, 15mm matchboarding for a, coloured (often this is chosen for a light, bright, clean feel)and high standard finish.
Cedar Shingles or Slate Effect Roof
Your Garden Room will be completed with either Cedar Shingles or slate-effect roof tiles, you simply choose which you prefer.
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We use only the finest quality Canadian Blue Label Cedar Shingles expertly tiled by our own skilled craftsmen to give a beautiful and traditional finish which will 'silver' with age.
Slate Effect
These individually laid synthetic slates bring nature and technology together providing the ultimate protection against UV rays, wind, hail and fire. This roofing product carries a 50 year limited warranty.
Our Valtti paint system
Your Garden Room will be treated externally with the best possible coating system – Valtti.
This fully opaque Scandinavian coating system will enhance any building giving an extremely durable, very low maintenance solid colour finish. This four coat system has been proved to give the best possible protection for exterior timber. We have a variety of fabulous colours, however, if our standard colours shown do not complement your surroundings it is possible to match any colour at an extra charge.
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| Ivory | Cream | Sandstone | Twine | Pebble | Sun-Drenched Blue |
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| Saltwater | Verdigris | Sage | Lichen | Slate | Peony |
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Base
All our buildings require a level solid base of the correct size. We offer a base service.
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- LEVEL
- of the correct size
- square i.e. have right angled corners
There are 3 options for bases:
1) Concretes slabs on a mortar bed – which are adequate in most cases but if you put concrete slabs on ground under which run tree roots or other vegetation then the slabs, over time, will start to uplift and can also, over time, start sinking into the ground.
2) A solid concrete base (which will include steel reinforcement within the mix) no less than 100mm deep is ideal.
3) A timber beam base – this is necessary in rare cases where the building is on a steep slope or to be built near trees with tree preservation orders on them.
The base should always be a minimum of 50mm out of the ground to prevent surface water or puddles affecting your building i.e. rotting it.
The size of the base needs to be the metric size of your building. For example, if you order a 8 x 10 shed, the metric size is 2.4 x 3.0 metres and this should be the size of the base. If the base is not built to the metric size then you will see the base around the building which is unsightly.
Bases for larger buildings and in particular garages need to be built to exact dimensions and drawings should be obtained from us before the base is laid.
Always get your garden building base laid by a professional. We supply a base service if you should require it.
Options
You can add partitioning to create an extra room, extra doors, velux roof lights, a potting bench to your Garden Room if desired. We are happy to discuss your requirements with you.
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Specifications and Timber
Every material and component that we use and make is sourced and manufactured to the very highest standards. You will not find better quality anywhere. Crane Sheds and Summerhouses are market leaders in producing exceptional quality timber buildings. Our name is synonymous with strength, design and personal service. Coupled with our personal and bespoke service, you will be delighted with your building.
Show / Hide| Construction | Ex 19mm shiplap on an ex 38 x 75mm studwork all using high-grade Scandinavian redwood. The walls are lined with a sisal craft breathable membrane and rock wall insulation.. |
| Roof | Ex 19 x 125mm tongue and groove matchboarding on solid timber rafters. This is covered with a choice of slate-effect tiles or blue label cedar shingle roofing. Choice of either hipped or gabled roof. |
| Doors | Ex 75 x 75mm planed door frames. Joinery-made doors double-glazed and fitted with mortice lock and superior quality brass fittings. |
| Windows | Four number Georgian Style Double Glazed windows with Joinery made frames. |
| Floor | 19 x 125mm tongue and groove floorboards on 38 x 75mm tanalized planed floor joists set at no less than 450mm centres. |
| Exterior Paint | A choice of 12 colours from our Valtti™ Colour Range. This fully opaque Scandinavian coating system will enhance any building giving an extremely durable low maintenance solid colour finish. This system has been proved to give the best possible protection for exterior timber, or a choice of six colours from our Sikkens Colour Range. This provides long lasting protection for your building yet still allowing the grain to be seen enhancing the natural beauty of the timber. Sikkens was proven to be the best translucent wood stain in trials carried out by TRADA (The Timber Research and Development Association). |
| Interior Walls | MDF painted or matchboard lined walls to customers’ specification. Solid wood coving and skirting boards. |
| Service | As with all Crane Sheds and Summerhouses buildings we provide a personal service to meet your exact requirements. We offer a full design and planning service, electrical fitting installation, delivery and erection by our own trained staff and experienced after-sales assistance. |