Category: Garden Structures
How to Avoid Condensation and Damp Inside Your Summerhouse/Garden Room
9 February 2023 - Joanna Hazelton
You’ve designed your perfect garden bolt hole, a blissful space to put your feet up and escape to for some peace and quiet, for afternoons of contemplation. Somewhere to forget about the washing up and cleaning the loo (mind you, I don’t need to be in a summerhouse to forget about doing either of these!) […]
How to Heat a Summerhouse/Garden Room
6 February 2023 - Joanna Hazelton
A summerhouse is not just for summer. A summerhouse should give you pleasure throughout the whole year. So here’s a heads up on how to keep your summerhouse warm and toasty and inviting as the temperatures drop. Insulation 70% of heat will be lost through the roof and the floor. Therefore fitting good quality, fire […]
Do I Need Planning Permission to Sleep in a Summerhouse?
2 February 2023 - Joanna Hazelton
This does depend… Are you planning on using your summerhouse as a bolt hole to sleep in occasionally? Where friends and family can crash out after an evening of overindulgence? A space for your teenagers’ not-so-quiet friends to sleep over – a welcome distance from the house? Or, most importantly, somewhere to banish your snoring […]
How to Protect the Inside Walls and Floor of a Summerhouse/Garden Room
1 February 2023 - Joanna Hazelton
You’ve looked long and hard and found your dream summerhouse, the perfect bolt hole for your garden. You’ve spent time and taken great care to treat its timbers to give it as long a life as possible to guarantee you years of pleasure – and plenty of much welcome me-time! Now it’s time to turn […]