Shade & Shelter
Most owners of British gardens will eventually reach a breaking point after three washed out barbecues or two summer afternoons of squinting at the BBQ. The weather has other ideas. These structures tackle the problem of needing space to use the garden.
GARDEN ROOMS & GLAZING
Most garden purchases are reversible. A garden room with glazing or glass pergola is not. It alters how the house looks, how the garden functions, and how the two relate to one another. Get it right and it becomes one of the most loved and utilized rooms of the home. Get the specification wrong and it’s either too hot in July, too cold in November, or it’s leaking at the roof junction in five years. The difference is made by decisions (often the right ones) made before anything is physically ordered.
This section deals with glass pergolas, independent garden rooms, and glazed structures that are a midpoint between a conservatory and an open outdoor room — i.e. they are weatherproof and usable all-year-round, and are designed to be connected to the garden rather than sealed off.
Garden Rooms
Gates & Access
Every day, a gate will be opened, used in the rain, and sometimes people can be in a hurry and end up leaving a gate half-open, or the latch is stiff and the post shifts, so people leave it open for months. Many people chose their kitchen tap after researching and spending a lot of time on it, but choose their gates in a hurry with little thought and wonder why it looks worn after three years. The choice of material, fixing and operation all have long lasting consequences and some can be very expensive to redo.
The main options for gates would be timber, wood, and wrought iron, aluminum and for driveways, automatic sliding or swing. These would work for different properties and different levels of maintenance.
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Things to Consider When Looking to Buy a Cantilever Parasol
Most garden furniture is bought spontaneously. The sun comes out and the barbecue is dragged into the garden shed. In the middle of that frenzy, someone utters “we really should sort some shade out.” It’s usually not the first thing on the list, but that is the first of many purchases that usually dictates how…
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Pergola with Retractable Roof: A Way to Expand the House into the Garden
There’s a point where the house ends and the garden begins. A step, a threshold, a strip of air. That edge often gets overlooked. But it’s in that in-between where the most interesting space can be made. A space that isn’t quite indoors, not entirely outside either. It changes with the seasons, and with the…