A new interlocking timber garage?
Discussion
I've got one on the back garden as my man cave/bike shed. Single garage size. It's the 44mm interlocking log/cabin type.
After the base was down, I built it entirely myself, single-handed. Wasn't difficult and was mightily rewarding. Few lessons I learnt subsequently, it may be worth sinking thin screws into the interlock joints, as this will help to protect against those joints expanding differentially. Also, I put the roof boards on with a nail gun and now I wish I had screwed them (well, I do every time there's a high wind!)/
Mine came from a company called Latvian Log Cabins. Being absolutely frank, price vs quality was acceptable (was about £1600 for the kit about 5 years ago) but it may be worth paying a little more, some of the timbers have splits in them now and some have shrunk/expanded more than others, so you can see bigger lines between some of the planks. Not a huge issue, just something to be aware of.
I'm sure I have some pictures somewhere of it going up, I'll see if I can find them.
After the base was down, I built it entirely myself, single-handed. Wasn't difficult and was mightily rewarding. Few lessons I learnt subsequently, it may be worth sinking thin screws into the interlock joints, as this will help to protect against those joints expanding differentially. Also, I put the roof boards on with a nail gun and now I wish I had screwed them (well, I do every time there's a high wind!)/
Mine came from a company called Latvian Log Cabins. Being absolutely frank, price vs quality was acceptable (was about £1600 for the kit about 5 years ago) but it may be worth paying a little more, some of the timbers have splits in them now and some have shrunk/expanded more than others, so you can see bigger lines between some of the planks. Not a huge issue, just something to be aware of.
I'm sure I have some pictures somewhere of it going up, I'll see if I can find them.
Lotobear said:
I've got four classics in there, including the masonry garage, and non of the insurers have asked about the construction of the garages or stipulated non flammable
Quite. And you just need to look at the ads for timber garage suppliers in the back of the classic mags....jpg)
That's some of the sharpest shadows I've ever seen.
4Q said:
Tuin do the sort of thing you're after at reasonable cost https://www.tuin.co.uk/Log-Garages.html
They look ok, and there's a 6x5 one, that'll take two cars and that'll not require Building Warrant CAPP0 said:
I've got one on the back garden as my man cave/bike shed. Single garage size. It's the 44mm interlocking log/cabin type.
After the base was down, I built it entirely myself, single-handed. Wasn't difficult and was mightily rewarding. Few lessons I learnt subsequently, it may be worth sinking thin screws into the interlock joints, as this will help to protect against those joints expanding differentially. Also, I put the roof boards on with a nail gun and now I wish I had screwed them (well, I do every time there's a high wind!)/
Mine came from a company called Latvian Log Cabins. Being absolutely frank, price vs quality was acceptable (was about £1600 for the kit about 5 years ago) but it may be worth paying a little more, some of the timbers have splits in them now and some have shrunk/expanded more than others, so you can see bigger lines between some of the planks. Not a huge issue, just something to be aware of.
I'm sure I have some pictures somewhere of it going up, I'll see if I can find them.
The one's I highlighted in the original post are from Eastern Europe tooAfter the base was down, I built it entirely myself, single-handed. Wasn't difficult and was mightily rewarding. Few lessons I learnt subsequently, it may be worth sinking thin screws into the interlock joints, as this will help to protect against those joints expanding differentially. Also, I put the roof boards on with a nail gun and now I wish I had screwed them (well, I do every time there's a high wind!)/
Mine came from a company called Latvian Log Cabins. Being absolutely frank, price vs quality was acceptable (was about £1600 for the kit about 5 years ago) but it may be worth paying a little more, some of the timbers have splits in them now and some have shrunk/expanded more than others, so you can see bigger lines between some of the planks. Not a huge issue, just something to be aware of.
I'm sure I have some pictures somewhere of it going up, I'll see if I can find them.
crankedup said:
We purchased a new timber garage from these people www.meritgardenproducts.co.uk
Excellent bit of kit, although on ours the roof covering was felt which lasted about six years. The roof bracing was not up to cladding with slate tiles which was a pity. Go for the heavy timber products and we used a strainer preservative for ease of maintenance and ascetics.
Thanks for this as well, 70mm logs sound good as long as they are similarly strong timber to the others and I like the steel tile effect roof. It's for west coast Scotland and i think shingles or felt will not last long.Excellent bit of kit, although on ours the roof covering was felt which lasted about six years. The roof bracing was not up to cladding with slate tiles which was a pity. Go for the heavy timber products and we used a strainer preservative for ease of maintenance and ascetics.
Skyedriver said:
CAPP0 said:
I've got one on the back garden as my man cave/bike shed. Single garage size. It's the 44mm interlocking log/cabin type.
After the base was down, I built it entirely myself, single-handed. Wasn't difficult and was mightily rewarding. Few lessons I learnt subsequently, it may be worth sinking thin screws into the interlock joints, as this will help to protect against those joints expanding differentially. Also, I put the roof boards on with a nail gun and now I wish I had screwed them (well, I do every time there's a high wind!)/
Mine came from a company called Latvian Log Cabins. Being absolutely frank, price vs quality was acceptable (was about £1600 for the kit about 5 years ago) but it may be worth paying a little more, some of the timbers have splits in them now and some have shrunk/expanded more than others, so you can see bigger lines between some of the planks. Not a huge issue, just something to be aware of.
I'm sure I have some pictures somewhere of it going up, I'll see if I can find them.
The one's I highlighted in the original post are from Eastern Europe tooAfter the base was down, I built it entirely myself, single-handed. Wasn't difficult and was mightily rewarding. Few lessons I learnt subsequently, it may be worth sinking thin screws into the interlock joints, as this will help to protect against those joints expanding differentially. Also, I put the roof boards on with a nail gun and now I wish I had screwed them (well, I do every time there's a high wind!)/
Mine came from a company called Latvian Log Cabins. Being absolutely frank, price vs quality was acceptable (was about £1600 for the kit about 5 years ago) but it may be worth paying a little more, some of the timbers have splits in them now and some have shrunk/expanded more than others, so you can see bigger lines between some of the planks. Not a huge issue, just something to be aware of.
I'm sure I have some pictures somewhere of it going up, I'll see if I can find them.
You can customise, for example I don't have the side door and have an extra window instead. £1800 for a single now, so they haven't actually gone up that much.
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