What outdoor shelter/building?
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Good morning all
I have just put an orangery on the back of my house. I will shortly be adding a patio, and at the end of this I want to put some sort of shelter.
The view is great so I was originally thinking some sort of open sided pergola, but I want a bit of an outdoor kitchen/bbq/seating area and that might be too exposed. A summerhouse type thing will give all the weather production and storage but not be good for the view.
Has anyone got any ideas or come across some sort of half way house structure?
Phenomenal sketch for perspective. Did not pass art at school.
Thank you
I have just put an orangery on the back of my house. I will shortly be adding a patio, and at the end of this I want to put some sort of shelter.
The view is great so I was originally thinking some sort of open sided pergola, but I want a bit of an outdoor kitchen/bbq/seating area and that might be too exposed. A summerhouse type thing will give all the weather production and storage but not be good for the view.
Has anyone got any ideas or come across some sort of half way house structure?
Phenomenal sketch for perspective. Did not pass art at school.
Thank you
When we moved in I needed a bbq area that could be partially covered at the sides for winter / bad weather cooking and open in good weather. The side have roller blinds and the roof opens. It has lights and a heater as well. Really pleased with it overall. Ours is 3 x 3m but they come in other sizes. We got ours from harbor lifestyle, but loads of companies do these...we bought in a sale so got a decent deal, free installation and the heater thrown in.
AndyC_123 said:
Something like that looks ideal - thank you.
Guessing it all comes from China - has the quality been ok?
Cheers
More than likely. Quality appears to be good, had it installed last September so it's been though the winter without any issues. Only recommendation is to roll up the blinds it it's really windy to stop them ripping, other than that it's been fine. All works, heater is ok as well when the blinds are closed.Guessing it all comes from China - has the quality been ok?
Cheers
I buy trade / supply the Nova outdoor living ones; and actually installed one at the weekend at home. The one at our old house looked as good after 3 years as it did the day it was fitted. I wouldn't go for one of the cheaper steel ones but the aluminium ones i have fitted have all been excellent quality.
They do a range of slatted side panels / solid side panels and pull down blinds.
One concern is the base; I dug up slabs and put concrete pads under, at the old house it was only bolted to the granite paving slabs and the wind actually lifted a leg and slab up once and moved the corner about 6 inches.
They do a range of slatted side panels / solid side panels and pull down blinds.
One concern is the base; I dug up slabs and put concrete pads under, at the old house it was only bolted to the granite paving slabs and the wind actually lifted a leg and slab up once and moved the corner about 6 inches.
AndyC_123 said:
Worthwhile using AI to give you an idea what any option could look like. We AI to help us visualise what a pergola would look like and to check if it would block too much light from the inside.
We just had pergola put up in real life and it's scary how good the AI visualisation was!!
Depends entirely on your tastes and the style of your house and garden but worth remembering you can also do something in timber.
Against a period house or more traditional garden a simple oak or larch frame will last decades and look much more in keeping than some of the Chinese prefab ones. Not referring to the ones already posted but some of them look like someone has stuck a bus stop or smoking shelter to the back of their otherwise lovely house.
Against a period house or more traditional garden a simple oak or larch frame will last decades and look much more in keeping than some of the Chinese prefab ones. Not referring to the ones already posted but some of them look like someone has stuck a bus stop or smoking shelter to the back of their otherwise lovely house.
Edited by Snow and Rocks on Friday 19th June 05:31
megaphone said:
They look so ugly, they look like they should be bolted on the back of a warehouse, not a nice home. No accounting for taste .
Mine looks great, fits the positioning, does exactly what I need it to do, and the space makes me happy. Cheer up old chap, it's Friday.I'll be out there as soon as I finish work making pizza and having a cider in the sunsheeeeine.
mart 63 said:
Are the slatted roof pergolas any good. They used to be for sale everywhere in Spain about 4 or 5 years ago. Now you rarely see them and have gone back to concertina material, mainly motorised.
Slatted one on mine and it's fine, easy to keep clean and really solid. I wanted a metal roof as in the UK and need to use it in all weathers. I've had a concertina one with a fabric roof and it needed to be open in high winds and leaked. This one has no leaks at all and so I can bbq when it's siling it down. Sides let a little water through if raining and very windy, but overall it's what I need to enjoy my hobby more. I've sat out for 12 hours with the smoker going in the middle of winter.mart 63 said:
Are the slatted roof pergolas any good. They used to be for sale everywhere in Spain about 4 or 5 years ago. Now you rarely see them and have gone back to concertina material, mainly motorised.
We have had our slatted roof one for nearly a year and no issues at all, can’t imagine a fabric one being very long lasting in our climate.Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff