summer house

I aked this question on reddit but it was suggested I sign up to this forum as there are far more experts on here so here goes! I've been asked to paint the outside of an elderly relative's summer house .It looks to me like it's never been painted and appears to have some kind of dampness or...

Hi All I am building a summer house and have bought a some secondhand double glazed patio doors. The frame of the summerhouse is made of 4X2 (95mm x 45mm) on the outside it has 11mm osb sheathing, tyvek, 25mm batten and finished off with 16mm (finished) cladding. On the inside will jut be 16mm...

Hi All I am looking at using epdm on the roof of my summerhouse (18mm osb) should i put any sort of barrier between the osb and epdm? (to me it seems obvious to just glue it to the board) roughly how much adhesive would I need for 18m2? for this size roof would 1.14mm be ok? I have been looking...

Hi, I bought a wooden summerhouse from Dunster House years ago. At the time they provided Sovereign SX70 paint for it. I decided I would aim to repaint every 3 years, and 3 years ago managed to get another pot from them (I couldn't find it cheaper anywhere else). This time they have stopped...

Hi all I have some garden projects planned. I need to build some picket fences and build a large summer house with T&G cladding. Lat work I did was a log store and I used an electric Tacwise nailer (max 40mm) which worked but I feel the nails arent long enough. I have a fair few Dewalt 18v...

I think I’ve messed up and painted my new corner summer house without treating it first. It’s quite small (7ft * 7ft) as my garden isn’t that big and I need to put it right in the corner of the garden up against the fence. I painted the panels before assembly with Bedec Barn paint, and now...

I am building a summer house in my garden spanning 7m x 4.6m which should give me internal floor space of 30msq and be as per the permitted development and building regulations. I am taking this task as a challenge of DIY, and would appreciate some advice. I have currently prepared a sub base...

Due of timber cost going mad day by day I was thinking to use c16 4x2 timber to make a garden summer house/ workshop in conjunction with 18mm plywood. Would you use c16 as main structure for the walls and what is the real cons against the c24? Thanks

Hi All, I'm planning to build a summer house at the end of my garden up to the boundary, with rough dimensions of 7.5m x 3.5m, flat warm roof. Plan to use the space all year round as an office though will also house gym equipment and therefore am looking to maximise the head height for over...

Hi, We recently bought a new summer house and now that the heavy and windswept rain is upon us there's damp coming through on the corners and also bottom edges. I've sealed the narrow spaces on the outside joins with a weather sealant but still the corners are showing damp. I wonder if this...