Construction

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All materials and methods of construction used for your Garden Home Office fully comply with best building practice and relevant British Standards. Our workmen are all highly experienced and qualified craftsmen.

Sub-Floor

Underneath your desired surface finish, the sub-floor is of flooring grade T & G chipboard on 50mm battens. Incorporating plastic sheet or liquid damp proofing membrane.

This design allows us to fully insulate the floor which is normally an area very prone to heat loss, providing excellent levels of insulation to keep heat in during the cold months and out in Summer.

Walls and sub-frame

Wall structure is of a 100mm or 150mm x 50mm timber stud work frame at 400mm centres bolted to the concrete base.

Internal walls are usually plasterboard filled or with cover fillets but alternativelt timber T&G can be installed or MDF in place of plasterboard.

Ceiling

Ceilings are plasterboard finished.

Thermal Insulation

Floor, walls and ceilings are fully insulated with 70mm and 50mm highly efficient rigid foam Celotex or Rockwool batts.

Acoustic Insulation

A number of different options are available for additional levels of sound insulation using acoustic plasterboard, dense fibre matting, acoustic wool insulation and acoustic flooring materials.

Roof Structure

The roof finish to your home office building can be natural cedar shingles or high performance torch on felt roofing. You can also choose from clay tiles, aluminium tiles or felt shingles. Usually the roof is either constructed on site, or roof trusses are factory manufactured and delivered direct to site, then finished to your specification.

Timber

All timber, wall cladding and decking materials and other exposed timbers are pressure treated, prior to delivery, to give suitable external weather protection.

Glazing

All glazed units are fully sealed double glazed units to B.S. 952.

Electrical

A separate fuse box will protect and isolate the electrics. A suitable number of power sockets and ceiling spotlights, or the lighting of your choice, will be provided. Cabling will be run to the consumer unit from the power source in your house.

External lighting is always included and most often automatically controlled by a sensor. This can also be remotely operated from the house.

Electrical cabling is concealed within the walls and conforms to I.E.E.17th Edition.

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