Painting & Staining My Garden Building

This log cabin garage is rectangular in shape. It is available as 3.58m in width by 5.38m in depth and made in 40mm solid log.

This log garage is very popular as an attractive and quick solution to an expensive block garage. With a side opening garage door, there is an additional glazed side door and single window. The inside is finished to a high standard with natural pine requiring no further work. Externally, the logs are pre-prepared to take a quality preservative and a finish of your choice.

Made in 40mm solid pine log (untreated).

Simple DIY erection (supplied with instructions & all fixtures & fittings required).

A solid, double garage door with a quality euro lock and fixtures & a single door & window.

Standard roof covering: Red shingles.

Package weight: 1280Kg.

Interior ground surface: 17.07m2, exterior ground surface: 19.26m2.

Roof pitch: 12 degrees.

Paint surface area: 45.2m2.

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Solid Garage Modern Log Cabin

£3,415.00

This log cabin garage is rectangular in shape. It is available as 3.58m in width by 5.38m in depth and made in 40mm solid log.

This log garage is very popular as an attractive and quick solution to an expensive block garage. With a side opening garage door, there is an additional contempory glazed side door and single window. The inside is finished to a high standard with natural pine requiring no further work. Externally, the logs are pre-prepared to take a quality preservative and a finish of your choice.

Made in 40mm solid pine log (untreated).

Simple DIY erection (supplied with instructions & all fixtures & fittings required).

A solid, double garage door with a quality euro lock and fixtures & a single door & window.

Standard roof covering: Red shingles.

Package weight: 1200Kg.

Interior ground surface: 17.07m2, exterior ground surface: 19.26m2.

Roof pitch: 4 degrees.

Paint surface area: 45.2m2.

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Solid Garage 28m Log Cabin

£2,625.00

This log cabin garage is rectangular in shape. It is available as 3.58m in width by 5.38m in depth and made in 28mm solid log.

This log garage is very popular as an attractive and quick solution to an expensive block garage. With a side opening garage door the inside is finished to a high standard. Externally, the logs are pre-prepared to take a quality preservative and a finish of your choice.

Made in 28mm solid pine log (untreated).

Simple DIY erection (supplied with instructions & all fixtures & fittings required).

A solid, double garage door with a quality euro lock and fixtures.

Standard roof covering: Felt.

Package weight: 1120Kg.

Interior ground surface: 17.20m2, exterior ground surface: 19.26m2.

Roof pitch: 15 degrees.

Paint surface area: 46.5m2.

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Solid Chamonix Garden House Log Cabin

£3,914.99

This log cabin is rectangular in shape. It is available as 4.78m as width by 3.58m in depth and made in 44mm solid log.

This log cabin building is ideal as either an office, summerhouse, a studio, or for a hot-tub or gym. With a decorative, double window and the front and a single window on either side and matching single door, this provides great light penetration. There is a 1.2m canopy and terrace to complete the look. The inside is finished to a high standard with natural pine requiring no further work. Externally, the logs are pre-prepared to take a quality preservative and a finish of your choice.

Made in 44mm solid pine log (untreated).

Simple DIY erection (supplied with instructions & all fixtures & fittings required).

A glazed, double door with a quality euro lock and fixtures and two glazed, single windows.

Window material: Plexi-glass.

Standard roof covering: Red shingles.

Two pairs of shutters are included with the building.

Package weight: 1380Kg.

Interior ground surface: 15.07m2, exterior ground surface: 17.11m2.

Roof pitch: 12 degrees.

Paint surface area: 49.4m2.

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Solid Morzine Log Cabin

£7,999.00

This log cabin is rectangular in shape. It is available as 5.38m in width by 4.18m in depth and made in 44mm solid log. This building is double-glazed and consists of three rooms.

This log cabin building is ideal as either an office, summerhouse, a studio, or a little holiday home. With two decorative, double windows on the front and single windows on the rear and side. There are matching single doors at the front and side, this provides great light penetration. The inside is finished to a high standard with natural pine requiring no further work. Externally, the logs are pre-prepared to take a quality preservative and a finish of your choice.

Made in 44mm solid pine log (untreated).

Simple DIY erection (supplied with instructions & all fixtures & fittings required).

Two double-glazed, double doors with a quality euro lock and fixtures and two double-glazed, single windows & two double-glazed, double windows.

Window material: Plexi-glass.

Standard roof covering: Black shingles.

Four pairs of shutters are included with the building.

Package weight: 2110Kg.

Interior ground surface: 20.14m2, exterior ground surface: 22.49m2.

Roof pitch: 34 degrees.

Paint surface area: 65.1m2.

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Best Sellers

Lugarde Prima Vera Summerhouse

£2,072.00

This summerhouse is octagonal in shape, 2.5m in width & 2.5m deep and made in 28mm solid log.

This pretty summerhouse suits any garden and is ideal to entertain guests or retreat from the sun. Ideal for a small dining table & chairs or some wicker furniture for a chat and a cup of tea. There are two charming , top-hung windows and a matching single door. The inside is beautifully finished in natural pine with internal roof finial, requiring no further work.

Externally, the logs are pre-prepared to take a quality preservative and a finish of your choice. This building has an optional thatched roof (supplied in pre-made panels).

Made in 28mm solid pine log (untreated).

Simple DIY erection (supplied with instructions & all fixtures & fittings required).

The walls sit on pressure-treated floor joists.

Suitable for spring to summer use.

A choice of quality roofing shingles: Brown, red, black, blue/black, green.

Two charming, top-hung windows (PR26) which can be sited on any wall.

A matching, single door (PR29) with a quality euro lock and chrome fixtures.

A choice of roof finials: Brass or chrome ball, weathercock or witch.

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Lugarde Prima Grand Lady Summerhouse

£4,472.00

This summerhouse is octagonal in shape, 3.5m in width & 3.5m deep and made in 44mm solid log.

This striking and pretty summerhouse suits medium and larger gardens and is ideal as a summerhouse, studio, sun-room, to house a hot-tub or somewhere to relax or entertain guests Ideal for a dining table & chairs or some wicker furniture for a chat and a cup of tea. There are two very decorative, double windows and a matching double door. The inside is beautifully finished in natural pine with internal roof finial, requiring no further work.

Externally, the logs are pre-prepared to take a quality preservative and a finish of your choice.

Made in 44mm solid pine log (untreated).

Simple DIY erection (supplied with instructions & all fixtures & fittings required).

The walls sit on pressure-treated floor joists.

Suitable for spring to summer use.

A choice of quality roofing shingles: Brown, red, black, blue/black, green.

Two decorative, double windows (PE27) which can be sited on any wall.

A matching, double door (PE28) with a quality euro lock and chrome fixtures.

A choice of roof finials: Brass or chrome ball, weathercock or witch.

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Lugarde Prima Marloes Summerhouse

£2,770.00

This building is square and is 3m in width, by 2.4m depth and made in 28mm solid log.

This picturesque yet functional building is ideal for any garden, and is suitable for a studio, a hobby room, summerhouse or simply storage. There are two Georgian double windows & a matching door, and the inside is beautifully finished in natural pine with an internal roof finial, requiring no further work. Externally, the logs are pre-prepared to take a quality preservative and a finish of your choice

Made in 28mm solid pine log (untreated).

Simple DIY erection (supplied with instructions & all fixtures & fittings required).

The walls sit on pressure-treated floor joists.

Suitable for spring to summer use.

A choice of quality roofing shingles: Brown, red, black, blue/black, green.

Two georgian, double windows (PX06)

A matching, glazed door (PX07) with a quality euro lock and chrome fixtures.

A choice of roof finials: Brass or chrome ball, weathercock or witch.

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Lugarde Ruben Log Cabin

£4,417.00

This log cabin is 4m in width by 5m in depth and made in 44mm solid log.

This log cabin building is ideal as either a holiday home, office,consulting room, a studio, health suite, and even a workshop. There is a large room with three smaller rooms. With an integral canopy, this building provides a welcoming shelter from the elements leading into the main part of the cabin. There is a double tilt & turn window, a single tilt & turn window, both double-glazed and a double, (double-glazed) door, internally there is a single door. The inside is finished to a high standard with natural pine requiring no further work. Externally, the logs are pre-prepared to take a quality preservative and a finish of your choice.

Made in 44mm solid pine log (untreated).

Simple DIY erection (supplied with instructions & all fixtures & fittings required).

The walls sit on pressure-treated floor joists.

Suitable for all year round use.

A double, tilt & turn double-glazed window (PE48T) and a single, tilt & turn double-glazed window (PE47T).

A double, matching double-glazed door (PE45T) and a solid, single door (DD01), both with a quality euro lock and chrome fixtures.

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Lugarde Prima Fifth Avenue Duo Maxi XL Summerhouse

£5,815.00

This building is five sided with an angled door. It is 3.6m in width, by 5.4m depth and made in 44mm solid log.

This handsome building suits the bigger garden and offers the flexibility of a larger room for a office, a studio, an entertaining room, a spare bedroom, a hobby room or a summerhouse, and a good sized, separate room for storage. There are two long, double (double-glazed) windows & a matching double (double-glazed) door located on the front angled face of the building, an additional single, double-glazed door provides access to the storage room. The attractive roof acts as a charming canopy for protection from the elements over the front door. The interior is finished to a high standard with two internal roof finials and in natural pine requiring no further work.

Externally, the logs are pre-prepared to take a quality preservative and a finish of your choice.

Made in 44mm solid pine log (untreated).

Simple DIY erection (supplied with instructions & all fixtures & fittings required).

The walls sit on pressure-treated floor joists.

Suitable for all year round use.

A choice of quality roofing shingles: Brown, red, black, blue/black, green.

Two attractive, double, double-glazed windows (PE44T) which can be sited on any wall.

A matching, double, double-glazed door (PE45T) & a double-glazed single door (PE46T) with a quality euro lock and chrome fixtures.

A choice of roof finials: Brass or chrome ball, weathercock or witch.

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Paints & Stains

Choose The Right Products!

We at Broomhill Garden Buildings pride ourselves on giving the best advice on looking after and maintaining your log cabin for many years of proud ownership.

We constantly talk to the country's top paint manufacturers so that we can offer the very best products that maximise your garden building investment. By using the these products, you not only save money (by using less paint over the life of the building) but the average re-painting time should normally be around 3-5 years, so saving you time as well!

Generally, the products that we recommend can be obtained from good decorators & building merchants and not from your average out-of-town DIY retailer. We recommend that the newly erected building be preserved within 1 week and finished in paint or stain within 2/3 weeks,

How Do I Protect My Building?

The process for protecting your building is a simple and straight forward one. It is a two-step procedure:

Firstly, you need to preserve the wood. We always recommend Cuprinol Trade Wood Preservative which is clear, solvent-based solution which prevents insect attack and dry/ wet rot.
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This can be either sprayed on using a rose-sprayer or liberally applied using a brush. If you are intending on having a heat source in your building over the winter months then you need not treat the inside of the building, just the outside.

Lastly, you need to protect the wood from the damaging sun and rain. Paint or wood-stains prevent the sun’s UV light breaking down the wood’s surface whist providing a barrier against rain penetration. The type of finish required needs to cope with expansion and contraction of the building over the year so only a few types of paint are suitable. As a rule of thumb, if the tin says it’s suitable for cladding then it should be suitable, however if it says its suitable for windows & doors (and nothing else) then avoid it. Certain log cabin retailers are forcing customers to buy their own brand finishes at horrendous prices. Providing that you stick with the finishes that we recommend you will have a beautifully finished and protected cabin at a fraction of the cost.

Do I Choose Paint or Wood Stain?

The choice of finish is entirely down to you. Wood stains are very popular but lends itself to being accented with another colour on the log cabin’s’ details like facia boards etc. Paints can make the build look like a ‘proper building’. The life of either finish is generally the same although each has its advantage:

Paint

Because it provides an opaque (solid) cover, it can hide any imperfections in the look of the wood.
If you don't like the colour, it is easy to over paint it with a totally different colour.
The wide availability of colours can create a striking or subtle effect.
The colour of your cabin can usually be matched to the paint finish of your house thus creating continuity.
Paint is more sympathetic to drips and cross-grain brush strokes so if you have not a lot of patience then this finish is ideal.

From our own experience and that our of our professional painter, we recommend the following makes;

Dulux Weathershield Aquatech (for wood): The range comes in a huge range of colours, can easily be mixed at most trade merchants, very quick to dry & recoat and is water-based. Our painter prefers this paint.

Sikkens BL Opaque: this paint covers well, comes from a respected brand and is available in a wide range of colours. Again, this is water-based for easy cleaning.

Sadolin Superdec: a popular choice by our customers, the paint covers very well, a fair range of colours and is also water-based (Sadolin is part of the same group as Sikkens).

Wood Stains

Wood stains allow the natural grain of the wood to show through.
It is the traditional choice in finishing wooden buildings.
The finish requires patience as each brush stroke can potentially be seen when dried, and drips will definately be seen!
Whilst wood stains are generally thought of as light oak, mahogany etc, manufactures are now offering tinted colours which can be very effective.

We can thoroughly recommend the following wood-stains:

Sikkens Novotech: this medium build wood-stain goes on beautifully and ensures that the required thickness is maintained throughout the application. The finish leave an attractive sheen on the wood whilst allowing for the grain to show through. This is available in the traditional wood-stains and also in Sikkens’ ‘Natural Balance’ tinted colour collection. Novatech is solvent-based.

Sikkens BL21+: this water-based finish is great to apply and leaves a matt appearance. This is water-based.

Dulux Weathershield Aquatech Wood Stain: an excellent stain that goes on really well and offers excellent protection. This is water-based.

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Best Painting Practices

When you apply your preservative and final finish, it is essential that you cover all parts of the building. This includes tops of windows and doors, sealing the joint between glass and it's frame and in the corners of the overlapped log walls. Sometimes, rain can cause staining inside the cabin through cracks in knots and in the corners. If this is the case then simply use an all-weather clear sealant in these areas (on the outside). This is particularly applicable to exposed sites where driving wind can push the rain along the tongue and groves of the exposed ends of the wall logs. Remember that any wood on windows and doors that is exposed to the rain will expand, and can cause them to not open or close properly.

Most manufacturers will offer a free sample service so that you can visually check that the finish is indeed the colour you want. Please let us know at Enjoy Your Garden and we will be more than pleased to supply you swatches and even the actual preservative, paint and wood-stains.
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