The Burford

Exterior: 1. External Cladding: Western Red Cedar is the ideal natural material for cladding garden rooms and outdoor buildings due to the natural preservatives contained within the wood, making it resistant to rot and decay with no additional chemicals or preservatives needed. Other wood species are available on request, such as Siberian Larch. The Natural oils and properties of western red cedar make the cladding virtually maintenance free, requiring no additional preservatives.

• Canadian western red cedar 20mm x 142W
• European Redwood
• Painted Thermowood
• Siberian Larch

2. Doors and Windows: All of our buildings are fitted with double glazed secure doors and windows. Windows and doors are manufactured in Anthracite Grey which is our standard colour. All doors and windows have excellent insulating properties, with super-efficient Planitherm clear glass, with warm edge super spacer bars. The door and window are also fitted with insurance grade locks, to provide the highest levels of security for your building and its contents. We fit aluminium bi-fold doors and patio doors, and UPVC French doors and windows.

3. External Decking: 18mm x 145mm high quality composite decking fixed to c16 graded structural tantalised timber. This gives a perfect level platform for a table and chair seating area.

4. Foundation: The foundation will be constructed using tried and tested concrete, pile foundation system, your building is raised off the ground to allow air flow underneath the building to improve thermal efficiency and maintain a dry area. We use Groundscrews as the foundation.

Interior: 1. Electrics and Lighting: Each garden room comes complete with a comprehensive electrical package comprising of mains consumer unit, 6 number internal led down lights, brushed steel double sockets and light switches, all wiring is concealed within the timber frame work. All electrical wiring complies with current 17th edition wiring regulations ready for a local electrician to connect to your mains supply.

The electrical pack consists of the following:

• 4 Double Sockets
• 6 number internal LED down lights
• 1 x 2 KW electric heater by ESSE
• 2 External up and down lights
• 3 number external downlights
• 2 light switch’s all in brushed steel
• 1 fuse box white
• All electrics are dead tested and a certificate will be issued by our electrician and then it will then be ready for your local electrician to connect to

2. Extras Available:

• Air condition unit – £1900
• Phone/Internet line
• Dyson Pure hot and cold unit – £500
• Painting Internally – £800
• Acoustic upgrade to knauf high density 15mm acoustic plasterboard – £12/msq
• Extra socket electrical brushed steel double – £40.00 each
• Extra up and down lights – £50.00 each
• Extra LED ceiling lights 600 x 600 – £99.00 each
• External waterproof electrical socket – £110.00 each
• Extra composite decking – £280/msq
• Porcelain tiles and skirting – £500
• Down lights £60.00 each

3. Flooring: The floor in your GPOD will comprise of structurally reinforced ply panels which are filled with insulation.

4. Internal Flooring and Finish: The internal floor is engineered oak flooring system complete with an insulation barrier. To complement the flooring and walls, all of our buildings are fitted with a 100mm skirting board.

All our garden buildings have traditional plasterboard walls and ceiling, with a skimmed finish ready for your personal added touch. We recommend that you use a super latex high opacity matt or silk emulsion.

5. Roofing: The roof is a high spec composite powder coated metal skin panel system with a highly insulated core, giving exceptional insulating properties. The roof is virtually maintenance free requiring no replacement membrane or servicing.

Structural Insulated Panels To Walls: Structural insulted panels (SIPS) are a high-performance building system for residential and light commercial construction. The panels consist of an insulating foam cores and sandwiched between two structural facings, typically oriented strand board (OSB) sips are manufactured under factory-controlled conditions and can be fabricated to fit nearly any building design. The result is a building system that is extremely strong, energy efficient and cost effective. The SIP panel is then wrapped in a waterproof breathable membrane. This breathable membrane acts as a one-way valve and allows natural moisture to escape out of the buildings.

The Majority of our garden rooms are constructed under the current permitted development regulation. The garden room should be constructed at the rear of your property. No more than 50% of the garden area. Structures up to 2.5M roof height and under 15M SQ internal floor area are required to be located at least 0.5M from any boundary. Planning is required in a national park area of outstanding beauty or conservation area. We can look after that for you. Its exempt from building regulations up to and including 30M SQ

The G Pod garden rooms team are based in Warwickshire covering nearby Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire & Worcestershire and now throughout the UK with qualified fitters providing only the best workmanship to complement the highest quality materials that are used in the building, design and manufacturing. Please contact the seller for more information about delivery.

We have a dedicated garden pod construction team who have been with us for many years with eco-conscious designs and specification. We have a skilled team of craftsmen and are award-winning builders and architect who can ensure every detail is taken care of. Please contact the seller for more information about installation.

**Garden Room Order Process Survey:** Contact us to have a chat about what you want to achieve. We can offer you advice on all the different aspects. It is a free service to contact us, let us know what space requirements you need and we will give you a fixed price quotation for the whole project. We can then arrange for a site survey to see the outside space and to understand what it is you are ideally looking for. The survey is free of charge to create a high-quality garden room. *Please contact the seller for more information about access required.*