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Garden Office Guide: Windows

Garden Office Guide: Windows

As we have seen how the doors you chose for your garden office can have a significant effect on the appearance of a garden office and how it is used, the same can be said for the style, size and number of windows you choose. House Quality Windows In most cases the windows used in [...]

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Garden Office Guide: Glazing

Garden Office Guide: Glazing

Most garden offices come with double glazing as standard but you need to keep an eye on the specification lists as a few companies list single glazing as standard – this can be a way of keeping prices down, but single glazing does not really cut it in a garden office designed for year round [...]

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Garden Studio Insulation Survey

Garden Studio Insulation Survey

Comparing garden studio specifications can be difficult: It can all get a bit confusing and you can feel that you are not comparing like with like. There is a way around this problem, which is to compare the u-values of the garden studio. The u-value is the rate at which heat is lost through the [...]

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Changes to Part L of the Building Regulations

Changes to Part L of the Building Regulations

On the 1st October 2010 changes to Part L of the Building Regulations come into effect. Part L deals with how well a building conserves fuel and power. Whilst garden rooms don’t have to comply with Building Regulations unless they are over 15sqm and used for sleeping accommodation, many garden room suppliers do build their [...]

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Low E Glazing

Whilst double glazing is a standard feature on most garden office and studios specifications, some suppliers go a step further and offer low emissivity glazing. Low E glazing has a special coating on the outside of the inner pane of glass, this coating allows light and heat from the sun to pass into the room [...]

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