The "Kitchen Table" Cure: Why Cheap Garden Offices Stay Freezing
You're sick of working at the kitchen table, so you buy a cheap timber shed to use as an office. By February, it’s too cold to sit in. Here is how we build them properly.
The Cold Shed Trap
Working from the kitchen table gets old fast. A lot of people try to solve it by buying a standard timber summerhouse, sticking a desk in it, and calling it a garden office.
It's a false economy. A timber shed with a bit of fibreglass rolled into the walls isn't an office. When the winter hits, the cold just cuts right through the thin timber cladding. You end up spending a fortune running electric fan heaters all day just so you can type without wearing a coat.
Heavy Walls
If you want to work out there in February, you need heavy insulation.
Whether we are building a compact Starter Pod or a larger Home Office, we don't build them out of thin shiplap. We build the main structure out of heavy-duty 122mm SIPs walls. It's a solid, dense insulated core. Once you put the heating on, the heat actually stays trapped inside the room instead of leaking straight out into the garden.
Proper Glazing
There is no point putting thick, insulated panels on the walls if you fit cheap, draughty doors.
Standard shed doors will ruin the whole build. We fit proper, heavy anthracite French doors or thick aluminium sliding doors. When you pull them shut, the room is actually sealed against the weather.
See The Gear In Person
If you want an office you can actually use all year round without freezing, build it out of the proper heavy gear from day one.
Don't just look at pictures online. We are building a live display cabin down at the garden centre right now. Come down, have a look at the actual thickness of the SIPs panels, and see the difference for yourself.
Stop by the office at 78 Alma Rd, Bournemouth BH9 1AN, UK, or call 07835 390845.
