You should also use suitable materials to build a garden house. Wood is a classic material for garden houses and very popular. It has been used for houses for many centuries. It is easy to handle and protects you from different weather conditions if it is taken care of.
You should also use suitable materials to build a garden house. Wood is a classic material for garden houses and very popular. It has been used for houses for many centuries. It is easy to handle and protects you from different weather conditions if it is taken care of.
A plastic garden shed is sturdy and will withstand the weather if you build it properly.
A metal garden shed, on the other hand, is low-maintenance and inexpensive. Such garden houses can be erected quickly, which is why this material is becoming more and more popular for construction. However, you can not expect coziness in a garden house made of metal. Such variants are also more suitable for storage of various items.
Stone garden houses are not so common, unjustly, we think. After all, they are particularly stable and robust. In addition, they look visually appealing, because they fit perfectly into the natural environment. Once you have built such a garden house, you can rely on its high stability and best protection against various weather conditions.
Garden houses made of glass look elegant, but they are not very practical. That is why hardly anyone uses this material for a garden house. For greenhouses, on the contrary, glass is well suited, because it provides good growing conditions for plants. Anyone who wants to stay in a glass house will quickly notice that it can become uncomfortably hot.
Suitable wall thicknesses for a glass house are 28, 44, 58 or 70 millimeters. These dimensions are most often used for the garden house. If you also want to use your garden house for living, you should choose a wall thickness of 44 millimeters or more. For tool sheds you can also choose a lower wall thickness.
If you want to build a garden house that you can live in, the costs will be between 5,000 and 15,000 euros. The cheapest are garden sheds made of metal. Smaller tool sheds are of course also cheaper. Here you can expect costs of about 200 euros.
There are different types of foundations for garden sheds. The simplest is the slab foundation. Here you use concrete slabs, which you can lay in the gravel bed. The point foundation is able to distribute loads on several individual foundations and transfer them downwards. Make sure that the foundation is level, otherwise the garden shed may sink.
Strip footings are also a good choice. It can be easily erected on a level foundation, which makes for easy construction. Last but not least, you can also use a whole concrete slab to build the foundation. It also distributes the loads well and transfers them into the ground.
Flat roof, cripple hip roof, mansard roof, monopitch roof, gable roof, pitched roof, stepped roof, barrel roof, hipped roof or tent roof are possible roof types for your garden house.
