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So, let’s get right to it then… here’s everything you need to know about prepping the base for your Summerhouse. “Hang on? What? You need a base for a Summerhouse? What’s that all about then? Surely a Summerhouse has a floor, right? So can’t you just plonk it in the garden and have your pals round for wine time?” Easy …
What about this heat?! I know – best we’ve had since 1976. So what’s that got to do with your Summerhouse doors? “When looking at daytime temperatures the UK average for the month was 19.9 C, the same average maximum daytime temperature as in the June of the still talked-about summer of 1976, and placing it joint second…” (Met …
Summerhouses require a slabbed base as standard. And by this we mean a properly formed slabbed base. Not just a couple of slabs chucked on the lawn. The preferred formation would be to; dig down to firm ground, compact Type 1 Hardcore, level sharp sand and then lay the slabs for the full size of the summerhouse. I.E. a 10′ …
Now, depending on age, there may be a time where your summerhouse will spring a leak and where this leaking comes from is what you need to know. The first one and the most common one is when a summerhouse has its normal slab base underneath it and then the customer has then put decorative slab on the outside of …
Dealing with difficult neighbours when you’re thinking about getting a summerhouse for your garden can seem like a nightmare. Well, let me put your mind at ease… check out this wee video where I explain that there’s really not a lot they can do about it!
The way I look at it is a shed is for a practical use. It’s something that is either going to be there for storing your garden equipment or there for practical working space. By practical I mean messy pretty much. Vehicle maintenance, tinkering about with tools. That type of thing. Pottery would work. All those sorts of things that …
If you have just bought a Gillies and Mackay summerhouse, you should be considering the aftercare for that summerhouse and how you actually have to look after it. The maintenance of your Summerhouse is fairly straight forward. There are just a few of things that need importance put on them, and that is the treatment of the building and …
If you have a Gillies and Mackay summerhouse, that’s maybe eight or nine years old, and you’re thinking that you’re going to have to re-roof it soon. This is because when you bought the summerhouse, we told you it had a life expectancy of 10 years and is guaranteed by the manufacturers for 10 years. Then you’re thinking maybe it’s …
If you have ordered a playhouse or a summerhouse from Gillies and Mackay and it has a veranda and canopy on it, the veranda is made out of decking. That decking is a pressure treated timber, which means that you don’t actually need to treat it with anything. However, some people want to know if they can paint it, and …
Some time ago, when the rain wouldn’t stop and Scotland was completely drenched, Gillies and Mackay were faced with leaking pent roofs. We’d been putting the conversation off because our decision would involve a significant price increase. Ultimately, it came down to either a leaking Shed, which is no use to anyone, or a Shed that’s more expensive but doesn’t …