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Buying A Cabin? How To Choose The Right One For You?
Trentan Dorking Cabins
When buying a cabin for the garden, it seems very straightforward to – click on the ‘web’, find the building in the size you want and then search for the best price. ‘Piece of Cake YES?
Well, not really, as there are so many different buildings available from the ‘cheap and possibly nasty’ right up to ones which would feel at home in a posh country home. To ensure you make the right decision, you need to do your homework to make the right choice and buy the right one for YOUR needs.
Always, where ever possible try to see your proposed new building before buying. This way you can ensure the quality of the building will meet your expectation. There’s no substitute for viewing these buildings ‘in the flesh’ so you can see the attention to detail given.
Don’t Buy On Price Alone
Examine The Quality
All Year Round Use
Types and Styles of Cabins and Choosing the Right One
Assembly Service
Floor Plan
These Trentan ‘Dorking’ wooden cabins for sale are great looking buildings and by using with your family and in your garden will enhance your lifestyle. Being very versatile they will suit all manner of uses from a home office to a summerhouse, or a games room, or ‘hidey-hole’ from the world. Share with your family and friends and you will then appreciate how wonderful the outdoors really is. Superbly designed to fit into most garden effortlessly.
Always, if possible, ensure that you view a building before buying. This ensures that you are buying the building you think you are. Come and visit our Woking display site and see examples of the Trentan range and where you can judge.
Specifications
Size: | 4.8m x 2.5m (16ft x 9¼ft nominal) in 70mm logs. Pent Cabins or single slope Style. Note this is the external size of the cabin. The lugs extend 100mm on each corner making the overall size (as most other Cabin companies quote) 200m larger. We mention this so you know you are comparing ‘eggs with eggs’ |
Cladding: | Standard logs are 70mm. The logs slot and interlock into each other and are cut from a top-thin grade of Nordic Timber. This ensures the maximum stability and longevity of the timber. The log profile has been design to have wind-tight connections to ensure a superior resistance against wind. Untreated. Kiln dried timber from sustainable sources. |
Roofs: | 18mm thick T&G boards used on the roof sections supported by strong roof beams. Roof beams meet EN 388 stringent standards. Untreated. Roofing felt included as standard with option for EPDM felting system. 300mm (approx 12in) overhang all sides and rear. At the front there is an attractive 80cm (31in) roof overhang. |
Floors: | 18mm thick T&G untreated boards used on these Cabin floors. No chipboard, OSB or other cheap sheet materials used on the floor, unlike some other Cabin suppliers. Floor joists are 70x45mm and are normally spaced no more than 650mm apart. All floor joists are pressure treated for long life as standard. |
Doors: | Joinery quality double glazed contemporary style double doors 1588mm wide x 1933mm high (62½in x 76in) – approx sizes. Easy adjust hinges complete with gasket seals, fitted silver finish door handles, cylinder lock and two unique keys. Low doors sills giving you easier access into your Cabin. Supplied untreated. Beware of doors with single glazing or excessively high door sills. |
Windows: | At least one contemporary style joinery quality inward opening window included as standard (call to check how many). Complete with easy adjust hinges, silicon gasket seals and delightful silver finish window handles. Supplied untreated as standard. Double glazed as standard NOT single glazed. On 4.8m x 2.5m cabins there will be one (2) 110 x 173cm high (43in x 68in) |
Lower Walls: | Height: 211cm (80in) – on all Dorking Cabins. |
Higher Walls: | Planning friendly height. 2380mm (93½in) – on the three larger Dorking Cabins and 2340mm (92in) on the smallest size. Importantly below 2.5m meaning these Cabins can be built next to your boundary, subject to any other planning restrictions you may have) |
Storm Protection | Provided as standard are either ‘Wood Storm Protectors’ or threaded rods. This helps to ensure that the wall planks on your Cabin will remain tight together depending on the weather. |
Fixings: | All Cabins required fixings (screws, nails etc) are included. |
Treatment: | All Cabins are supplied untreated. |
Erection: | Cabins are supplied in kit form for self assembly. Option for assembly through a third party if required. If being built you would require a concrete base or solid and level paving slab base. Optionally, we have an option for building a timber subframe for you. These Cabins are assembled by interlocking the panels for ease of taking it down again if you decide to move. |
Delivery: | All Cabins are delivered and HIABed off the lorry for you free of charge throughout central & Southern England. Deliveries to Scotland would cost £150 extra. Deliveries to Cornwall & Devon, South & West Wales and Northern England would cost an extra £60. |
Insulation | Optional insulation to the roof supply only and would consist of Reinforced Thermo Reflective and Vapour Control Layer (special silver quilted membrane), Thermo Reflective Aluminium Tape (used to seal all joints in the roof insulation and over the floor joists), Insulation Board – a Celotex Foil 2 sides rigid insulation board – 25mm thick measuring 2400 x 1200mm. 11mm thick solid sheet boarding (OSB) measuring 2440 x 1220mm or 2400 x 1200mm and all screws and fixings. |
Optional Extras. | Extra doors and windows, assembly of Cabins, timber bases – Please Ask |
Current Delivery Times:- This is variable depending on model but this is currently in the 3-5 week window unless we have stock of the particular cabin in question on the ground here in the UK. If you are looking for an early delivery please call on (0800) 999 6995 and we will check the current stock and advise. We will always do our best to meet your needs. Don’t be misled by other companies quoting 10 days delivery, 15 days delivery, 20 days delivery etc. When days are mentioned in deliveries they usually relate to ‘working days’. This means 10 days = two weeks, 15 days = three weeks and 20 days – four weeks not quite the same as you might have expected.