Modern Garden Rooms

Technical Detail

Garden room specifications

A complete breakdown of how a Modern Garden Room is built — from foundations through to interior finish. For the materials and standards behind these layers, see our quality & materials page, or follow the build stage by stage in our build process.

Contemporary garden room exterior showing cladding and roof detail
Foundations → finish
01

Roof

  1. 01Fully sealed fibreglass roof finish (OWL, latest generation)
  2. 0218mm OSB
  3. 03150×45mm roof rafters
  4. 04100mm thermal & sound insulation
  5. 05Vapour barrier
  6. 0650mm rigid insulation
  7. 0712.5mm high-density plasterboard
  8. 082.5mm skim coat finish
  9. 092 coats of ceiling paint
02

Walls

  1. 01Cedar cladding / pressure-treated larch / shiplap
  2. 02Vertical 50×25mm battens
  3. 03Breather membrane
  4. 0418mm OSB
  5. 05100×45mm stud walls
  6. 06100mm thermal & sound insulation
  7. 07Vapour barrier
  8. 0850mm rigid insulation
  9. 0912.5mm high-density plasterboard
  10. 102.5mm skim coat finish, 2 coats of paint
03

Foundations & floor

  1. 01Selected finished floor
  2. 0218mm OSB
  3. 03100mm Kingspan rigid floor insulation
  4. 04100×45mm treated joists
  5. 0550×25mm treated battens
  6. 06DPC damp-proof course
  7. 07Under-floor ventilation
  8. 08Concrete base subfloor
  9. 09Radon barrier protection

Every room insulated to A-rated BER · Concrete base & radon barrier as standard

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