FAQs

Running a Garden Office

 

How do you heat a garden office?	How much does it cost to heat a garden office?
How often do you need to maintain a garden office?	Are garden offices guaranteed?

How do you heat a garden office?

There are several heating options for your garden office. Smart Garden Offices are typically heated with a small, discrete electric radiator which is thermostatically controlled. This ensures your garden office is at a comfortable, ambiant temperature throughout the year. Underfloor heating is sometimes offered with some garden offices although this is not normally the optimum heating method. Open fires and wood burners are not recommended.

How much does it cost to heat a garden office?

We've heard horror stories of people who have purchased a single-skinned building (often these are log cabins puporting to be home offices) where the individuals electricity bill has soared by over £650 a year!. Summer houses, log cabins and sheds simply are not suitable as proper home offices due to their inadequate insulation, poor security and awful windows and doors - hence such massive heating costs.

Owners of Smart Garden Offices report that heating costs typically increase by between £50 - £80 per year. This small increment is mostly due the high levels of insulation and high quality windows and doors used within the construction of these buildings.  Click here for a Smart Garden Offices catalogue 

How often do you need to maintain a garden office?

There is minimal maintenance with a Smart Garden Office. Especially constructed from high grade timbers and coated with a specialist long-life coating, the Smart range ensures the absense of maintenace of between 8-15 years. Contrast this with say, a competitors cedar clad building  which will require significant annual maintenance to prevent it turning "slum grey".

Are garden offices guaranteed?

Smart Garden Offices are supplied with an industry-leading 5 year warranty. This covers almost every element of your building and, in the unlikley event of a problem, our own engineers will visit you promptly to ensure the matter is recitified asap. Click here to request a Smart catalogue.