Maintenance of garden buildings both timber and the low maintenance Lifetime range is important. Timber buildings will last tens of years if well maintained. The Lifetime range require less maintenance, but still need looking after.

Regular maintenance

• Re-treat the exterior of your building
• Cut back overhanging trees and shrubs
• Check roof felt for deterioration
• Oil hinges and locks etc
• Tighten any door turn buttons
• Wipe any condensation from the bottom of windows

Timber is a natural material and is therefore suceptible to warping, splitting an shrinking due to changing temperatures and weather conditions. This is a natural effect that may require remedial action.

Wood Treatment

Treat your garden building to retain its good looks and preserve the wood. As standard we dip treat our building in a red cedar preservative prior to delivery.

We advise that you apply an additional coat of 'Thompson's Water Seal'  or an alternative spirit based preservative within the first 4 weeks. Then you can further treat and decorate the building with a different colour treatment. Remember that if in the future you may want a light coloured building, do not use a dark colour initially.

Upto 15 years guarentee with Dulux Weathershield;

If you want your building to be bold full with colour and perhaps have a two tone building, then we do not advise the use of just any paint for the exterior of you buildings.  The best product on the market is Dulux Weathershield to protect the exterior of your timber building.  If you decide to protect your building with Dulux Weathershield, we then use a team of Dulux Select Decorators to finish off our buildings. 

If treatment is not carried out as specified, you may encounter problems with your building. This would lead to excessive board shrinkage, large splits, fading colours and possible water penetration.

Roofing felt

Due to the variations in our climate, you may experience undulations in the roofing felt over time, this is normally acceptable. Periodically check the roof for:

• Roofing felt nails have lifted
• Any damage such as holes / splits
• Overhanging trees and shrubs

When the felt has been exposed for a period of time, it does loose some of its proofing body. A new felt covering may be necessary. Please call us, we can re-felt the roof for you.

General

Regularly inspect your building, check for Small cracks, shakes or knot holes - these can be repaired with mastic or wood filler.

All doors are fitted square at the factory, however once the building has been installed and settled there maybe some movement in the door fitting. This may be due to the base being slightly out of level, or an uneven loading on the building. To rectify, place some packing under one side of the door post or at the corner of the building. Use a crowbar or a spade for leverage to enable you to position the packing.