How Long Do Timber Buildings Last?

A quality timber building is a significant investment, so it's natural to ask how long it will last. Whether you're considering a garden office, workshop, garage, cabin, or summer house, durability is often one of the biggest deciding factors. The good news is that a well-designed timber building can provide decades of reliable use when constructed using quality materials and properly maintained. However, several factors can influence its lifespan, from the timber itself to the environment in which it sits. [...]

Timber Workshop vs Garage: Which Building Is Right for You?

When investing in a bespoke timber building, one of the first decisions you'll need to make is whether a workshop or a garage is the best fit for your needs. While the two share many similarities, they are often designed with very different purposes in mind. The right choice depends on how you intend to use the space, both now and in the future. Whether you're looking for secure vehicle storage, a dedicated space for hobbies, or a multi-purpose building [...]

Do You Need Planning Permission for a Garden Office? A UK Guide

With more people embracing flexible and remote working, garden offices have become one of the most popular ways to create additional workspace at home. But before investing in a new timber building, it's natural to ask: do you need planning permission for a garden office? The good news is that many garden offices can be built without submitting a planning application. However, there are important rules around size, location, height, and use that homeowners should understand before work begins. Do [...]

Timber Outbuilding

Our customer came to us wanting a timber outbuilding to replace an old and dilapidated garage at the end of the family garden. The garage was accessed from a service lane at the back of the Victorian property, and as such was no longer used as a garage, but an important access point for furniture and the like, and also created a screen for privacy. The brief was to create a building that would be warm, insulated, to be able [...]

Sheds Tiverton – Bespoke or Pre-Fabricated

If you're looking for new sheds Tiverton - bespoke or pre-fabricated - we can help! Although we're based at Dunkeswell we're happy to travel across Devon and Somerset to reach our customers. We are an approved reseller for TGB Sheds, who provide a range of quality pre-fabricated sheds, summer houses, storage sheds, animals houses and children’s play houses. You can see the full range from TGB Sheds here. We are also able to offer you a bespoke shed or outbuilding to [...]

Timber Buildings – Made in Devon

Investing in a timber building should be something you choose carefully. If you want a quick ready-made affair, an 'off the shelf' option - we are probably not the company for you. Here at Inside Out Buildings, we aim to provide a personal service, with the intention that you get a first class building, designed for your needs. We can accommodate most designs and styles, and ask that when you are considering a timber building, whether it be a hand-built [...]

Garden Outbuildings

Spring has definitely sprung this weekend, even if mother nature is a little ahead of the calendar! It's time to start thinking about what you want from your garden this summer and we're here to help you consider a garden outbuilding that is more than you though possible. A garden outbuilding doesn't have to have one purpose - whilst it would be nice to have a shed, a summer house, a workshop, a log store and a BBQ gazebo, the [...]

Cabins – Handmade in Devon

Cabins - Handmade in Devon. There are many definitions of the word cabin, and I think the one that most suits us most is 'a small one-story dwelling usually of simple construction'. We build our cabins from the ground up - we do not import panels from Europe or further afield as many 'Cabin' manufacturers are doing, and selling as handmade cabins - which of course technically they are correct, as someone somewhere has made it, but hey - regardless [...]

Garden Shed Care & Maintenance

Your garden shed, or other garden timber building is either something you may have inherited or something you have invested in, and this guide will help you explore and decide on the ways to keep your garden shed or other timber garden buildings not only looking good, but protect it and keep it in tip-top condition. No timber can last forever, but a few hours spent looking after your garden shed will pay dividends in the long run. Garden Shed [...]

Case Study: Bespoke Timber Garage

At inside Out Buildings we love it when a plan comes together. We were asked to make a bespoke timber garage for a couple, something that would be totally functional, but also in keeping with the surroundings. It was decided that we would build in heavy duty framing, using fully pressure treated tanaliased timbers. The framework for the bespoke timber garage was completed our Devon workshop, and then taken to site when it was erected, before being clad in feather [...]