What Is Tanalised Timber? Benefits, Lifespan & Uses Explained

If you've been researching timber buildings, sheds, cabins, or garden offices, you've probably come across the term tanalised timber. But what exactly does it mean, and why is it so widely used in outdoor construction? Tanalised timber is one of the most popular materials for garden buildings because it has been specially treated to help protect it from rot, fungal decay, and insect attack. Whether you're investing in a shed, workshop, cabin, or garden office, understanding how tanalised timber works [...]

Summerhouses For All Seasons

Summerhouses for all seasons, or garden rooms help bring a structural element to your outside space while giving you 'room' in which you can make your choices how it is to be used. More than ever, creating a good quality outside space is a less expensive option that moving house to gain a little extra room. For some, it's not about extra room, but just a place to relax, to go to, to read, drink coffee, while away a dark [...]

Garden Room For All Seasons

Here at Inside Out Buildings we like to think that we can provide you with a garden room for all seasons that is fit for the purpose that you want and need. Garden rooms and garden studios are so much more than they used to be, and it seems that what was once the preserve of the garden, a timber summerhouse, that our customers want a garden building to be so much more than just a summerhouse. We build our [...]

Timber Summer Houses

Summer is now upon us (at last!) so it's time for timber summer houses. Our timber summer houses are built bespoke to your requirements, to a high specification and most importantly with a high level of customer service. If your garden is crying out for a summer house please contact us today to discuss your requirements! [...]

Tanalised Timber – Benefits & Advantages

At Inside Out Buildings we use 19mm shiplap premium redwood tanalised timber to build all of our timber garden buildings. It is fair to say that not all tanalised timber is the same. The definition of tanalised timber is: a number of different chemical preservatives and processes (also known as timber treatment, lumber treatment or pressure treatment) that can extend the life of wood, timber, wood structures or engineered wood. These generally increase the durability and resistance from being destroyed [...]