Recommend me a log cabin supplier

[Toothy1911]

I'm converting my garage into a room and want a new workshop / shed in the garden to migrate all my junk to. I'm looking for recommendations for log cabin suppliers. Where to look and where to not! There are so many out there, it's hard to tell which are good value and good quality.

I see someone mentioned Tuin, so have been browsing their site. I've also been looking at logcabinkits too.

Cheers

 

[Toothy1911]

Skinners Sheds. I have one and I know several people with them. The quality is superb and the pricing is reasonable.

This looks spot on to what I want, but unfortunately they don't deliver to my postcode! Thanks for the suggestion.

I used to work for a sister company of these people.

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Pinelog.co.uk

Bakewell, Derbyshire

Maybe able to help, they certainly do the large ones for holiday parks etc and bespoke types for home

Appreciate the help. Looks like these are just for larger ones. Some of them look better than my house! I doubt they do the kits I'm looking for.

 

[Toothy1911]

Thanks for the extra votes of confidence for Tuin, I've been taking a look at their site and blog posts. They do seem honest and high quality. Really interesting to hear about the prices too. I'm aware things have gone up, but good to have some kind of reference on that.

I'll be checking out Dunster when I get the time. There so much choice out there, it takes so long browsing each site. I suspect I wont need to go custom made. I did consider building one myself. I'm doing a small extension myself and have family who have scratch built similar buildings to a great standard. But I was really drawn to how quick and hassle free these kit builds can be. The less time it takes away from me doing my current extension the better!

 

[Toothy1911]

We had an absolute nightmare with Dunster. No support at all and a lot of work went in to constructing a compromise from the parts supplied as they wouldn't assist.

Good to know, thank you. I took a look through their catalogue last night. Seems to me the Tuin look better quality and possibly come out a bit cheaper too. But of course hard to compare like for like. Turns out that Dunster is just around the corner from where some family live. Considered a visit if I could see their showroom, but not sure if that's open at the moment.

@ThatsWhatSheSaid I mean, you're not wrong, but I'm looking for something a little more processed than that

 

[Toothy1911]

Ok guys, so I decided on a Tuin cabin. Thanks for the input. Put the order in for two months time when the weather should be little less stormy!
I went with this for about £2,400. Actually cost me a lot less than I thought I was going to pay.

https://www.tuin.co.uk/Lulea-Log-Cabin-3x4m.html

But they seem to want to sting you on the cost of their extras. I couldn't justify their recommendation of the Carefree treatment, at £74 for 2.5L, when they suggest you need 8 tins. That's £592 in paint?! Or 1/4 of the building cost. Same with the flooring and insulation. I do want to insulate it, and figure it will cost me about £200 for some 50mm celotex (or similar) based on what I bought some for recently from a local merchant. But they're asking for over £800 for their insulation pack. Crazy. People must fall for it.

I'm thinking of getting some https://bedec.co.uk/barn-paint/ as it has some good recommendations.

 

[Toothy1911]

Hi guys, sorry for the slow response. I used the Bedec light grey. Really pleased with the paint. I did not use primer. It went on really well, covered very easily and dried quickly with no stickiness. Its almost slight rubbery when dried, so as the cabin moves it like stretches and shrinks rather than cracking. I would 100% buy Bedec again. I got mine on ebay. 2x 5L tins for a 3m x 4m cabin. I didnt use much more than one of the tins, that was with two full coats.

 

[Toothy1911]

Getting on great with the cabin. Insulation may be needed, depending on what you're planning to do with it. If it's just for storage, then obviously not. But a home office or summer house then you'll probably need it. The cabin I ordered doesn't have too thick walls or double glazing. So will never be that thermally efficient. But as a workshop, that's fine.
I've not put the insulation in yet, I have some 50mm Celotex to go in as mentioned. I decided to put it on the inside, so I can do it at my leisure. Rather than delay the cabin build waiting for materials. I also wont go over the height of a permitted outbuilding, by adding insulation thickness to the roof. With building inspectors knocking about for other projects I've got going on, I didn't want to risk that.

£1500 seems so much. My brother in law put one up from Dunster House (I think) that came with pre-bonded insulation. But the Tuin ones do not. You'll get separate sheets of insulation, that you might as well buy from the builders merchant. It's just a case of sticking under or above the roof. Nothing hard to it. The floor will just be wooden joists, with insulation between and floorboards above. That will cost a little in timber. But again, no difficult to do. I watched plenty of videos on YouTube that take you through everything. The Tuin website has lots of guides too.