Recommend me a log cabin supplier

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 12 Aug 2022 at 14:13

I think you confused me, we didnt use the Bedec i dont think. I am almost certain we used Barrentine as well. They are basically untreated so you want a couple of coats of antirot and anti boring insect treatment, then whatever you fancy over the top

Kol said:
Forgive the necro bump - had our Stian cabin from tuin fitted the other week along with the roof and floor insulation and then the 28mm floor so should be good heat/cool wise however I now need to get on and treat it before I start running power.

I do want a very specific colour, which the carefree protect doesn't offer (and boy is that pricey, and only in a handful of colours) but I have found the colour I like in a decent paint. However before painting with that what is the recommend 'primer' or wood treatment for underneath? I saw some recommendations above but the links are failing, I'll try googling too.

Lie, I see you used Barretine, fullspizz Osmo. Mercenary Keyboard warrior, that Bedec looks good and seems to be 'all in one' and has a similar colour to what I'm after. Realistically, we will probably gone from here within the next five years or so, so it doesn't need to last 10 years or anything as whoever buys our place will inevitably want to repaint.

Kol · 12 Aug 2022 at 14:14

Sorry, my mistake MKW, it was Toothy who did, mis-read the quote. OK great. I'll check out Barrentine too.

LiE · 12 Aug 2022 at 15:28

Yep this is the just I used: https://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/product/barrettine-premier-wood-preservative

Then finished off with https://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/product/barrettine-log-cabin-treatment

Log cabin has been up for 8 years now and doing well. Does need a top up of the treatment soon.

Kol · 12 Aug 2022 at 15:49

Great, thanks LiE. How much did your's take? I appreciate it's different per cabin. It's recommending about four tins for two coats. I think I'll get that, then hopefully it will be fine to use another exterior wood paint as the bare pine colour doesn't suit our garden.

LiE · 12 Aug 2022 at 16:53

Kol said:
Great, thanks LiE. How much did your's take? I appreciate it's different per cabin. It's recommending about four tins for two coats. I think I'll get that, then hopefully it will be fine to use another exterior wood paint as the bare pine colour doesn't suit our garden.

I think I did 2 tins of each for my 5x3m cabin and had some left over.

Kol · 12 Aug 2022 at 21:16

Awesome, mine’s only 4x4 so two should probably do as well. I’ll get three just in case. Cheers!

Toothy1911 · 13 Aug 2022 at 10:23

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.

Kol · 15 Aug 2022 at 16:27

Thanks Toothy, much appreciated. I've bought some of the Barrettine Premier Universal Preserver which allows me to use a water based paint on top - looks like the other one they did only allowed oil based after so thought I might switch it up a little. That should do for the next 5-10 years or so, I'd imagine. Tuin showed a cabin which hadn't been treated at all, and was still fine (albeit needing some TLC) after 12 years, so I reckon a good quality paint (perhaps the Bedec if there is a colour both my wife and I can agree on, helps that it is water based).

Thanks all - honestly, greatly appreciated.

Retromatic · 14 Nov 2022 at 20:59

Toothy1911 said:
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.

Hi, sorry to dredge this post up - just wondering how you were getting on with the Tuin cabin as about to order one. And also, did you find the insulation pack would have been needed?

I only ask as I'm pretty rubbish with DIY and the log cabin I'm looking at the insulation pack for floor and roof costs 1.5k (which is obviously a lot!) but I think the roof ones especially come already bonded to wood that you need to screw in?

Toothy1911 · 14 Nov 2022 at 22:44

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.

Retromatic · 15 Nov 2022 at 21:17

Toothy1911 said:
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.

Thanks buddy, that's really helpful!