Nida Log cabin - Special Offer! - only £2600

This spring we have a very special offer, buy the 5m x 3m Nida Log cabin for only £2600 including delivery. Features include:

• 44mm walls


• double glazing


• standard roofing felt


• free delivery in mainland UK

Adddional bitumen roof tiles are avaiable for £230.

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Cambridge log cabin installation

A trip down the A1 last week past Grantham and Peterborough to Cambridge last week to install a bespoke 2.8m x 5m garden office log cabin




The base of former garage provides the perfect base to start this installation.




More chickens this week, becoming a bit of a popular theme during our log cabin assemblies, though not as many chickens as Wales the week before.



Cabin was delivered first drop around 7.30a.m. By 10 a.m. we have the timbers in position next the base and assembly can begin.



Soon up to roof height and ready to fit tongue and groove roof boards.



One side complete and roof boards are ready to go on the other side.



Bitumen roof tiles are fitted by the end of day one by working late into the evening.



Day two and painting the cabin is well under way. We recommend oil based paints but in this case cuprinol shades were used. The paint does have quite a waxy finish and peeled from the paint tray in large strips so although not our recommended finish it should provide good protection particularly after the second coat.

Interior complete as we are not fitting the insulation options in this case.










All complete with exterior trim and ready for handover.

Residential log cabin in Wales

We have been busy building a bespoke 3 bedroom residential log cabin in Wales over the last couple of weeks. The base was prepared before our arrival by our customer. Services are already in place close to the base. The original caravan removed from its former position ready for the new log cabin.

Delivery of 4 pallets of timber 6 metres long. A pallet loader on site was used to remove each one. Approximate weight of each package is around 1600kg. Due to the length of each package from here everything has to be moved by hand to the base for assembly.

Day two and we are ready to start assembling the cabin. Finding those first few timbers can be a time consuming process if you have to search through 6.5 tonnes of timber.

Already the cabin is starting to take shape and you can almost make out the layout of the interior.

Now you can see the 3 bedrooms across the back wall, shower room on the left and large open plan living space for the kitchen and living room.

Day two draws to a close. Each timber is drilled and fixed together and with 68mm walls it is a very solid construction.

Day three and the target is to get up to the gables by the end of the day. The weather has been very kind so far so we're keen to make the most of the perfect conditions.

Close to our target we will be starting the gables and roof joists shortly.

Start of day 4 and a little more cloud cover.

Roof joists all in place and we can make a start on the roof boards. Progress will be quicker now with less timber to sort! The roof should be complete in 3 -4 hours ready for the tiles to go on.

All the roof boards on and time to fit the tiles. With rain forecast in the next day or two we press on into the evening to get the building completely watertight.

Most residential log cabins are supplied with a double roof for insulation. Batten is fixed to the sides of the roof joists then tongue and groove is fitted between the joists. Celotex or Kinspan insulation can then be fitted in the gap. The thickness of Celotex can be varied to suit building regulations if required though in this case 50mm Celotex was fitted. This is sufficient to keep the building warm in winter and cool in summer but more insulation would be needed to comply building regulations.

First fix electrics have been completed by a local electrician so that cables can be kept out of sight in the double roof and also on the joists beneath the floor.

Outside we are close to completion. We just need to fit the trim to the roof and add the deck in the porch area.

Exterior trim on and the cabin is complete.

Decking in place the cabin exterior is finished with just a few finishing touches to the inside it will be ready for handover.

Jake shows off his painted pebble for Mother's day in his new bedroom.

Installation complete in 8 days ready for the electrcian to second fix on Monday.