Thinking of a Summer house

[WIGGYSMUM]

Originally Posted by Mexy02

I’ve just checked the price of ours now 😱😱 I cannot believe it’s doubled in less than 6 months . Crazy and glad we ordered when we did.

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DH looked last week at the one we bought and that to had doubled in price . I think the lesson could be order in the winter months well that’s what we did

[Fuellady]

We built a summer house last year but couldn’t use it through the winter because we couldn’t get a plumber to install the fire due to lockdowns. Finally got it fitted last week, and a huge amount of heat comes out of it so hoping this will mean year-round usage now. We ran mains gas from the house so we could have a gas fire.

We still have a bar to be fitted at the opposite end from the sofas (waiting for joiner….) and pictures etc. to put up and it won’t look so bare then.

[dismamx2]

We got one last October, it gets used a fair bit by dd's 18 & 22.

[Lesley Cassidy]

Thanks for your in put guys had a look at tuin and they were a bit pricey.But have found one from ultimate sheds and they can do the size we wanted but it won't be here till next year

[Smilesonfaces]

Originally Posted by Lesley Cassidy

Thanks for your in put guys had a look at tuin and they were a bit pricey.But have found one from ultimate sheds and they can do the size we wanted but it won't be here till next year

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Tuins prices have really shot up. We chose one which was £1900 but we weren’t ready to order. The exact same one is now £3714 !

We are g oink to wait and see if prices come down over the winter or look elsewhere. I will take a look at Ultimate Sheds too.

[Princess Alison]

Just resurrecting this thread!

Did you all pay for installation?

Also was it easy to eg get power and WiFi?

[mickey house]

Originally Posted by Princess Alison

Just resurrecting this thread!

Did you all pay for installation?

Also was it easy to eg get power and WiFi?

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Mine wasn't a screw together summerhouse but one I built myself.

I know an excellent electrician who ran the power down from the house using SWA and I definitely don't recommend anyone who isn't a qualified electrician and Part P registered to attempt to run power down to their summerhouse.

With regards the wifi, you can you use a TP link device that runs the wifi signal though the mains cable (I have one in my loft conversion and it works reall well). I ran CAT cable down to my summerhouse from the router in the house and put a second wifi router in the summerhouse (the second router has to be on a different channel to the house router).

[Floridarules]

Obviously the increase in demand has impacted but It’s the price of wood mainly which has caused the price rises, they are unlikely to come down any time soon however due to lack of supply😕

[Mexy02]

Originally Posted by Fuellady

We built a summer house last year but couldn’t use it through the winter because we couldn’t get a plumber to install the fire due to lockdowns. Finally got it fitted last week, and a huge amount of heat comes out of it so hoping this will mean year-round usage now. We ran mains gas from the house so we could have a gas fire.

We still have a bar to be fitted at the opposite end from the sofas (waiting for joiner….) and pictures etc. to put up and it won’t look so bare then.

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We wanted a fire like that but our insurance wouldn’t cover us unless we had it all fire proofed inside . Which company did you use ?

[Fuellady]

Originally Posted by Mexy02

We wanted a fire like that but our insurance wouldn’t cover us unless we had it all fire proofed inside . Which company did you use ?

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We bought the fire from Flames and a local gas certified plumber installed it. He seemed quite particular, refusing to fit it without an extra part that we had to send off for so it’s all above board. DH’s brother has a similar fire in his cabin and a different local plumber fitted his. Neither of us were asked about fire-proofing.