Installation Step 1 - Calculating Grass required

Before starting work you need to calculate how much artificial grass you will require.  Carefully measure the overall length and width of the planned turfed area. Always allow for the widest part of the lawn.

Namgrass artificial grass is supplied from 2 metre or 4 metre wide rolls.  For a garden area of 5.2 metre wide and 6 metre long you would need 2 rolls: 4m x 6m and 2m x 6m.  You would then cut back from the 4 metre (possibly 2 metre) roll to achieve you 5.2 metre width.

A number of new models of Playhouses were introduced in 2022.  Each new playhouse, with their key features, are listed below.

Beach Hut

A little of everything on this playhouse, elevated play area, sandpit frame at bottom, stable door and shuttered window

Beach Hut with climbing wall

Loads of playtime on this one. The play platform is raised with access via an integral ladder or the climbing wall. The space under the play-platform is utilised with a sandpit area. Upstairs features include a wooden stable style door 

Beach Hut with Swing

Beach Hut module but with a single swing included. 

It is coming to that time of year again, shorter and colder days and not so much to do in the garden. Why not take the autumn/winter slowdown for organising storage around the garden and utility areas. To make life easier we have pulled together what we think might be useful.

Log Storage

The options for log storage have already been covered in a posting, see log storage where we have listed offerings from Rowlinson Garden Products, Forest Gardens and Huttons.  Rowlinsons and Forest Garden both offer free delivery on most items to Mainland UK addresses. There are a few exclusions for some remote areas. 

These items are delivered direct from the manufacturer to the door, lead time is normally 7-14 days.  For more local Devon and Cornwall customers we have log stores from the Gloucestershire based Huttons.  There is normally

Autumn is creeping in, the chimeras, log fires and burners are ready for action, but are your logs stored neat and tidy?  At Southern Timber we have options for you - Hutton (Devon and Cornwall), Rowlinson Garden Products (free UK Mainland delivery and Forest Garden (free UK Mainland delivery)

Hutton Log

Balmoral Driveway Gates

represent an impressive privacy gate.  These Balmoral entrance gates can be made to size in either softwood or hardwood.  The gate has a shaped top and can be specified with, or without, “horns”. There is also a similar gate design, the Windsor, which features a flat top to the Windsor Gate.   This image is courtesy of First Class Builders Ltd

Joinery Quality Timber

The Balmoral driveway gates are made for us in the UK using kiln dried joinery qua

Forest Garden also offer an installation service on selected products. So, if you’d rather take a back seat when it comes to building, don’t worry. The assembly service means your new purchase is in safe hands and you can leave all the hard work and heavy lifting to somebody else!

After you have booked in your delivery, you will be contacted separately to arrange the best date for installation. It will usually be assembled by the experts at Forest Garden. Although depending on the location it may be carried out by a third-party company.

There will be a few products, i.e., Gazebos, Vale Greenhouses, and Retreat sheds, that will be available for installation on the same day as you have selected for delivery. Typically, Forest Garden will aim to assemble the product within 7-10 days of delivery however there may be cases, depending on the times of the season and the rem

Ordering a Forest Garden product

Order Confirmation from Southern Timber

When we have processed your order the delivery details will be forwarded to Forest Garden. At this stage you will receive an e-mailed order confirmation from ourselves.

Forest Garden order processing

Forest Garden will process the order for delivery, allocate product/s to your order and then contact you directly. They will confirm what you’ve ordered, where you ordered it from and when they plan to make delivery to you. Delivery is made using a 3.5 tonne flatbed or a 7.5 tonne lorry, if you think there might be a problem with access then please discuss with Forest Garden.

This confirmation m

Shed Base

If you want to get the best out of your garden shed, usage and life, then you will need a good base.

The best types of bases are the following:

• Concrete
• Paving slabs
• Gravel
• Plastic shed bases

You should always use wooden bearers below your shed to allow ventilation. This will help stop your shed from rotting quickly and prevents the floor coming into contact with water.

An example of a bearer would be a class 4 treated post, either 75x75mm or 100x100mm,

Treat-Right Warranty

A combination of using latest generation Tanalith wood preservative, careful pre-treatment timber preparations, the use of high quality pine timbers and approved treatment procedures allow us to offer a 15 year TREAT-RIGHT performance warranty.

This warranty is available on Hutton garden and landscaping products and also on the majority of our decking and cladding products.

The 15 year TREAT-RIGHT performance warranty covers the failure of these products from wood decay and insect attack giving you total confidence in their long term performance.

Warranty Details
Covered is the cost of re-supply by our manufacture, or the re-supply by our manufacture (at their discretion), of a component that is proven t

WATER REPELLENCY – PRESSURE TREATED TIMBERS FOR SHEDS, GARDEN BUILDINGS AND ANIMAL HOUSING

Pressure preservative treatment is designed to prevent wood decay and insect attack to give softwood construction and landscaping timber products an extended and low maintenance service life. The treatment is not intended to perform as a waterproofing agent.

When using pressure treated cladding timbers in the construction of sheds or garden buildings the following guidelines should be followed to help prevent any water ingress.

1. The Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) recommends a 16-19mm nominal thickness for cladding timbers.
2. Nail heads should only be driven marginally below the surface of the cladding timbers.
3. A suitable airflow should b