Description
Terms and Conditions
To maintain our policy of ongoing improvement and development, we reserve the right to change and improve specifications without prior notice.
Every effort is made to select the best timbers for our building as with all natural timber products our sheds, summerhouses and other garden buildings will be subject to movement and detrition as they season, this may become evident with shakes, splits, cracks, warping and shrinkage.
Due to the nature of wood, we cannot however accept any responsibility for timber cracking, splitting, shrinking, warping or naturally occurring shakes.
Timber is a natural product, and these are not to be considered faulty or in any way defective.
Every effort is made to minimise water ingress; however, timber is porous and with all single skin, non-insulated sheds, summerhouses and other garden buildings, a degree of moisture on the inside of your building is to be expected, this can be minimised by suitable and sufficient, regular maintenance of your shed, summerhouse or garden building from new.
Suitable, sufficient regular maintenance may include removal of overhanging tree shrubs and other vegetation, base preparation and maintenance, treating the outside of the building with a suitable waterproof oil or water-based wood preservation or protector, the fitment of guttering is highly recommended and checking the condition of the roof felt.
Water could penetrate through shakes, splits and cracks in the timber, at the corners where trim is fitted, through perforations in the roofing felt, including around felt nails and condensation from single glazed windows.
Once your shed, summerhouse or other garden building is erected, to prolong the life of your building it is your responsibility to ensure that all necessary precautions are taken.
Precautions which are deemed necessary include but are not limited to the fitment of guttering to control and divert rainwater, the removal of overhanging trees and other vegetation (branches can rub holes into the felt and rainwater off trees is acidic – both of which shorten the life of roofing felt) and treating the building with a quality preservative, protector or water proofer to minimise water ingress.
Once your shed, summerhouse or garden building is erected you must maintain your building to preserve and increase its useable life.
Shakes, splits, cracks, warping and shrinkage can be improved by sealing the building with as many coats of water proofer necessary to seal the buildings. Timber is porous and should be sealed as soon as possible. Water ingress is always a possible consideration and can occur at any time, this will not affect the structure of the building, however all efforts should be made to seal the building as much as possible to increase longevity.
It is up to you to decide how much you amend and improve your shed, summerhouse or garden building, considering what you intend to use your building for.
Every effort will be made to rectify any manufacturing fault at the earliest convenience.
Naturally occurring shakes, splits, cracks, warping, shrinking and water ingress are not a manufacturing fault. These are unavoidable, despite all efforts at the manufacturing stage to select only the best timber, they are natural.
It is your responsibility to treat and maintain your shed, summerhouse or garden building from new
YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS ARE NOT AFFECTED
