Raising the frame
The exciting bit of every project is when the heavy oak beams are lifted into place and the frame suddenly takes shape.
Once you have your pad foundations in, we will deliver your frame ready for erection. We recommend that somebody with a carpentry background install your frame and a minimum of 2 people are required. The oak beams are extremely heavy and lifting equipment will be needed.
If your frame is being installed by our team, the erection of the frame usually requires just one day on site.
Roofing Your Frame
Once your garden pavilion frame has been erected, it is ready to be roofed by your builder although many customers have taken this on themselves. We generally recommend leaving the underside of the tiles and battens in the roof exposed which is the finish in most old barns and many old houses. The roofs can have membranes installed but this doesn’t give a particularly attractive finish and is more suited to a domestic situation with moisture entering a dwelling.
The frames are designed to carry most roofing systems used in the UK. The pitch of the roofs in our pavilion range is 35 degrees which is ideal for traditional plain tiles. In our area of Worcestershire and Shropshire most roofs on old buildings are traditional clay plain tiles, but slates and cedar shingles can be used. Please let us know if you plan on using a stone tile like Cotswold tile as we may need to change the rafter size in this instance, as the laid weight of stone tiles can be very high.
Planning Permission and Building Control
All of our buildings are below 4m ridge height and therefore can be constructed under permitted development rights subject to caveats and restrictions outlined in planning policies. We always recommend that you check whether planning is needed for your particular site.
Whilst all the buildings in our gazebo range are less than 30m2 in area and therefore shouldn’t be subject to building control approval, it is the customer’s responsibility to check whether any special circumstances on your site will mean building control approval is required.
