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Friday 28 January 2011
The Advantages of Red Cedar Garden Sheds
The Advantages of Red Cedar Garden Sheds
The real advantage of Western Red Cedar timber is it contains its own natural timber preservative. With it pleasing odour it repells insects, moths and vermin. It also is a very stable timber which makes it very resilient to changes in climate.
The real advantage of Western Red Cedar timber is it contains its own natural timber preservative. With it pleasing odour it repells insects, moths and vermin. It also is a very stable timber which makes it very resilient to changes in climate.
What is Western Red Cedar Timber?
If you have been looking for a garden shed for some time and are not happy with the cheap mass produced garden sheds that flood the market, due to there poor quality and finish of them. If you are looking for quality that lasts, looks attractive and forms a forcal point in your garden then a Western Red Cedar Garden Shed in for you!
Western Red Cedar is an attractive timber but it also has an unrivalled reputation for durability. It is ideal for use in the construction of sheds and other garden buildings. The superior qualities of Western Red Cedar are summed up in this extract from the grading rules published by The Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau as follows.
The Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau:
“The largest and finest of the cedars produced anywhere in the world, the Western red cedar is famed for its extraordinary durability and resistance to decay. Western red cedar is a distinct species, possessing all the desirable qualities of the other cedars, and additional advantages besides. It can be finished to a smooth, silky finish; it is free from pitch, it takes and holds stains and paints excellently, and has superior glueing properties. Its colour is extremely attractive, varying from almost pure white of the narrow sapwood to the light straw shade of dark reddish-brown of the heartwood. The wood of Western red cedar has a vey low coefficient of expansion, so that it does not shrink, swell or warp excessively, even when subjected to changing degrees of temperature and moisture. It has prime insulating qualities and its pleasing aromatic odour is repellent to moths, insects and vermin. The wood is saturated to every fibre with a natural preservative oil which renders it virtually immune to decay and gives it extreme durability without artificial preservative treatment. It is not necessary to paint cedar to preserve its surface, as it does not deteriorate appreciably even under severe climatic changes.”
The Uses The western redcedar has been called "the cornerstone of Northwest Coast aboriginal culture," and has great spiritual significance. Coastal people used all parts of the tree. They used the wood for dugout canoes, house planks, bentwood boxes, clothing, and many tools such as arrow shafts, masks, and paddles. The inner bark made rope, clothing, and baskets. The long arching branches were twisted into rope and baskets. It was also used for many medicines.
The wood is naturally durable and light in weight. It is used for house siding and interior paneling as well as outdoor furniture, decking and fencing. Because of its resistance to decay and insect damage, the wood of large, fallen trees remains sound for over 100 years. Even after 100 years, the wood can be salvaged and cut into shakes for roofs.
Source - http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/westernredcedar.htm
You can buy bespoke Western Red Cedar at Heritage Garden Buildings
If you have been looking for a garden shed for some time and are not happy with the cheap mass produced garden sheds that flood the market, due to there poor quality and finish of them. If you are looking for quality that lasts, looks attractive and forms a forcal point in your garden then a Western Red Cedar Garden Shed in for you!
Western Red Cedar is an attractive timber but it also has an unrivalled reputation for durability. It is ideal for use in the construction of sheds and other garden buildings. The superior qualities of Western Red Cedar are summed up in this extract from the grading rules published by The Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau as follows.
The Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau:
“The largest and finest of the cedars produced anywhere in the world, the Western red cedar is famed for its extraordinary durability and resistance to decay. Western red cedar is a distinct species, possessing all the desirable qualities of the other cedars, and additional advantages besides. It can be finished to a smooth, silky finish; it is free from pitch, it takes and holds stains and paints excellently, and has superior glueing properties. Its colour is extremely attractive, varying from almost pure white of the narrow sapwood to the light straw shade of dark reddish-brown of the heartwood. The wood of Western red cedar has a vey low coefficient of expansion, so that it does not shrink, swell or warp excessively, even when subjected to changing degrees of temperature and moisture. It has prime insulating qualities and its pleasing aromatic odour is repellent to moths, insects and vermin. The wood is saturated to every fibre with a natural preservative oil which renders it virtually immune to decay and gives it extreme durability without artificial preservative treatment. It is not necessary to paint cedar to preserve its surface, as it does not deteriorate appreciably even under severe climatic changes.”
The Uses The western redcedar has been called "the cornerstone of Northwest Coast aboriginal culture," and has great spiritual significance. Coastal people used all parts of the tree. They used the wood for dugout canoes, house planks, bentwood boxes, clothing, and many tools such as arrow shafts, masks, and paddles. The inner bark made rope, clothing, and baskets. The long arching branches were twisted into rope and baskets. It was also used for many medicines.
The wood is naturally durable and light in weight. It is used for house siding and interior paneling as well as outdoor furniture, decking and fencing. Because of its resistance to decay and insect damage, the wood of large, fallen trees remains sound for over 100 years. Even after 100 years, the wood can be salvaged and cut into shakes for roofs.
Source - http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/westernredcedar.htm
You can buy bespoke Western Red Cedar at Heritage Garden Buildings
Thursday 27 January 2011
Why Buy a Shed & Greenhouse Combination
The Shed & Greenhouse Combination Building
All you need for your garden, storage building and greenhouse in one building. These quality timber greenhouses are fully bespoke and made to measure. Greenhouses are the next 'Must Have' item in any modern garden so why not combine two buildings into one and have more space for storage? The reason for combining the two buildings together are as follows;
Heritage Garden Buildings manufacture The Shed & Greenhouse Combi building and offer a complete bespoke service. This means that you can have a building made to suit the size you want and the layout you want. You can contact the on 01282 603219 or e-mail Mark at mark@heritagegardensheds.co.uk
The 3.6m x 1.8m shed & greenhouse combi is the best seller by far. It gives a perfect 1.8m x 1.8m Garden Shed and a 1.8m x 1.8m Greenhouse. You also have the option to have a larger shed than greenhouse or a larger greenhouse than shed. This will be not alter the price and can be sorted out once the order is placed. Click here to view this Building
Heritage Garden Buildings Ltd.
All you need for your garden, storage building and greenhouse in one building. These quality timber greenhouses are fully bespoke and made to measure. Greenhouses are the next 'Must Have' item in any modern garden so why not combine two buildings into one and have more space for storage? The reason for combining the two buildings together are as follows;
- Makes it more secure than having two separate buildings
- Takes up less garden space than two separate buildings
- Makes it esier to access all your garden items while you are busy working in your Greenhouse
- Provides plentiful storage space than the average greenhouse, as you have storage underneath the staging where it is out of site from passers by, plus the storage within your Garden Shed.
- You can have a larger Greenhouse than Shed area if you want or the other way round.
- By having a shed attached to the Greenhouse makes for a very stable and substantial building as oppose to another Wooden Greenhouse that is glazed to the floor. After a few harsh winters these they of Greenhouse tend to start to lean to one side for example. Therefore, by adding the Garden Shed and attaching it to the Greenhouse, not only is it adding to the overall strength of the whole building, but will also help to shelter the Greenhouse from some of the strong winds.
Heritage Garden Buildings manufacture The Shed & Greenhouse Combi building and offer a complete bespoke service. This means that you can have a building made to suit the size you want and the layout you want. You can contact the on 01282 603219 or e-mail Mark at mark@heritagegardensheds.co.uk
The 3.6m x 1.8m shed & greenhouse combi is the best seller by far. It gives a perfect 1.8m x 1.8m Garden Shed and a 1.8m x 1.8m Greenhouse. You also have the option to have a larger shed than greenhouse or a larger greenhouse than shed. This will be not alter the price and can be sorted out once the order is placed. Click here to view this Building
Heritage Garden Buildings Ltd.
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