Learn and master the skills you need to
Design & Build Your Own Garden Room
We are here to share our experience and industry insight, so you can transform your garden room ideas into reality.
There are three options when is comes to self building a garden room
Learn about the design details and materials professional garden room designers use
Learn about the design details and materials professional garden room designers use
It can be very rewarding building a garden room of your own design. A building that is tailored around your site, intended use and design choices.
If you have a vision for the design of your garden room but would like insight into the materials and building techniques used by professional garden room designers, we can help.
In the Self Build Garden Room Guide we share our years of industry experience, first as designer/carpenter and for the last 13 years running The Garden Room Guide, the largest garden room buyers guide in the UK.
This experience gives us a unique insight into the different materials and construction systems being used by professional garden room designers.
The Self Build Garden Room Guide is the essential companion for anyone designing their own garden room.
We've done the research into the different garden room kit options to save you time
If it's more about the challenge of building a garden room than the actual design, then a garden room kit could be the answer.
There are a few garden room companies who alongside their full installation projects, also offer their designs as self-build kits.
This can be a safe way of self-building, as you are working with a tried and tested building system.
Using our unique insight into the industry, we have found the best garden room kits options and collated them along with other valuable information in the Garden Room Kits Guide - 2022 - updated with the best kit options for 2022.
The kits we feature, use a variety of construction systems from interlocking log cabin style buildings, structural insulated panels (SIP's) and traditional insulated timber frames.
Some garden room kits comprise of just the insulated core structure, leaving you to specify and source the exterior and interior finishes. Other kits supply everything you need to complete the building
Even if the design is not right for you, there is a lot of additional insight to be had from our sample garden room plans
We are working on a portfolio of sample garden room plans. They showcase common build-ups for popular styles and sizes of garden room.
Even if the design, or size of the sample plans is not right for you, they still offer valuable insight into the different layers and building techniques used in garden room design. They are an excellent companion to the Self Build Garden Room Guide eBook.
Currently, we have sample plans that look at the build-up of a garden room with a cold roof system, a warm roof system and an insulated panel system.
Even if you are thinking of building a different sized garden room the sample plans will give you insight into each stage of the build and highlight where the different costs lie. You could use the 3d models that come with them as the basis for your own design.
We also have our Garden Office Pod sample plans. The ideal building for someone who finds themselves working from home!
As well as the annotated plans in PDF format, you will also get a copy of the scale models 3d models we used to draw up the plans. These models can be opened and played with in the free version of SketchUp, the tool professional garden room designers use. You can use these plans to explore aspects of the design in greater detail, or you could edit the model as the starting point for your own version of the building.
We have also worked out the materials you would need to build the garden room and estimated the costs for the project.
Ideas, tips and tricks to help you design your garden room
Articles focusing on materials and services you might find useful as you design and build your garden room
See what other self-builders have created after buying one of our guides
Most people buying our sample garden room plans have a different sized building in mind with a different layout. These projects are examples of this. Each self-builder purchased one of our guides for insight into the different layers that make up a garden room. They then took this knowledge and applied it to their own design, and what successful designs they are:
