With the weather starting to hot up, a versatile garden room that gives you an extra bit of a living space is the perfect summer addition. And its design means that it’s a comfortable place to relax and use for hobbies, entertaining or work.
Thoughtful design choices allow you to keep the garden room space cool and become a safe haven and asset during really warm months. Let’s look at some things to consider when installing a garden room.
Consider the Position of Your Garden Room
Before your garden room is installed, it’s well worth mulling over the location you will put it in your garden. Think about how the sun moves across your garden during the day. This can really affect temperature and indoor comfort.
A south-facing garden room will be lucky enough to experience lots of natural light, which is fantastic and on the flip side it can experience the most heat from direct sunlight too. Installing a garden room where it can benefit from natural shading via trees, foliage or structures can reduce the amount of heat that can build up when it’s hottest in your garden.
With some considerate positioning, you can have plenty of light and a comfortable garden room with limited overheating.
Choose High-Performance Glazing
A garden room will always have large windows and making sure you’re using glazed windows and doors instead of glass products can help to limit temperatures. You can maintain the level of light whilst keeping more controlled temperatures.
High-performance glazing means that you can have an element of control over solar heat and keep natural light. Limiting excessive heat build-up during summer is one of the most important things to do to keep cool and means you don’t have to rely on expensive artificial cooling and can be as energy efficient as possible.
Prioritise Ventilation
Good airflow helps natural ventilation and stops warm air from being trapped inside a garden room. Features like bi-fold doors are a great way to do this and instantly improve air ventilation.
Installing windows and doors on opposite sides can help cross-ventilation too, so fresh air can flow throughout a space and combat trapped heat.
Good ventilation is essential on really hot days, so prioritising it is important when looking at your garden room design.
Include Shading Solutions
Even before direct sunlight has entered a garden room, solar shading solutions can help to reduce the amount that enters. Solar shading such as pergolas, external blinds, awnings or planting gives a way to protect your garden room from intense sunlight.
Blinds within a garden room can help to control heat too.
Shading solutions and decent blinds can give ways to limit the impact of direct heat throughout the summer.
Invest in Quality Insulation
We usually think of warmth when we hear the word insulation, but good insulation can also help to maintain cooler temperatures in the summertime too.
Having a well-insulated garden room can limit heat transferring through walls and roofs.
Whatever the season, having quality insulation means that a garden room can be comfortable to relax in.
Select Light Interior Finishes
Your design choices in a garden room can also affect the warmth of a room. Lighter walls and furnishings reflect sunlight, keeping a space bright and cool.
Darker furniture and walls can absorb more heat and trap it which can make a room much warmer.
There are lots of small and practical tweaks you can make that can make a big difference to indoor temperatures. With good design choices, garden rooms can be bright, well-ventilated and comfortable places to relax in the summer.
For more advice and info about installing a garden room, get in touch with our team at Bridge Timber today.