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Log Cabin Extension

  • 03-05-2024 4:57pm
    #1
    bluey2023
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭


    we have been looking into getting a brick extension but it has been mentioned to us to get a log cabin one. Anyone any experience good or bad. It’s gonna be primarily for kitchen but possibly a bed room too. Any advise or experience would be appreciated



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  • #2
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,565 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Log cabins are popular for people to build cheap garden room. They do not need the same durability as a house.

    If trying to extend with that construction you are opening up a lot more issues. There’s a much lower standard of regulation for a “shed”.

    Will the support without movement of settlement relative to the house.

    Does it meet building regulations and the quality of construction required for a house?

    Fire resistance, Waterproofing, Sound proofing, and Thermal insulation would all be questionable.



  • #3
    bluey2023
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭bluey2023


    that’s what’s being advertised


    • Fully insulated
    • Walls 45mm or 60mm logs + 100mm insulation + 19mm cladding
    • Total wall thickess 164 mm – 179mm
    • 100mm roof insulation
    • 100mm floor insulation
    • Living type windows and doors (living standard 24mm argon gas filled double glazing)



  • #4
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,565 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122096088#Comment_122096088

    ”Fully insulated” doesn’t mean much. What type of insulation, or better yet what you value?

    What is the floor construction? Waterproofing?

    Fire resistence/spread?



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