Description

The popular 7 x 7 Buckingham Pressure Treated Summerhouse from Shire is a stunning, traditional style summerhouse that is certain to add a real touch of elegance to your garden. A place to relax when the sun is shining with a drink or two, or perhaps a space for your hobbies, the Buckingham is sure to enhance your enjoyment of your garden.

Wide-opening, ¾ glazed double doors and a large opening side window allow buckets of light to flood the interior of the Buckingham, making it feel bright, airy and spacious. Plus, you can throw the window and doors open on an extra-sunny day to spill out into your garden or let in a cool breeze. Customers who purchase the Buckingham are won over by its traditional appearance. The elegant, Georgian-style glazing in the window and doors, the traditional apex roof and a charming, scalloped facia cement the Buckingham as a real favourite of lovers of the traditional. You can add an optional veranda too if you want to add a beautiful finishing touch to the Buckingham's classic good looks.

Features

The Buckingham is built to the high standards you can expect from any Shire summerhouse and includes many features you would not normally find in a garden building of this price. The windows and doors have proper, handcrafted joinery, instead of the glued on Georgian glazing bars you will find elsewhere. They are properly morticed and tenoned and the window also has a unique profiled “lip” that covers the aperture of the opening in the panel, making it extra weather resistant. Casement stays have 2 levels of opening. The glazing is 3mm horticultural glass which can be relied upon to keep its clarity compared to plastics, like styrene, which are often used to glaze garden buildings. All glazing is retained by profiled beading which is pre-mitred, meaning there are no awkward corners to be cut. It also boasts a tongue and groove roof and floor, whereas many garden buildings will use uglier alternatives like OSB. Using tongue and groove also gives a more durable floor and a more weather-resistant roof.

The Buckingham has shiplap tongue and groove cladding. This means the individual boards close together tightly to act as a great barrier to the elements. The shiplap profile gives a slight, overlapping “lip” which aids water run-off and increases the summerhouse’s weather protection. The framework on the Buckingham, which really gives the building its strength, is a robust 34mm x 34mm, which is as much as 20% thicker than the framing you will find on many alternative garden buildings in this price bracket. The timber used is a continental slow grown timber. Slower grown timber means a tighter grain, extra strength and a longer life.

The Buckingham is supplied with detailed instructions and all the fixings needed, including roofing felt, to complete assembly. Alternatively, an assembly service is available if you would like your summerhouse built for you quickly and professionally.

Treatment

This Buckingham Summerhouse is pressure treated. Pressure treated timber is the top of its class when it comes to long-lasting timber products that will resist rot, fungus, insect and weather damage. This building is protected by a 10-year anti-rot guarantee. This includes using an appropriate product to treat your building and carrying out periodic re-treatment. Shire recommends Protek Paint, available to purchase from elbec for a fantastic price. Protek have an excellent range of colours and stains while providing probably the best timber protection you can buy. Please be aware that the colour will be lighter and can vary from teh colour shown in product images.

About Shire

Established in 1945, Shire are the country's leading, and one of the oldest established, manufacturers of garden buildings. Shire benefit from being adjacent to the Port of Wisbech, through which Shire discharge timber into their warehouses. Shire is the proud manufacturer of the largest timber garden building range produced in the UK. At peak times they produce thousands of buildings a week. Their range includes Garden Sheds, Log Cabins, Eco Homes, Home Offices, Sheds, Workshops, Summerhouses, Playhouses, Arbours, Storage units and Pet houses. Their production facilities cover some 23 acres and include huge undercover stock holding facilities for many of their ranges, an advanced high-speed timber planing mill, modern well equipped joinery production facility and semi-automated production lines. All Shire garden buildings are manufactured in the UK using the finest spruce timber, imported directly and machined through the most up to date machines to ensure the best quality and best value for money log cabins in the UK.

Additional Details About your Order

If you think that a Shire Buckingham Summerhouse would be perfect for you, take a look at our delivery information. If you would like any extra details, feel free to email us to discuss your order and our full range of product options, or better still, give us a call so we can find the perfect summerhouse to suit your needs.

Alternatively, why not visit us at our Brookfields Garden Centre showsite near Nottingham? One of our helpful advisors will be on hand to show you around or to help guide you through your order in person. Though if there is a particular garden building you would like to see, we recommend contacting us in advance to find out if we have it, or one similar, on site.

Please note: Some pictures show the Buckingham summerhouse with an optional veranda or painted for display purposes. Your purchase will be, as standard, without a veranda and will not be painted.

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Delivery

ALL DELIVERIES ARE DELIVERED TO KERBSIDE AND ARE FLAT PACKED READY FOR ASSEMBLY

FREE delivery is offered to the majority of mainland UK postcodes but some areas may incur a surcharge and some postcode areas are not covered at all. Please check your postcode in the ‘Delivery cost checker’ above to confirm availability and any possible surcharges.

Delivery Leadtimes
The estimated delivery lead time for this product is identified on the product page above. Lead times are in working days (Monday - Friday) excludes Bank Holidays. These estimated lead times are provided by the manufacturers and are not guaranteed - due to fluctuation in demand - but are provided in good faith and are representative of delivery at that time. Some remote areas will take a little longer.

Booking Delivery
By entering your postal code in the ‘Pick a delivery day. ENTER POSTCODE’ Box above you can select a delivery date. The evening before this delivery date you will be sent a text message (where a mobile has been provided) with an estimated delivery window.  This update can only be provided where a mobile number has been supplied on the billing address section at the time of checkout.

Upon Delivery
Delivery is made by Shire the manufacturer. Delivery of this item is typically made by a 17 ton flat-bed (similar size to a council refuse lorry). Delivery is typically between 7am and 7pm. The delivery drivers are only insured to deliver to kerb side or driveway. We would not risk damaging your property whilst delivering a product. Unfortunately we will not be able to go through your property. Deliveries are hand-balled off by the driver.

We would recommend against arranging for a third party to install the building before it's been delivered and checked that all parts are present, as we cannot be held liable for any third-party costs.

Installation option
If you are choosing the installation option after placing your order you’ll be contacted within 5 working days by Shire the manufacturer either by a text message or automated telephone message (the latter if a mobile number is not supplied). This message will supply you with the name of the website to go on to where you will be required to accept the terms and conditions for assembly. Any delay in accepting these terms and conditions may affect your timescale. Once you have accepted these terms and conditions you will be contacted during the timescale with a date for the delivery/assembly of your order. The installation option will extend your lead time by up to 15-25 working days. This may take longer during seasonal periods. Please be aware that the installation team will require full access to your garden, 18" clearance all around the building and a firm and level base. Shire's installation team will not bring a building through your home as they are not covered by insurance to enter a customer’s home.

Specification

Quickview

The 7 x 7 Shire Buckingham Pressure Treated Summerhouse is an elegant, traditional style garden building. A place to relax when the sun is shining with a drink or two, or perhaps a space for your hobbies, the Buckingham is sure to enhance your enjoyment of your garden. Key features include:

• Elegant, traditional look thanks to its apex roof, Georgian-style windows and scalloped facia - veranda optional
• Wide opening double doors provide easy access and can be thrown open on a sunny day
• Three-quarter glazed doors and large opening window allow in plenty of light
• Sturdy shiplap tongue and groove construction and pressure treated timber for a longer life

Key Features

• Pressure treatment helps to ensure a longer life
• High grade, slow grown timber means a tight grain giving extra strength, a much longer life and superior build quality that looks great in the garden
• Proper joinery windows and doors.
• Strong 34mm x 34mm framework
• Rounded framework, i.e. no sharp edges
• Robust 12mm Shiplap tongue and groove walls provide superior protection against the elements 
• Tongue and groove floor
• Tongue and groove roof
• Double doors giving easy access
• All fixtures, fittings and felt included