Bespoke Garden Room in Thames Ditton
A complete 5 × 4 metre turnkey garden room, finished with red cedar, a generous rooflight and a comfortable interior.
- Location
- Thames Ditton
- Size
- 5 × 4 metres
- Delivery
- Complete turnkey project
From foundations to a finished retreat.
Built by A&N Surrey Construction with a concrete base, C24 timber frame, red cedar cladding, a 3 × 1 metre skylight, fitted air conditioning and interior finishes.
Site clearance
Clearing and preparing the site for the new garden room.
Concrete base and floor construction
Installing a damp-proof membrane (DPM) beneath the concrete base before pouring the concrete. The floor incorporated 90 mm PIR insulation topped with screed.
Wall construction
Building the walls using 4 × 2-inch C24 graded timber framing and installing 18 mm OSB sheathing.
Roof construction and skylight
Constructing the roof using 8 × 2-inch C24 graded timber framing, installing a 3 × 1-metre skylight to bring natural light into the room, and fitting guttering.
Doors and windows
Installing the doors and windows.
External cladding
Installing a breathable membrane and a ventilation gap behind the external cladding. Finishing the exterior with red cedar cladding, with fire-resistant cement board on the elevations close to the boundary fence.
Electrical and air conditioning installation
Carrying out the electrical first fix and preparing the services for the air conditioning system.
Insulation and interior finishes
Installing 90 mm PIR insulation and finishing the internal walls with MDF cladding. Completing the remaining plastering and painting.
Flooring and final installations
Laying laminate flooring over the prepared screed, completing the electrical installation and fitting the air conditioning system.
Final clean-up and handover
Completing the final clean-up and handing over the garden room as a fully finished space, ready to use.
The build in pictures.






Construction of garden room
Andras and his team were a delight. Polite, tidy and hard working with superb craftsmanship. Everything went to schedule and the quality of the finish is amazing. We’re so pleased we went with Andras. Can’t recommend A & N Surrey Construction enough. You won’t be disappointed.
Build time: 3 weeks
The complete project, from site clearance to final handover, was completed in three weeks.
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