The recent heatwave has made us very grateful that our own garden office is so well insulated and full of features to keep it cool. We have been able to work comfortably inside Garden Office HQ while the temperature rose outside.
It’s all down to good design
The fact that our garden office and hundreds of others around the country have been a comfortable place to work over the last couple of weeks is all down to the design.
When designing a garden office a designer will give specific thought to how the room will work in the hottest months of the year. Be designing-in certain elements the building will cool itself as the temperature outside soars.
Let’s look at these key design elements that will keep a garden office cool in summer. You can then talk to your garden room designer about incorporating some of them into your own office.
Insulation
There is a lot of focus on the importance of insulation to keep a garden office warm in winter. But high levels of insulation in the floor, walls and roof of a garden office are equally important in the summer. In summer the insulation works to keep the interior of a building cool as the temperature outside rises.
The garden offices we feature on this site are all highly insulated as standard, so will be a comfortable place to work on the hottest days of the year.
Insulation within the structure of the building should be coupled with double glazing in the doors and windows. Talk to your supplier about any extra coatings they offer on their glazing to reflect heat out of the building.
Natural Shading
There are several ways that you can design in some natural shading that will break-up the sun’s rays entering the building.
Deep eaves