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9.5m x 3.5m Carsare® 350 Grande XL Log Cabin
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Anthony Devonald - Feb 06, 2012
Our cabin - Carsare 350 Grande XL 9.5m x 3.5m
We took ages to decide which of the cabins would match our needs. The catalogue and the web site give so much useful information. Moving to a small bungalow from a much larger house meant that we had to reduce our stuff having had several ‘sheds’. We wanted storage and extra space, especially for art and craft activities, and exercise biking.
The bungalow has a garden 12m wide x 17m, and by removing two small decaying sheds and a greenhouse, we had space to take a cabin about 9m long, across the far end.
We chose the 9.5m Casere with its large windows and double doors, as it would face south-west and get full sun. It also forms a screen to surrounding properties without being agressively high. The shallow asymetrical roof is very attractve; today it has its first snow.
The cabin has three sections, and we chose to have an internal wall and door to separate one end for garden tools, mower and bicycles. One window was changed to a door for access. This works well - it’s the ‘mucky’ end.
We chose to use the rapid pad foundations. Levelling and consolidation needed care and we hired a mini-excavator for a day to move the bulk, as the site had a 0.25m fall across the 9.5m.
The cabin was erected by the Dunster House team from Flixborough, and they did it with care and skill in the five days allocated - a very friendly and skilful bunch.
The staining/varnishing took us longer than the cabin took to build! The rear wall near the back boundary first needed fire-retardant (many coats to achieve the required amount).
We like the cabin very much but have yet to sort out stuff between house, garage/workshop and the cabin. This spring and summer, when it comes, should be good.
We have one major criticism. The headroom under beams between the three parts of the cabin is only 180cm ( 5ft 11in) when all the doors are 190cm (extra tall doors as the brochure says). We were told that by choosing the rapid pad base with its 10cm insulated floor, this reduced the height. This is not made clear in the brochure.
Hitting one’s head, or remembering to duck is a constant reminder of this design fault (I’m 6ft tall). We were advised that cutting the beam was unwise as it ties the walls and supports the roof but I think something will have to be changed.
We are very happy with our new cabin and several people have been complimentary and curious to know where it came from. Hope that you get more orders.
Tony and Pam Devonald
6 Feb 2012