External finish

Protecting your building is the secret to a long life for anything constructed of wood. All our timber buildings come complete with a finish of either a shed manufacturers preservative, cuprinol high grade preservative or cuprinol shades range – (option includes nail fills). We can even match your finish to existing buildings in your garden.

Paint finishes

We finish our external timber with Cuprinol Decorative or Cuprinol Shades in a range of attractive fade resistant finishes, it has excellent all weather protection and is harmless to both pets and plant life. We can use alternative finishes upon request.

In order to get the best possible appearance for your garden building, we will even recess and fill any screw or nail heads on any facing sides of the building prior to painting. If you want us to do this on all sides of the building or to non painted buildings just let us know when ordering your building.

Natural finishes

Enjoy the natural appearance of your timber building by opting for a more natural finish. All our buildings come finished in either a proprietary wood preservative or with cuprinol high grade preservative, which is a standard finish on our garden rooms, summerhouses and home offices.

We also offer our customers the option to specify their own finish, which we will apply during the manufacturing process. We have had excellent results using the ‘Sikkens’ range of preservatives however their is an additional cost to both the material and the time it takes to apply Sikkens.

Summerhouse North Yorkshire Garden rooms

Garden room clad in Strongcore with UPVC doors and windows

Loglap redwood cladding with cedar roof shingles finished in *******

Horizontally fixed western red cedar cladding and roof shingles with hardwood window frames.

Custom Garden Rooms North Yorkshire, Durham and Cleveland

posh sheds in North Yorkshire, Durham & Cleveland

Interior & Insulation

Depending on the type of building you have chosen, you might want to consider installing insulation and or lining.

Power, water or internet

Utilities can add greater options fro your garden build and it's intended use.

Ground preparation

All our buildings require a solid level base, to ensure that your finished building is both properly supported and elevated to provide the protection from the weather

Guttering & water butts

Adding gutters to your building to control where your water goes or even just to store it up for use when watering your garden.

Kim Wright

15. August, 2022.

We cannot recommend Apex enough! Steve was very helpful, he understood straight away what we wanted & designed a lean too for storage purposes together with a gate to access rear garden that more than met our expectations. Very pleased with the install and the team - who were all polite, tidy workers. If you are considering a build then look no further!

Susan Wilkin

20. July, 2022.

We are delighted with our beautiful corner summer house. The workmanship is excellent and nothing was too much trouble for Steve's very polite and hard working team. Great care was taken when erecting the structure so as to avoid damage to herbaceous border. First class service and would highly recommend.

Peter Boydell

18. January, 2022.

These guys do a really good job at building their summer houses. We had ours in the summer after a long wait due to the popularity of these buildings during the shutdown. However the pre and post Customer Service is shocking. Before the build we seemed to be chasing them for information and now, post build, we have a window that needs changing. Two months ago they said it would be changed but I have heard nothing since their first e mail declaring this and I have sent 2 e mails since asking for an update. No use phoning as they do not answer. Its only a small window but why should I have the hassle and cost 3 months into the lifetime of the building? One month later and they turned up and did it. Think they were short staffed on the admin side a d that has been sorted. It does look great in the garden

Mike Onfreeserve

3. September, 2021.

We have a summerhouse from Apex and it is superb. We had a hand in the design, inasmuch as the height was increased for us because we are tall and we had the windows to fit our blinds and a couple of extra landscape windows included. We opted for insulation and boarding out and it is pretty toasty. My plan was to put in a log burning stove and we had a hole cut for the flue. It was erected quickly and tidily. I was left to sort out my wiring and sockets and the guys came back to put the insulation in and then fully board the walls and ceiling. Add WiFi and a telly and it is a very nice relaxing space. We thoroughly recommend the company. They are attentive and very skilled at what they do. I echo one of the other comments which is that they make some of the best timber buildings you will see. We are delighted. Kris and Mike, New Marske

Alan Moss

1. October, 2020.

Knowledgeable and helpful.

David Stinton

30. July, 2020.

We wanted a bespoke shed/blacksmiths workshop and that is what we got. We love our workshop, it did have a small problem which was quickly solved and now we are enjoying it. THANK YOU!

Apex Timber Buildings

External finish

Paint finishes

Natural finishes

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