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First Added - February 27 2022
Last Updated - August 4 2022 - 9 Data Points Updated - 3 Data Points Added
Reviewed & curated by a panel of garden building experts. Using methodology 1.1
Product ID: SKU: 238985
Size: 8'2" x 8'4"
Merchants Checked: 12
Available From: 1
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Our verdict on the Forest Garden Xtend 2.54 x 2.9m Insulated Garden Office with 1/2 Window
The Forest Garden Xtend 2.54 x 2.9m Insulated Garden Office with 1/2 Window comes with a pent style roof, holds a 15 Years guarantee, fit with single doors, and makes use of fsc® materials. The 2 windows used on this particular 8’2″ x 8’4″ use a glazing material (Thickness was not specified).
Base material: pvc [1]
Certifications this product meets:
FSC certified timber[2]
Our experts say this has 2 stand out features. A stand out feature is something found on over 70% of the top 10% of products in a particular category or is an exceptionally good feature as rated by our panel of experts.
1. A 97mm thick cladding like the one used on walls of this garden room is one of the best rated by our experts.
2. The epdm synthetic rubber roof covering found on this garden room is rated to be one of the best by our experts.
Below is a brief overview of how some of the key points of this garden room fairs across the market.
Guarantee
On a plastic garden room, the guarantee that the manufacturer offers is usually a very good indicator of the quality of the building. The longer the guarantee the more the manufacturer believes in the quality of the building they have produced. Typically we see manufacturer guarantees for plastic Garden Rooms ranging from zero right up to a 15 years guarantee.
This plastic garden room comes with a 15 years guarantee. Most plastic garden room come with a missing guarantee (44.44% of them) [3].
For this particular brand (Forest Garden) they offer 4 [4] different types of guarantees on their plastic garden rooms, with the 15 years guarantee on this being the only they offer. The 15 years guarantee is found on 100.00% of Forest Garden plastic garden rooms [5]. It is great that this garden room was given one of the highest guarantees offered by the brand, and this shows the manufacturer has a lot of faith in the overall quality of this part of their product range.
When looking at comparable 8’2″ x 8’4″ plastic garden rooms (we found 1 of them) the most popular guarantee length offered by manufacturers was 15 years [6]. 100.00% came with a 15 year guarantee.
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Cladding
The pvc cladding(walls) used here is an about average form of construction for walls and is the only type [7] we’ve identified on same-size garden rooms, that you’ll also see getting used on 1% (1 of 95) of all garden rooms analysed [8], and sadly not present at all on any of the 9 garden rooms that make up the top 10% of garden rooms [9]. In fact this is the only 8’2″ x 8’4″ garden room you’ll find that uses a pvc wall [10].
The walls are 97mm thick and we rate this the best thickness and is the only thickness found on same-size garden rooms [11]. It is used on 1% of all garden rooms [12] and after analysing the top 9 products that make up the top 10% of garden rooms [13], we don’t find this thickness present on any of them. Further analysis shows us that out of all 8’2″ x 8’4″ garden rooms this is the only one to use 97mm thick walls [14].
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Roofing
Epdm synthetic rubber is used as the roof covering. Our experts say it’s the best roof covering material, and is also the only kind identified on same-size garden rooms [15]. It comes fitted on 16% of garden rooms and used on 33% of the top 10% of 8’2″ x 8’4″ garden rooms. According to the data we have on all garden rooms, out of the the 8’2″ x 8’4″s this is the only one to use an epdm synthetic rubber roof covering.
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Height
The Height of this garden room is 1950.0mm (6′) which sits right on the average height of all 8’2″ x 8’4″ garden rooms.
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You Might Also Consider
We found 1 8’2″ x 8’4″ garden rooms with comparable specifications. The Forest Garden Xtend 2.54 x 2.9m Insulated Garden Office with 1/2 Window has an Expert Score that is 1% equal than average and is £1 equal expensive than average. If you are looking for the best value or highest expert scoring garden rooms out of the 1 with comparable specifications the following might be of interest.
The Forest Garden Xtend 2.54 x 2.9m Insulated Garden Office with 1/2 Window is the cheapest Garden Room available.
The Forest Garden Xtend 2.54 x 2.9m Insulated Garden Office with 1/2 Window is the best scoring garden room available out of all 1 8’2″ x 8’4″ garden rooms we analysed.
Coastal Consideration – If you live in a particularly wet or harsher environment such as by the coast then you might want to consider something with a more robust pressure treatment or something made from metal or plastic, both materials that are particularly suited to such harsh environments. We’ve found at least 1 garden rooms that have a combination of features that can make them more suited to higher wind areas.
Forest Garden Xtend 2.54 x 2.9m Insulated Garden Office with 1/2 Window
Product Details
Comparisons of Similar Sheds
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| Expert Score | 65 | ||||
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| Price | £13,100.00 | ||||
| Size | 8'2" x 9'9" | ||||
| Brand | Forest Garden | ||||
| Material | Plastic | ||||
| Cladding Thickness | 97mm | ||||
| Guarantee | 15 Years | ||||
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Sources
Merchants Checked
12 different sources were used to research information on this product, and 1 contained information that we were able to use to compile the data used on this page.
The following merchants were checked on the 06 August, 2022 to see if they stocked this product.
Wickes – 19576 products checked, found 1 match.
Waltons – 231 products checked, found no matches.
B&Q – 78905 products checked, found no matches.
ManoMano UK – 922302 products checked, found no matches.
Wilko.com – 21232 products checked, found no matches.
Homebase – 35509 products checked, found no matches.
Buy Sheds Direct – 1635 products checked, found no matches.
sheds.co.uk – 1999 products checked, found no matches.
BillyOh – 1244 products checked, found no matches.
Garden Buildings Direct – 1284 products checked, found no matches.
Shedstore – 1373 products checked, found no matches.
Tiger Sheds – 635 products checked, found no matches.
1. PVC (Polyvinyl chloride): PVC is a versatile material that has many flexible uses, it is typically found in window frames, drainage pipe, water service pipe etc. It is not as commonly found in garden structure as some other polymers such as High-Density Polyethylene. An interesting side note on PVC is that it is made from 57% common salt (yes like the stuff you put on your fish and chips) and the other 43% is derived from hyrdocarbon feedstock.
For the purpose of garden structures the large variation of different Notched Impact Strength data (2.0 – 45 Kj/m²) like with Polypropylene makes identifying and making a definitive statement of how good the material used is a much harder task.
According to data from the British Plastics Fedaration the physical properties of PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) are that it is not very good when exposed to high heat with a maximum continuous use temperature of 60 °C. This is coupled with the very large variable range the Notched Impact Strength data shows of 2.0 – 45 Kj/m². ↩
2. FSC Certified Timber: The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international organisation that is “dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world’s forests.” When you see the FSC certification it means the forest where this wood was sourced from is being managed in a way that preserves biological diversity, while ensuring it sustains economic viability. FSC-certified forests are managed to strict environmental, social and economic standards. FSC certified timber is comparable to Certified Timber. ↩
3. Global guarantee data sourced from: All 15 years garden rooms ↩
5. Guarantee data sourced from: Forest garden 15 years garden rooms ↩
6. 8’2″ x 8’4″ guarantee data sourced from: 1 8’2″ x 8’4″ 15 years guaranteed garden rooms ↩
8. Global cladding data sourced from: All pvc garden rooms ↩
9. Top cladding data sourced from: Top 9 pvc garden rooms ↩
10. 8’2″ x 8’4″ cladding data sourced from: 1 8’2″ x 8’4″ pvc garden rooms ↩
12. Global cladding thickness data sourced from: All 97mm garden rooms ↩
13. Top cladding thickness data sourced from: Top 9 97mm garden rooms ↩
14. 8’2″ x 8’4″ cladding thickness data sourced from: 1 8’2″ x 8’4″ 97mm garden rooms ↩
15. Roof covering types identified: epdm synthetic rubber ↩