12/31/2023 0 Comments Log house roofsA high roof (anything around 2.5m or above) will only sit well in a larger garden. ![]() If you go for a cabin with a low profile flat roof it won’t block the light from the garden, the neighbours will be happier, you can see over it from the house and it will generally be a lot less intrusive. But the flat roof log cabin will sit better in most small town gardens. Arguably a pitched roof is the more aesthetically pleasing. ![]() In terms of roof choices for log cabins the simplest are the flat roof option or the roof pitched on two sides. Lesson: choose the right cabin with the right roof for the site! You cannot, unfortunately rely on log cabin resellers to inform you of this their sole interest is in encouraging sales of log cabins, not upholding planning regulations! If you are misfortunate enough to be sold the wrong cabin with the wrong roof for the wrong site you will be met with the answer ‘you need to apply for retrospective planning permission’, which, let’s face it, you are extremely unlikely to get and even if you did win such a planning case on appeal or some such, it would leave you out of pocket and out of favour with the neighbours. Most log cabins can be ordered with a choice of roofs so it may be that with one roof option the log cabin will comply with planning regulations and with another it will not. Once you have found a log cabin you like, check again to see whether the building would comply with planning laws were you to build it in your intended location. ![]() There is one key fact about log cabin roofs the height of the cabin at the eves must not exceed 2.5 metres if the cabin is within 2 metres of the boundary.įamiliarise yourself very carefully with all the current planning regulations regarding log cabins, garden buildings etc before buying a log cabin.
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