quality fitted as standard

Add value to your home and create new and usable space in your garden.

The Home Office Company have conceived a revolutionary modular system specifically designed to create a completely self-contained room suitable for a multitude of different uses.

The Home Office Company - Technical Specifications

We have spent years refining our system so we can offer our customers more than 1,000 different configurations from just six standard floor plans. We are able to join the various basic unit types together to provide an almost infinite amount of combinations that will suit any garden space.

Because the structure is entirely modular we can typically install it, with the minimum amount of fuss, in just two days. Furthermore this is all achieved within four weeks of you placing your order.

The Home Office Company - Technical Specifications

The attention to detail on the exterior has been carefully thought through. Our new Colourways swatch offers nine standard colours (plus several other shades available on request) and the external panel materials used respond to aging incredibly well. Indeed we guarantee the wall panels for 30 years and the timber frame’s exterior paint for five years.

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the inside story

It’s the principle of perfection that guides the process, from planning to completion, of each and every home office we build. You will find uncompromising quality in every detail of our home office’s construction and we simply wouldn’t have it any other way.

This perfectionist approach is not only expressed through our state-of-the-art technology, engineering and craftsmanship, but has also helped to make us one of Europe’s foremost home office design companies and the second oldest home office manufacturer in the UK.

Scroll over the white squares on the
exploded illustration on the
right to find out just what
goes in to making the
perfect home office!

 
Timber frame

Treated European Redwood harvested from well managed, sustainabale forestry.

Finished with a specialist microporous paint for an extended maintenance-free life.

 
Bullseye window

One in each gable (opening for high level ventilation)

Toughened self-cleaning Pilkington K insulating glass.

U Value: 1.8W/M2k (thermal transmittance)

 
Glazed door

Outward opening fitted with five-lever security locking latch and cabin hook to fix in an open position.

 
Glazed wall panels

Treated Hemlock with safety double-glazed unit (toughened)

Toughened self-cleaning Pilkington K insulating glass.

U value: 1.5/M2k (thermal transmittance)

 
Insulated wall panels

Sandwich construction incorporates:

Exterior steel sheet (0.5mm), Plastisol colour-coated Olive Green (BS:12B27).

Phenolic foam insulation (40mm).

Inner steel sheet (0.5mm) Plastisol colour-coated Honesty (BS: 10C31).

U value: 1.8W/M2k (thermal transmittance).

 
Insulated roofing panels

Sandwich construction incorporates:

Exterior steel sheet (0.5mm), Plastisol colour-coated Olive Green (BS:12B27).

Insulation core (45mm) CFC-free.

Inner steel liner sheet (0.4mm) White (BHS: 00E55).

U value: 0.45W/M2k (thermal transmittance)

 
Insulated floor

18mm chipboard laminated with 34mm styrofoam.

U value: 0.45W/M2k (thermal transmittance).

 
Integrated steel gutters

Plastisol coulou-coated Olive Green (BS: 12B27)

70mm square downpipe on pillar face (either end).

 
Service corner pillars

Containing in total:

Dimmer light switch.

Alarm key pad.

Eight 13 Amp sockets (ring main).

Two 13 Amp sockets (computer dedicated).

Four double telephone sockets.

Television socket.

Fuse board - RCD three-way unit, 30 MA, 63 Amp with MCBs.

 
Full-height window

Bottom-hinged, outward opening with 125mm limiting stay fitted with two Chubb security locks.

perfect ingredients

Timber Frames: made from specially treated European Redwood grown in managed Scandinavian forests and finished with a specialist microporous paint for an extended maintenance-free life.

Hardwood Sill: also made from managed forestry and protected by a damp proof membrane.

Insulated Wall Panels: made from 40mm thick Phenolic foam insulation layered either side with 0.5mm pressed steel coated in Plastisol. This offers excellent thermal insulation in all weathers, zero maintenance and a smart leathergrain finish.

Insulated Roof Panels: also benefit from 45mm thick CFC-free insulation core sandwiched between a 0.5mm Plastisol exterior steel sheet and a 0.4mm inner steel liner. This again gives excellent thermal and acoustic insulation, it will also retain heat during winter.

Glazed Panels: we only use toughened self-cleaning Pilkington K glass. This unique insulating glass gives the thermal dynamics equivalent to triple glazing!

Flooring: every construction is finished internally with a floating, inter-locking water resistant chipboard floor. The floor is backed with 34mm laminated Styrofoam providing yet more thermal insulation. The surface comes covered with carpet tiles as standard.

Guttering: each building has an integral gutter system with downpipes at the back and on on each side. This keeps the water off the structure, especially the glass, which reduces the need for cleaning and further enhances the longevity of the home office.

making all the right connections

Spotlights: the size of building dictates how many lights we install. This is discussed at the site meeting.

Power: a double switched socket is supplied to each corner of the building.

Consumer Unit: each electrical circuit within the building has its own trip switch that gives owners both safety and the ability to isolate circuits when required.

Telephone: most clients now use cordless telephones linked to the main dwelling. However we are able to fit telephone sockets as required, free of charge.