- Rated 5.0 on Google
- 10 years’ experience
- 5-year workmanship guarantee
- Fully insured
- Free site visits
- No call-out charge
Why us
Why Cumbrian homeowners choose our garden structures
Posts concreted to depth
The bases are the whole job. Exposed Cumbrian gardens need deeper, properly concreted posts than a flat-pack assumes.
Pressure-treated throughout
Every timber, not just the visible ones. It is what decides whether it is sound in 15 years.
Set out with the paving
Post bases go in before the slabs, so the paving is laid around the structure rather than cut about after.
Built while we are on site
If it goes in with a patio the machinery and concrete are already there, so it costs a fraction.
What it is
Garden Structures, built to last in Cumbria
A pergola or gazebo is only as good as what it stands on and how it is fixed down, which is why it belongs with the groundwork rather than after it. Built alongside a patio it is a fraction of the cost of a separate visit, and the levels work out properly.
- Post bases dug and concreted to depth, set out square before anything is built
- Pressure-treated timber throughout
- Structures set out to work with the paving levels and falls, not against them
- Built while the machinery is already on site if it goes in with a patio
- Ground anchoring and fixings suited to an exposed Cumbrian garden
- Cleared and cleaned down on completion
Choices
The garden structure options we offer
A few of the finishes we lay most. We bring samples to your free site visit so you can hold them against the house before you decide.
Pergola
An open frame for climbers and shade. Defines a seating area without closing it in.
Gazebo
Roofed, so it is usable in Cumbrian weather rather than only in August.
Lean-to canopy
Fixed to the house, covering a back door or bifolds. The cheapest way to gain year-round outdoor space.
What holds a garden structure up
The posts and their bases. Everything else is joinery. In an exposed Cumbrian garden a flat-pack post spike will not do it — the bases go deeper and get properly concreted, set out square before a single timber is cut.
Every timber is pressure-treated, not just the ones you can see. It is what decides whether the structure is sound in 15 years or soft at the base in five.
Why build it with the paving
Post bases go in before the slabs, so the paving is laid around the structure rather than cut about afterwards to make it fit. And if the excavator, the concrete and the muck-away are already on site for a patio, the structure costs a fraction of what it does as a separate visit.
How It Works
Our garden structure process at a glance
You know the price in writing before anything gets dug up, and nothing is charged until you say go ahead.
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Get in touch
Fill in the form or ring Taylor. Tell us where you are and roughly what you’re after.
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We come and look
We visit, measure up and talk through the options. No obligation, and nothing to pay.
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You get your quote
An itemised written price, fixed. Take as long as you need to think about it.
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We book you in
We agree a start date and get the work done. 4 to 6 days on site for most driveways.
Living with it
Looking after your garden structure
Re-treat the timber every 2 to 3 years — more often on the weather side. Check the fixings after a hard winter. That is it; a properly based structure needs nothing else.
Our guarantee
5-year workmanship guarantee
Every driveway and patio we lay is guaranteed for 5 years against failure caused by our workmanship.
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Before & after
The same job, days apart. Drag the handle to see the difference.
Where we work
Garden Structures across Cumbria
No call-out charge anywhere on this list, and nothing to pay for the quote.
FAQs
Common garden structure questions
Usually not — most fall under permitted development if they are under 2.5m high near a boundary, aren't forward of the front elevation and don't cover more than half the garden. It changes if the property is listed or in a conservation area, and there are parts of the National Park where it is worth checking. Tell us the situation and we'll go through it with you before you commit.
It will if the bases are right, and that is the whole job. Exposed gardens on this side of the country need deeper, properly concreted post bases and heavier fixings than a standard kit assumes. It is the part nobody sees and the part that decides whether it is still there after a February gale.
That is the way it works best and it is cheaper for you. The excavator, the concrete and the muck-away are all already on site, and we can set the post bases before the paving goes down so everything lines up instead of being worked around.
Ready to transform your garden?
Free quotes, a 5-year workmanship guarantee, and a team that turns up when they say they will.