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Many people would like to enjoy their garden throughout the entire year. There a several ways to achieve this, even in hard rain and stormy, cold weather. You can decide to increase your living area by buying a pavilion. When buying a pavilion, you can choose to have it open or closed. You will always be warm, dry, and protected from the wind in an enclosed pavilion with glass sliders.

A pavilion with glass sliders offers a number of other advantages:

• It provides flexible protection from the wind. You can always open or close the sliders when the pavilion gets too warm or too cold.
• A pavilion will change the way the light enters your house.
• You can have your pavilion and the glass sliders made to size.
• It creates a warm, cozy atmosphere.

A pavilion with glass sliders can be connected to your house, but there are several free-standing options as well.

Your pavilion becomes part of your house and garden

Buying a pavilion allows you to enlarge your living area and enjoy your garden year-round. A pavilion also shows off your house and garden from a completely different angle. Customizing your pavilion is entirely up to you. Choose any size you want, large or small. Do you prefer a romantic, modern, or rustic style? A pavilion with or without glass sliders?  Enjoy all the seasons in a beautiful pavilion.
Glass sliders will give you a view of your garden throughout the entire year. Lugarde offers a wide range of pavilions with optional glass sliders. Visit www.lugarde.com

Naturally, you want your summerhouse to last as long as possible in optimal condition. There are different ways to ensure this. As well as staining and a good paint treatment, there are various practical tips that you can follow to extend the using-life of your summerhouse.

These tips include:

• Ventilation

  
  
  Many people forget that it is important to have ventilation in your summerhouse. Moisture can get inside through the flooring. You can fit ventilation grilles – the best solution is to have one at the front and one at the back of your summerhouse. Fitting these grilles will counteract condensation.

• Fit door hooks immediately after your summerhouse is assembled

  
  
  It is advisable to fit your door hooks straight away after you have assembled your summerhouse. That way, your doors cannot suddenly blow open and your windows and door will not be damaged.

• Wood needs space
  

Wood expands when it is humid. A 14cm plank can expand by roughly 1.5mm. A summerhouse that is around 15 planks high can soon expand by 2.25cm. You therefore need to make sure that the wood has enough space to be able to expand. You can use screws and nails to ensure that the wood can move easily.

• Use gravel to counteract splashing rainwater
  

  
  Spreading a layer of gravel around your summerhouse protects it against splashing rainwater. If you do this, the wood will rot less quickly and stay dry, and your summerhouse will last longer.

Still having problems with rotting wood or mould?

If mould or rot still appears on your wood, it is often advised to remove the wood to combat the rotting process. You can remove the rotten wood using a paint scraper or screwdriver. The wood needs to be coated with dry rot treatment. Once it has dried thoroughly, the wood needs to be treated with impregnation agent. These products are available from local DIY shops.

More information about practical tips is available at https://www.lugarde.com/info/practical-tips/