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News, advice and inspiration from the world of log cabins and garden buildings. Explore helpful guides, ideas, project insights and everything you need to know about creating your own Keops space.
Planning Permission for a Log Cabin: The Ultimate Guide
When deciding to put a log cabin, shed, or garden building in the grounds of your house, you will need to consider whether it will need planning permission or not. At the end of this blog, you can check if you need to apply for planning permission using our simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ configurator!
Top Roofing Options for Your Log Cabin: A Comprehensive Guide
Choosing the right roofing material for your log cabin is crucial for ensuring its durability, aesthetic appeal, and overall performance.
Advantages of Wooden Car Garages
Wooden car garages have become increasingly popular among homeowners due to their unique blend of practicality, aesthetic appeal, and environmental benefits.
Keops & New Forest Fruit Co. Team Up to Improve Worker Housing
Nestled between the Solent and the picturesque New Forest National Park, the New Forest Fruit Company is producing some of the UK’s finest soft fruits and asparagus.
Roof Trusses – What Are They & When Do You Need One?
A roof truss is a structure designed to support the purlins and roof on a log cabin. They can be near flat as on a Moderna style cabin or pitched as with a Classic, Cottage or Dutch style cabin.
Construction Week – Our DIY Guide Starts on Monday
Keops Construction Week. Starting on Monday, for the next week or so we’ll be explaining everything you need to know about building your Keops log cabin.
Comfortable & Energy Efficient School Classroom
The log cabin classroom was designed by Keops to replace the existing school building which was very tired and dated. Built to building regulations standard.
Building a Keops Log Cabin in Four and a Half Minutes
Our time lapse video shows whats involved in the building of a Keops log cabin. From laying out the bearers, building the walls, roof, insulation and fixing the shingles you can watch it all at high speed to give you an overview of how log cabins are constructed.