26 | Sector Focus: Decking & Garden Products
ACCOYA THRIVES IN THE MARKET GARDEN
A number of manufacturers are now using Accoya for greenhouses, summerhouses and other garden buildings and the market is likely to continue to grow. “I think it’s going to become a bigger application for us as staycations are likely this year,” said Laura Keily, head of marketing at Accsys Technologies. “Joiners love to use Accoya because it means fewer call backs and coatings last longer.” Woodpecker Joinery manufactured and
Above: Woodpecker Joinery chose Accoya for this greenhouse with attached shed
installed an Accoya wood greenhouse with attached shed for Essex homeowners, who chose the modified wood because of its 50- year warranty against rot. They wanted their greenhouse to be long lasting, whilst also looking good too.
The greenhouse has six glass panels on either side with two external doors and one internal door. The internal door leads through to an attached shed which has been finished with cladding. All doors, door frames, window frames and cladding have been made with Accoya wood. The greenhouse was finished with a dark brown stain, black guttering and black door fittings. Cheshire-based Cultivar Greenhouses, a high-specification greenhouse manufacturer, is also using Accoya for all structural frameworks in its range to ensure a solid outline is guaranteed with every build. It selected Accoya because it is dimensionally stable, meeting a demanding
◄ of sheds have gone a bit bonkers. Terry Waldron, managing director of online shed seller Waltons, told the BBC that his company had seen a 300% increase in demand for garden structures that could double as a home office. Meanwhile Charles Walton, founder of Kybotech, the parent company of the BillyOh brand, which is one of the UK’s largest shed manufacturers, commented that a shed allows people the luxury of being able to get away from the house – and perhaps the family – in times of lockdown.
It’s a story mirrored by other shed
manufacturers in the UK. Power Sheds, for example, which launched just two years ago, has seen a big uptick in sales of its sheds, prompting it to move into much bigger premises and take on more staff (see pp31- 33). It also plans on launching a log cabins range in May to capitalise on the growing demand for garden offices.
Not all of the sheds being bought in the UK at the moment are destined to become writing dens or call centres, of course, and many will retain their primary function as a depository for all things garden related, but the driver for the increase in sales is the same – lockdown
has focused minds on garden improvements. Including sheds in Hutton’s portfolio was
“a no brainer”, according to David Twigg, director at Severn Valley Woodworks, parent company to the garden products division. “We had a record year for shed sales last year and I have no doubt that, capacity allowing, we will surpass that this year,” he said. “When you have a good product at a fair price it works.”
He added that one of the testaments to the quality of Hutton’s sheds is that some of the company’s best resellers are themselves shed manufacturers.
Above left: PiveteauBois reports that sales of its timber swimming pools have doubled Above right: Jacksons says homeowners are increasingly turning to acoustic fencing
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