Check the quality when buying log stores online

There are a lot of log stores and garden stores available to buy online and the price varies, more often than not in line with the quality.  Here at Dorset Log Stores we have a range of designs for a variety of locations but we only make them here in the UK and to help you do a comparison, here are our reasons why we think it’s worth paying that little bit more for one of our high quality Dorset Log Stores or Garden Stores.

We carefully choose the timber for our Dorset Log Stores

All of our timber in our Dorset Log Stores comes from one small Swedish mill in the north of Sweden.  This means that we can control the quality of the timber from the chainsaw right here to Dorset where we can make your log store or garden store.

All our timber is tanalised, that is pressure treated with preservative that’s eco-friendly to make it last a long, long time.  When the timber reaches us in here in Dorset we take it from its packs and stack it in tall stacks to allow air to get between the layers to reduce the humidity of the timber down to an ambient humidity so it’s ready to build your log stores or garden stores.

Each one of our Dorset Log Stores is hand crafted by our skilled craftsmen and women 

The timber is then brought into the workshop and our cutter goes through the timber cutting out the lengths required to build the product, removing sections of the timber that are not up to the standard we approve of. The elimination of that portion of the timber increases the quality of the log store or garden store that you get from us.

All the timber is then taken from our cutters to our carpenters ready to build your product.  All the ends are sanded and then sanded some more, to give a professional finish and then to all the cut ends we apply a product called Ensele^TM which is a treatment to apply a preservative to the open cut ends of the timber. This isn’t normal in our industry but it is something we do because it preserves the timber better.

At Dorset Log Stores we offer a 15 year warranty against fungal attack and rot

All the timber that comes from Sweden to us is slow grown that means that over the cold northern winters it takes a long long time for a tree to get to a size where it can be cut down and made into lumber to build your log store. 

The growth rings are close together. That means that it is dense and  hard timber and will last for years.  Your log store or garden store is built from thick heavy sections of timber.  If you see the timber used on our garden stores, it’s dense, heavy, solid, solid timber, this is joinery timber – it’s not fencing grade timber that other companies use. All the hardware used on your log store or garden store is heavy duty galvanised, dipped in zinc. Again, to last for years and years.  All the screws that hold it together are plated and painted to give double protection.  And any nails that are used or roof fixings, are stainless steel, so the galvanising will not go on them because they are stainless steel, they will last forever.

On this log store we have red cedar shingles. These are Canadian red cedar shingles, certified for use on houses.  On our slate roofed log stores and garden stores, we use a polyester slate, again certified for use on houses, will not fade, will not shatter, will last for years and years.  On our timber roofed log stores we use a heavy duty 25mm tongue and groove ship lap section that prevents moisture getting in and will last for years. 

Dorset Log Stores’ Log Stores and Garden Stores are built for you here in Dorset by British Craftsmen with care and pride, that’s why we think that they’re worth that little bit extra.

Along with our range of Log Stores, Wheelie Bin Stores, Recycling Stores, Garden Stores, Delivery Boxes and Welly Houses we also offer Wicker Log Baskets of Rattan, Willow and Ash, and numerous Fireside Accessories. Visit our website to buy log stores online with FREE STANDARD DELIVERY throughout most of the UK