Outdoor Help Articles

As a family-run timber merchant in the heart of the North of England, we’ve been supplying quality external timber doors and accessories to homes across the region for decades. We know first hand how vital it is to keep your home warm, comfortable, and energy-efficient especially during our chilly northern winters. One of the simplest yet most effective ways to achieve this is by draft-proofing your external timber doors.

In this blog, we’ll walk you through some tried-and-tested draft-proofing options, tailored to both preserve the beauty of your doors and keep your home snug.

As March rolls in, so does the promise of springtime renewal. For timber enthusiasts and DIYers alike, this season marks the perfect opportunity to embark on new projects and breathe fresh life into outdoor spaces. Whether you're a seasoned builder or a novice craftsman, there's something inherently exciting about working with timber during this time of year. In this blog post, we'll explore some timber trends and offer valuable tips to inspire your seasonal projects.

At Atlantic Timber, our Composite Slatted Cladding Range combines modernity with nature, offering limitless design possibilities for both indoor and outdoor spaces. Crafted with Capped Composite construction and featuring a captivating brushed effect, it ensures a fade-resistant, rot-proof solution, bringing a breath-taking contemporary allure to any project. Additionally, our Composite Cladding Range provides a straightforward and efficient cladding solution with a rapid installation process, allowing for the modernization of homes and outdoor structures while ensuring long-term durability.

As the days grow shorter and the cold, dark nights approach, it's time to prepare your home for the winter chill. Ensuring your home is winter-proof is not only about bracing against the elements but also about creating a cosy and comfortable space to retreat to during the frosty months. Here are some essential tips to help you winterize your home effectively.

Log cabins have experienced a surge in popularity as a simple and cost-effective solution for expanding living space while adding a touch of charm to any environment. Purchasing a log cabin requires careful consideration of various factors, ranging from size and style to installation and delivery. In this comprehensive log cabin buying guide, we will take you through each step to ensure you have all the information you need to make an informed purchase decision.

Timber cladding is a popular choice for enhancing the exterior aesthetics and functionality of buildings. With its natural beauty, warmth, and versatility, timber cladding can transform any structure into a visually stunning and inviting space. In this guide, we'll discuss the various types, features and benefits of timber cladding.

Looking for a new garden shed can be confusing. It is hard to find the perfect one that meets all your needs whilst providing high quality – especially when ordering online. Power Sheds have changed this and become the online benchmark for quality and durability. Offering a product with unparalleled simplicity they have created the world’s most adaptable garden sheds and a brand you can trust.

Our shop front has been in desperate need of some TLC and with spring right around the corner, we were eager to give our shop a colourful makeover. As this job would have an impact on our main entrance, we needed something that was quick to install, didn't require painting, is long lasting and low-maintenance. With our range of IRO Heat Treated Timber we had the perfect products for this job in house!

Decking is a great way of transforming your garden into a practical and beautiful space. With many different types of decking available, it can be difficult to choose the right one. In this blog post we will discuss the benefits of each type of decking, to help you choose the perfect material for your project.

Spring is in full swing and the garden season has officially started. If you’ve got a shed or garden building or just some garden furniture that needs sprucing up, look no further than our two new ranges from market leading brands Coo-Var and Osmo! These products make it easy to get great results with their quick drying, easy to apply formulas.

Our new range of IRO cladding and decking is intricately crafted and offers a colourful solution for all indoor and outdoor spaces. Inspired by the traditional Japanese wood preservation method of Yakisugi, it combines passion for detail with progressive timber technology creating a revolutionary product.

With spring and summer around the corner it's time to revive your garden and get back to spending time outside. Unfortunately even spring and summer don't come with a guarantee for sunny weather and you might find your decking to be wet and slippery. Thankfully there is a solution for this - Anti-Slip decking. In this blog post we will highlight all the benefits of our Anti-Slip decking and why it can be a great addition to your garden.

As the evenings start to get lighter, it won’t be long before spring is here and focus turns to outdoor spaces and gardens. An important consideration in any outdoor space is which material to use in the patio/non-grass areas, to make the most of the space, both practically and aesthetically. In this blog post we will highlight the benefits of composite decking and why it's a great choice for your next garden project.

There are many different types of plywood, which can make choosing the right one for your job a little daunting. Here, we explain what types of plywood are available and which are best suited for certain jobs.

The timber in your garden will have had a good battering during the recent extreme weather we have experienced. With storms Ciara and Dennis wreaking havoc on your fencing, gates and decking, they’ll almost certainly be in need of a little TLC.

But with so many oils, varnishes and paints on the market promising to revive your tired timber, it can be difficult to know which ones are best for your garden.

Here, you can see our tried and tested recommendations for the best timber treatments, so you’re ready to treat your timber as soon as we get a spell of dry weather.