Garden rooms with composite cladding
More and more of the garden room projects we feature are being finished with composite exterior cladding. It's a great choice, particularly if you are looking for a low-maintenance outdoor building.
Composite cladding materials have come a long way over the last few years. Today they are available in subtle colour palettes and realistic wood shades.
Some products have smooth finishes, others tactile wood grains - some options are formed in moulds of real wood, impressing the natural wood grain into the surface.
Check to see which garden room companies work in your area
Not all of them do!
Two types of composite cladding
Some of the composite cladding materials used in garden room design mix real wood fibres with polymers. Other products mix synthetic fibres with cement. With both approaches, the boards are coloured during the manufacturing process, so they don't need painting to maintain their appearance.
Composite claddings such as Cedral have an A2-s1,d0 fire-resistance rating. This makes it a great choice for Building Regulation compliant garden rooms and annexes. It is a popular finish for garden rooms sited within 1m of a boundary.
Some garden room designers mix composite claddings with timber ones. This can be very effective, as some of the projects below show.
Ask to see samples
Having requested a lot of composite cladding samples over the years, we have found that the quality can differ between ranges, and some options are much more expensive than others. Bear this in mind when comparing your composite garden room options. We also suggest asking to see samples of the finish and colour rather than just picking from images.
Whist they may not mention it in the description, these garden room projects all feature composite exterior cladding:
8ft x 12ft Garden Gym
Heritage Garden Studios designed a bespoke 8ft x 12ft garden gym in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, incorporating countryside views and a 55sqm composite deck. This insulated, multi-purpose space offers fitness, entertainment, and relaxation, with low-maintenance finishes and energy-efficient design throughout.
The Ultimate Garden Man Cave
This custom-designed space includes a golf simulator, bar, dartboard, and a cosy seating area for movie nights. Incorporating specialist soundproofing, bespoke interior finishes, and high-quality Millboard cladding.
A cloakroom and storage room can be accessed from the garden.
L-Shaped Outdoor Entertainment Room
Working closely with their clients, Cosy Garden Rooms designed this L-shaped building, featuring a fully insulated garden sitting room in the corner, flanked by two canopied outdoor areas that house an outdoor kitchen and dining area. This combination provides spaces that can be enjoyed in any weather.
Garden Entertainment Hub
Guests invited to this garden room in Otley, West Yorkshire, are in for a treat, as an exceptional indoor-outdoor entertainment space has been designed and built by Heritage Garden Studios. The Heritage Garden Studios team worked closely with their clients to bring their vision of a garden entertainment hub, which also doubles as a peaceful retreat, to life.
Garden Office Suite with Kitchen & Cloakroom
This two-room office suite, complete with a kitchen and cloakroom, demonstrates that you can create a professional office space in your garden. Executive Garden Rooms offers a turnkey service, handling all the groundwork and connections to the mains services, leaving their clients with a ready-to-use office space.
A Garden Playroom That Will Evolve with the Kids
A garden room playroom offers a delightful solution, blending the joy of indoor play with the benefits of being outdoors. It is a room that can grow with the children, easily becoming a homework room or a teenager’s den.
This 5m x 4m example by Cosy Garden Rooms demonstrates its versatility. The space is not just for the kids; their parents have also made room to add a sauna.
Rockwood Garden Studios
If you are looking for a low-maintenance garden room that also has character and style, you’ll want to explore the options at Rockwood Garden Studios. Offering contemporary-style insulated garden rooms, Rockwood utilises a palette of durable materials including natural stone, glass, and metal finishes.
Cosy Garden Room with Bathroom
This 5m x 3.5m garden room by Cosy Garden Rooms has been designed as a multipurpose space. Complete with a bathroom it serves as a home office, family sitting room and occasional bedroom.
Insulated Garden Workshop
Garden workshops don’t have to be cold, dusty, cobweb-filled spaces; they can be high-spec, brightly lit, modern spaces that are comfortable for use every day of the year. We’re not just talking about an insulated shed; a bespoke garden workshop can be designed around the space you have available and your work plans. This Executive Garden Rooms project is an excellent example.
Mixing Exterior Materials Enhances This Contemporary Garden Room’s Style
Mixing exterior cladding finishes adds significant style and character to a garden room. In this project by Executive Garden Rooms, three premium finishes—crisp white render, warm Western Red Cedar, and sleek dark grey composite—are combined to striking effect. These materials enhance the contemporary aesthetic of the building while promising a long, low-maintenance lifespan.
3m tall garden photography studio
A 7m x 4m garden photography studio by Cosy Garden Rooms. Designed to accommodate the unique requirements of the business, a professional yet comfortable workspace has been created.
Inside-Outside Home Entertaining Space
This L-shaped building, crafted by Heritage Garden Studios, was designed to enable the owners to comfortably host family and friends in any weather, it seamlessly blends functionality with style.
Thoughtfully planned, the building not only frames picturesque views of the garden and the countryside beyond but also creates both indoor and outdoor dining areas.
Kennedy Garden Retreats
Kennedy Garden Retreats have caught our eye with their range of modular garden rooms that can be personalised around each customer. Their Windsor design particularly stands out amidst contemporary garden room options, thanks to its unique exterior finishes and meticulous detailing.
Garden art studio with kitchen
For creatives, having a dedicated space to work on projects without the need to clean up at day’s end is invaluable. The luxury of a space tailored to your unique needs, allowing for custom glazing arrangements that provide perfect lighting and frame garden views, and offering storage for materials is truly a dream. With Executive Garden Rooms, this dream is attainable.
Maintenance-free garden office & workshop
This 7m x 3m garden room by Garden2Oiice is split into a home office and a workshop. Built on a steep slope, the room uses two different types of exterior cladding that require little to no maintenance and look great. It’s a perfect blend of practicality and style.
Creative ways to clad your garden room
A garden room can be a great focal point for your outdoor space, but central to its success is the style of cladding you choose and how you want it to look now and in the future.
Old garage to multifunction garden room with shower
Executive Garden Rooms designed and built this multifunctional garden room on the site of an old garage. Their client’s vision was a versatile space serving as a home office, family room, and guest accommodation.
Composite and Cedar claddings work well together
A recent Instagram post by Modern Garden Rooms caught our eye, showcasing their Concave range garden room with a stylish combination of composite wood cladding and Western Red Cedar cladding. This project is an excellent example of how combining different cladding finishes can create a unique and striking look for a garden room. While many people choose one finish or the other, this project demonstrates the potential for mixing materials to create a more visually interesting and personalised aesthetic.
Urban by Sanctum Garden Studios
The Urban is a new low-maintenance option from Sanctum Garden Studios. The composite wood exterior cladding comes in five colours and is resistant to rot and fungal attack.
Forge – zero maintenance garden rooms
FORGE is a new range of zero-maintenance garden rooms by one of the longest-established names in the industry Smart Modular Buildings.
The FORGE comes in three sizes and includes several features as standard, such as heating and exterior lighting, that other companies only offer as extras. Prices start at £13,745, including VAT.
Urban Escape Studios
If you live within a 40-mile radius of Brighton and are looking for a contemporary garden room, you will want to look at Urban Escape Studios’ work.
Urban Escape Studios feature a low-maintenance engineered wood cladding ToughWood™, which is available in 6 finishes. You can also choose Cedar, or Shou Sugi Ban finishes.
Little Green Rooms
If you live in the South West of England and are looking for a well-specified contemporary garden room design, you should explore the work of Bristol-based Little Green Rooms.
For us, Little Green Rooms stands out in the market since the sustainability of their buildings is a top priority. Each material in the multi-layer build-up has been chosen for its low-impact eco credentials.
Garden rooms with Ecoscapes’ slatted cladding
Garden2Office offer a broad palette of cladding options for the exterior of their buildings. From much-loved natural materials like Western Red Cedar, contemporary profiled metal cladding options and composite cladding finishes that will require little maintenance.
Recently a number of Garden2Office customers have chosen to finish their exterior walls with Ecoscapes slatted profile composite cladding.
Garden dining room with indoor barbecue
Miniature Manors designed and built this stylish 5.5m x 4m outdoor dining room and fitted a South African indoor braai barbecue, incorporating the necessary fireproofing into the structure.
The garden room has been clad externally in composite slatted cladding by Ecoscape.
10.5m wide garden gym & kids den
This impressive 10.5m x 4.5m garden room is by Garden Fortress. Based on their Classic Garden Room 3 range, the building has been divided into two spacious rooms: a home gym and a kid’s den.
Garden office with a mix of Cedar and cement particle board cladding
There is a growing trend in garden room design to mix timber claddings like Western Red Cedar with cement particle board cladding. People often wonder what this fusion of natural and manufactured finishes looks like. Well, this garden office project by Garden Spaces showcases what a successful pairing the two finishes are.
Insulated composite garden rooms
Garden Rooms Online offer insulated composite buildings in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. Garden Rooms Online offer a full installation service or can supply a self build kit.
Art studio with composite cladding
3.5m x 3m art studio with low maintenance olive green composite cladding by Hargreaves Garden Spaces, it has been designed to overcome a sloping site.
Light grey composite art studio
This art studio by Garden2Office is a great example of a garden room with composite cladding which will keep its appearance without maintenance.
Garden office with maintenance-free cladding
Composite cladding is an excellent choice for a garden office as it has a long maintenance free lifespan. It is also idea for inaccessible walls next to boundaries as this Hargreaves Garden Spaces project shows.
Cedral & render garden office
4m x 3.4m garden office by Executive Garden Rooms. Externally, a mix of Cedral boards and crisp white render have been used. Low maintenance finishes that will maintain their appearance as the building ages.
Modern Composite Garden Rooms
Like the idea of low maintenance composite wood cladding for your garden room? Modern Garden Rooms offer some good examples that utilise composite cladding as part of a multi-layer build-up.
Composite office pod
Hargreaves Garden Spaces have launched a new range of low maintenance, composite wood garden office pods. Available in 3 sizes, with prices from £10,999 inc VAT and installation.
Garden office with composite cladding and secret bike store
5.3m x 3.5m building that has been divided in two to create a home office and bike store. The exterior is low maintenance composite wood while the interior has a high spec plastered and decorated finish.
Low maintenance garden office with kitchen & toilet
8m wide garden office with low maintenance Cedral cladding by Brookwell Garden Rooms. The building features a kitchen and toilet making it self-contained from the house.
Cedar garden room with composite decking
4m x 3m Cedar garden room with large composite deck by Brookwell Garden Rooms. The light brown decking is a good match with the Cedar cladding.
