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Giving Away More Than Seems Reasonable: Information and Outdoor Living in 2026

Giving Away More Than Seems Reasonable: Informa...

Outdoor living grew up on controlling what the customer knew. Why that stopped working, what it costs to publish anyway, and what is left once you give it all away.

Giving Away More Than Seems Reasonable: Informa...

Outdoor living grew up on controlling what the customer knew. Why that stopped working, what it costs to publish anyway, and what is left once you give it all away.

How to Measure Your Space

How to Measure Your Space

Almost every veranda quote begins with three numbers — a width, a projection and a height — and a good proportion of enquiries arrive with either none of them or...

How to Measure Your Space

Almost every veranda quote begins with three numbers — a width, a projection and a height — and a good proportion of enquiries arrive with either none of them or...

Width vs Projection

Width vs Projection

Two homeowners ask for a four by three metre veranda and mean entirely different structures. One pictures four metres along the back of the house coming three metres out over...

Width vs Projection

Two homeowners ask for a four by three metre veranda and mean entirely different structures. One pictures four metres along the back of the house coming three metres out over...

Modular Pergolas

Modular Pergolas

One question comes up more often than almost any other, usually near the end of a conversation and usually a little apologetically: can I add to it later? People ask...

Modular Pergolas

One question comes up more often than almost any other, usually near the end of a conversation and usually a little apologetically: can I add to it later? People ask...

Wall Mounted vs Freestanding

Wall Mounted vs Freestanding

Almost every veranda enquiry begins from the same unspoken assumption: that the structure will be bolted to the back of the house. It is a reasonable place to start, because...

Wall Mounted vs Freestanding

Almost every veranda enquiry begins from the same unspoken assumption: that the structure will be bolted to the back of the house. It is a reasonable place to start, because...

Planning Around Wall Obstacles

Planning Around Wall Obstacles

Look properly at the back of a typical British house and it is rarely the clean rectangle of brickwork that appears in a veranda brochure. There is a soil pipe...

Planning Around Wall Obstacles

Look properly at the back of a typical British house and it is rarely the clean rectangle of brickwork that appears in a veranda brochure. There is a soil pipe...

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