Name: Melanie XL (4.5x2.8m | 11.5m2 | 44mm) Summer House
Brand: Palmako
SKU: 109355
Price: 4490.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

5 Year Warranty
Internal area: 11.5sqm
Total height: 311.0 cm
External dimensions: 468x300 cm
Walls: 44 mm (Log)
Glazing: Double glazing 3-6-3

Melanie XL (4.5x2.8m | 11.5m² | 44mm) Summer House

Expansive and Versatile Garden Retreat

Introducing the Melanie XL Summer House, an ideal enhancement for your garden that offers extensive space and superior insulation. This model combines traditional charm with modern functionality, providing a perfect venue for gatherings or a tranquil retreat for everyday enjoyment.

Superior Construction and Design

Crafted from slow-growing Nordic spruce, the Melanie XL is built with 44mm thick log walls, ensuring robustness and longevity. This material is especially chosen for its quality and durability under tough weather conditions typical of the British climate. The log cabin construction technique used here, involving 44 mm double groove log joints, allows for a sturdy build without the need for screws or nails, making assembly straightforward even for novices.

Enhanced Living and Working Space

With an internal area of 11.5 sqm and external dimensions of 468x300 cm, the Melanie XL offers more than the average summer house. It's perfectly suited as a garden office, playroom, or even a small gym, thanks to its generous floor space and the natural light afforded by large, double-glazed windows. These features not only enhance the aesthetics but also significantly improve thermal insulation.

Thoughtful Features for All-Season Use

Double Glazed Windows: Ensure warmth and reduce noise, making this summer house ideal for year-round use.
Insulated Door and Window Seals: Equipped with rubber gaskets and silicone sealing, these features keep the cold out and the warmth in.
Durable Foundation: The base is supported by impregnated, pressure-treated foundation beams that prevent rot and insect damage.
High-Quality Door System: Features a laminated timber door frame with a low, metal-coated threshold and a secure cylinder lock for added security.

Customization and Maintenance

The Melanie XL is delivered untreated, giving you the flexibility to finish it according to your personal style and garden aesthetics. Whether you opt for a stain to enhance the natural wood grain or a paint to match your home, it’s recommended to treat the wood soon after assembly to ensure maximum protection and longevity.

Warranty and Flexibility

This summer house comes with a 5-year warranty, emphasizing our commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. The design allows for reverse assembly, providing flexibility in its placement and orientation within your garden space. For a hassle-free experience, we offer installation service for all of our cabins.

Choose the Melanie XL Summer House for its exceptional space, insulation qualities, and versatile usage options, making it a superb addition to any garden looking to maximize their outdoor living space.

Technical details

Measurements

Dimensions: 468x300 cm
Overall height: 311.0 cm
Wall height: 234.0 cm

Walls:

Construction type: Log
Wall thickness: 44

Roof:

Roof type: Pyramid roof
Roof area: 19.9 m²
Roof angle: 24.7º
Overhang, front: 37.0 cm
Overhang, back: 37.0 cm
Overhang, sides: 37.0 cm
Roof board thickness: 16.0 mm

Floor:

Floor area: 11.5 m²
Floor board thickness: 19.0 mm
Floor beams: 45x70 mm

Doors and windows:

Glass type: Double glazing 3-6-3
Nr of windows:
Nr of double windows: 3
Window sizes: 100x134 cm
Nr of single doors:
Nr of double doors: 1
Nr of sliding doors:
Door size: 124x194 cm

Delivery and packaging

Nr of packages: 1
Total weight: 1260.0kg

Assembly instructions

Please read the assembly manual carefully before proceeding with the house installation! You will thus avoid problems and will not waste time.

→ Download the installation manual from here ←

Recommendations

Keep the house package until its complete assembly in a dry place, but not in direct contact with the ground, protected from weather conditions (moisture, the sun, etc.). Do not keep the house package in a heated room!
When selecting the garden house location, make sure that the house will not be subjected to extreme weather conditions (areas of strong snowfall or winds); otherwise you should attach the house (for instance, with anchors) to the subsoil.
All timber elements are natural and need to be treated with wood protection products by the customer to resist weather effects.

For assembling you will need the following tools:

assembly aid
water-level
knife
ladder
screwdriver
measuring tape
hammer
saw
pliers
drill
protective gloves

Preparation of components

Sort the components based on the wall plans (see Installation manual) and place them at the four sides of the house in the installation sequence.

Attention:

Never place the components directly on grass or a muddy surface because it will be very difficult or even impossible to clean them up later!

Garden house installation

Installing a garden house begins from preparing a perfectly level and square foundation. Pouring a concrete foundation is not essential for that purpose; lightweight construction blocks, concrete slabs or posts are also suitable as a base. They need to be dug partly into the ground and levelled before installing the house in order to prevent the house from sinking.

Every house has installation manual included, describing all the main installation stages and separately displaying the wall elements. You can see some of the installation manual by the product description on Palmako’s home page.

Foundation

Prepare the foundation so that its upper edge extends from the ground to a height of at least 5 cm and the foundation joists are propped up on every side with intervals not exceeding 50-60 cm. At the same time make sure that there are sufficient air apertures under the house floor for ventilation.

The following foundation options are recommended:

Screw foundation
Strip or spot (pile) foundation
Foundation from concrete or pavement slabs
Slab foundation (cast concrete bed)

The base frame of the house must be completely flat and level to ensure that the installation proceeds without problems.

Attention:

Different houses can have different foundation placements – see the appended base frame drawing (in Installation Manual)!

Take a look at the assembly videos

Our installation videos are made for illustrative purposes only and show general installation principles of a product group.

During installation you must always follow the product specific installation instructions that come with the product!

Treatment and care

Wood is a natural material, growing and adapting depending on weather conditions. Large and small cracks, colour tone differences and changes, as well as a changing structure of wood are not errors, but a result of wood growing and a peculiarity of wood as a natural material.

Unprocessed wood (except for foundation joists) becomes greyish after having been left untouched for a while, can turn blue and become mouldy. To protect the wooden details of your product, you must immediately process them with a wood preservative or use the product treatment service that Palmako gladly offers.

It is recommended that you cover the floor boards in advance with a colourless wood impregnation agent, especially the bottom sides of the boards, to which you will no longer have access when the house is assembled. Only this will prevent moisture penetration.

It is also recommended that you process the doors and windows as well with a wood impregnation agent, and do that namely both inside and outside! Otherwise the doors and windows can become twisted.

After the product assembly is completed, a weather protection paint that will protect wood from moisture and UV radiation is recommended for the conclusive finishing.

When painting, use high quality tools and paints, follow the paint application manual and manufacturer’s safety and usage instructions. Never paint a surface in strong sunlight or rainy weather. Consult a specialist regarding paints suitable for unprocessed softwood and follow the paint manufacturer’s instructions.

Having been properly painted, your product’s lifetime will increase substantially. Palmako recommends that you inspect the house thoroughly once every six months.

Warranty

Sales and Warranty Terms and Conditions

Over the last 20 years, Palmako has produced over half a million wooden houses. In Palmako’s production, only the latest technology is used to make no compromises on quality and to make sure that nature and its resources are handled in the best possible way.

Palmako places a 5-year warranty on Palmako’s wooden buildings and a 2-year warranty on Palmako’s playgrounds and swings for your complete peace of mind.

Palmako products are manufactured in accordance with high-quality norms. Parts have been carefully inspected and packed. In order to avoid possible problems, it is recommended that you inspect the delivery for its completeness in accordance with the list of parts before assembly. This inspection must be carried out within 14 days after delivery. Warranty claims are limited to the exchange of defective parts. Defective parts, which have been used or treated, are excluded from being replaced. All further claims are excluded! In the case of complaints, please pay attention to the following procedures: please present the inspection certificate along with the sales receipt to your place of purchase. Only in cases where these documents are presented will the complaint be dealt with quickly and without complications.

Please be sure to keep the packaging and accompanying documents of the product!

Keep the product and packaging in a dry place, but not in direct contact with the ground, protected from weather conditions. To protect the wooden products, you must immediately treat them with a wood preservative and provide regular maintenance.

There may be errors and technical differences in the data and files displayed on this website.

During installation you must always follow the product specific installation instructions that come with the product!

Warranty events

design defects;
missing components;
the use of materials not in compliance with the applicable quality requirements as well as all other defects in the product that would result in the lack of conformity of the product with the contract.

The warranty does not cover

peculiarities of wood as a natural material;
wooden details already painted (processed with a wood preservative);
wooden details containing whole branches that do not endanger the stability of the product;
colour tone variations caused by wood structure differences that do not influence wood lifetime;
wooden details containing (caused by drying) small cracks/gaps that do not pass through and do not influence the structure of the product;
twisted wooden details if they can nevertheless be installed;
roof and floor boards that may have on their concealed surfaces some non-planed areas, colour differences and waning;
complaints resulting from an incompetent manner of installation of the product;
defects of the product caused by the wrongful handling or use of the product, its components or materials or the failure to comply with the requirements for storage and maintenance of the product by the buyer;
complaints caused by introducing self-initiative changes to the product;
defects of the product caused by humans, animals or forces of nature, natural disasters or other events having catastrophic consequences:

The complaints covered by the warranty are satisfied to the extent of replacing the deficient/faulty material. All other demands will be excluded!

Assembly video

*This is an illustration on how this type of products are assembled. Please refer to user manual for detailed assembly instructions.

Download installation manual

How are Palmako garden buildings made?

The delivery lorry arrived about eleven o’clock and the driver duly unloaded two very large packages. At eleven thirty my neighbour and I began to investigate these well protected packages.
Just after three o’clock that afternoon, two self satisfied men were enjoying a well deserved beverage whilst admiring the 4.5 by 3.5 meter cabin which was now completed up to roof purling level.
The construction of the cabin was so logical and easy, just like assembling ‘Lego blocks’ only heavier.

Roger

Birmingham

Wow! From our initial enquiry phone call about your range of log cabins to the final building of our new log cabin, you have been courteous, informative, efficient and thoroughly professional.
A special mention must go to the two guys who came to construct our “Susanna (12.4 sqm) ” – they were brilliant. I did mention to the them that when I was in the building trade running a team of ten, I wished they had been two of them.
Thank you so much, we love our cabin which was in full use the day after they had finished the installation. Best wishes.”

Peter & Jacquie Smyrk

Just a brief note to say how delighted I am with the Melanie (9.6 sqm) Log Cabin I bought from you. Your service and price were superb and Greg and Craig came at 9am on Tuesday and worked right through until 8pm to build it.
They did an excellent job and did not stop all day. Greg advised that I should paint the door and windows a different colour as otherwise the green painted log cabin would be ‘lost’ in the garden and I took their advice. I used two different colours of Butinox No. 3 and the result is absolutely incredible. Many thanks once again. One hugely satisfied customer.

Sandy

We absolutely love our Summer House – we can seat 16 people inside it, it stays warm long after the sun has gone down and it is particularly special as we run a B&B, so we can escape into it, invite all our friends to parties in it and now, we have installed electricity so can have lighting, heat and music as and when needed. It also provides a really big area to store all our garden furniture during the winter months.
We would absolutely recommend you to anyone considering buying one. Many thanks.

Maria Sherriff

As I have said on a number of occasions, I am absolutely delighted with the way you dealt with my initial enquiry, arranged prompt delivery and helped with advice during the installation.
It made a refreshing change to be treated so well throughout, even after I had paid!! The overall quality of the materials was excellent – and I am a fussy retired surveyor – and the clear instructions were easy to follow, although the roof was a bit of a challenge, as I expected! All in all, a great success much admired by friends and visitors. Thanks again for your hands-on service John, it was much appreciated.

Paul Scott

Melanie XL (4.5x2.8m | 11.5m2 | 44mm) Summer House