Compliment your home with a timber carriage house or oak-framed cart lodge.
Carriage Houses & Cart Lodges
Our oak-framed and timber carriage houses and cart lodges sit equally comfortably alongside period, listed buildings and contemporary, modern homes.
Providing dry storage for cars, tools and garden furniture, they are available in a range of sizes and styles.
Why Choose an Olson Carriage House?
All of our carriage houses and cart lodges are constructed from the same sustainably sourced, pressure treated timber that we use in our range of timber buildings.
Being based in Kent with more listed buildings than any other county, we know how important it is to design a good-looking carriage house that conforms to planning requirements and is sympathetic to the existing property.
Built to last, we guarantee all of our timber buildings for 5 years.
Simply Designed For You
One size does not fit all; we work with you to design your ideal carriage house or cart lodge that incorporates all the features you require. Perhaps you need a particular height or width to accommodate a caravan or horsebox?
Whether that's an open bay, garden store or workshop, we build to order so that we can create your bespoke design, whilst our large stock of pre-cut timbers and materials mean that our construction lead time is quick.
We have lots of useful planning advice for building carriage houses and cart lodges, and can help to guide you through a planning application.
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Feature | OTB 2 | OTB 3 | OTB 3 (tiled by others) |
|---|---|---|---|
Cladding | Pressure Treated Shiplap Exterior Cladding fixed using Stainless Steel Nails | Pressure Treated EX19mm (16mm finished size) Shiplap Exterior Cladding fixed using Stainless Steel Nails | Pressure Treated EX19mm (16mm finished size) Shiplap Exterior Cladding fixed using Stainless Steel Nails |
Wall Construction | Pressure Treated 4" x 2" (100mm x 50mm) CLS framing | Pressure Treated 4" x 2" (100mm x 50mm) CLS framing | Pressure Treated 4" x 2" (100mm x 50mm) CLS framing |
Lining | Breather Membrane between studwork and exterior cladding | Breather Membrane between studwork an exterior cladding | Breather Membrane between studwork and exterior cladding |
Eaves Height | 7' 4" (2235mm) | 8' 1" (2464mm) | 8' 1" (2464mm) |
Ridge Height | - | - | - |
Pitch | 17º | 22.5º | 35º |
Treatment | Pressure Treated | Pressure Treated (where softwood) | Pressure Treated (where softwood) |
Roof Construction | 5" x 2" (125mm x 50mm) Purlins and support trusses | Specialist roof trusses every 600mm centres to BS standards | Specialist roof trusses every 600mm centres to BS standards |
Roof Boarding | OSB Board | OSB Board | - |
Roof Covering | Black Onduline | Shaded Onduvilla (available in shaded red, shaded brown or black) | Ready to be tiled (by others) |
Guttering | Half round guttering and down pipe to the front and rear elevations | Half round guttering and down pipe to the front and rear elevations | To be supplied by roofer |
Openings | Pressure Treated 6" x 6" (150mm x 150mm) support posts, headers & curved bracing to the front of the opening | Oak 6" x 6" (150mm x 150mm) support posts, headers & curved bracing to the front of the opening | Oak 6" x 6" (150mm x 150mm) support posts, headers & curved bracing to the front of the opening |
Double Door | Optional Extra | Optional Extra | Optional Extra |
Personal Door | Optional Extra | Optional Extra | Optional Extra |
Window | Optional Extra | Optional Extra | Optional Extra |
Tiled Roof | - | - | Ready to be tiled (by others) |
Staddle Stones | Optional Extra | Granite staddle stone under each support post | Granite staddle stone under each support post |
Fascia | - | Optional Extra (open to eaves as standard) | To be supplied by your roofer |