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Home offices don’t have to be drab, dingy and cramped! Creating a contemporary garden room with minimally framed sliding glass doors is a solution very much on the increase.

With more people than ever working from home, (3.5million) it’s becoming increasingly important to add a smart, efficient workspace to our properties. No longer is it sufficient to use a corner of the living room. Anyone who works at a professional level needs a dedicated office. And if there isn’t a suitable room within the home, then why not create one outside?

Contemporary garden home offices meet these needs. The garden rooms are designed for all-year-round use, being well-insulated, and with extensive glazing options available, such as large minimal frame sliding glass doors, you can maximise the daylight for a more efficient productivity.

A big benefit for home-workers is the geographical and psychological separation from the house – no matter how close it is. It helps create a complete distinction between work and home in a calm and tranquil surrounding. Minimally framed doors enable a minimal break between the internal of the garden room and the surrounding garden; a 21mm vertical frame finish means that even when closed the sliding glass doors allow a full floor to ceiling glass wall looking out onto the surrounding gardens.

Changes made to the planning rules last year mean it’s now much easier to install garden offices without applying for planning permission, since they can be constructed under a property’s permitted development rights. A garden office is comparatively less expensive than building a house extension, and a smart, well-finished workspace is likely to add to a property’s value as the growing trend for home-working rises.

Minimal windows have been used on numerous contemporary home offices in gardens, providing the all-important separate space for work using large minimal framed sliding glass doors at the forefront of the design.

Examples of our contemporary garden home office projects are illustrated below or for more inspiration visit our Pinterest Board.

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This garden room home office is linked to the main home via a frameless glass link, with large glass sliding doors surrounding the home office ensure the internal space has an abundance of natural light and provides a seamless link with the garden.

Minimal Windows Minamly Framed Sliding Glass Doors — KELLER minimal windows® to contemporary garden room

Another project of ours features minimal framed sliding doors on three sides of this impressive garden room extension. This new addition to the garden creates an external living and office space for the home owners.

IQ Glass UK installed this installation of KELLER minimal windows® and are the sole UK installer for KELLER minimal windows® within the UK. Contact IQ Glass UK for more information about installing KELLER minimal windows® on contemporary design projects within the UK.

01494 722 880

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Visit the www.planningportal.gov.uk for more information and guidance of building your own garden home office.

Case Study's

Case Study: The Colt House Garden Room & Extension

by IQ Glass

Contemporary Garden Room and Double Height Extension

KELLER minimal windows^® sliding glass doors were used on various elements of this modern house extension and garden room project in Suffolk.

A double height extension was added to the existing home creating a larger, open plan living area to the ground floor and an additional bedroom with balcony to the first floor.

Slim framed sliding glass doors from KELLER minimal windows^® were used on both floors as access out into the external areas. All the frames were finished in RAL 9007, Grey Aluminium, to match the rest of the external metal works to the building.

A two track sliding glass door installation was used on the double height extension to both the ground floor patio door and first-floor balcony doors. When closed the sliding doors maintain a minimal vertical frame of only 21mm then opening up to 50% of the aperture when open.

To the garden room, a short distance from the home, KELLER minimal windows^® sliding glass doors were used again as the front access doors. This full elevation of minimally framed sliding glass uses an electrical lock to allow the doors to be locked and unlocked from outside of the garden room.

The opening configuration opted for here was for two fixed panes on either side of a sliding middle panel, maintaining all the 21mm sightlines.

The full elevation of minimally framed sliding doors is surrounded by a slotted timber façade for a striking architectural elevation.

View more images of the Colt House project below or at our Pinterest Board.

Contact IQ Glass UK for more information about installing KELLER minimal windows^® on contemporary design projects within the UK.

01494 722 880

hello@iqglassuk.com

minimal windows were used on both the ground and 1st floor of the double height extension — KELLER minimal windows^® were used on both the ground and 1st floor of the double height extension

minimal windows leading out onto the first floor bedroom balcony — KELLER minimal windows^® leading out onto the first floor bedroom balcony

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internal view through the minimal windows onto the garden and patio — internal view through the KELLER minimal windows^® onto the garden and patio

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Where to use minimal windows

Designing Contemporary Garden Rooms with minimal windows

by IQ Glass

Garden rooms are becoming a popular home extension method to homes with larger gardens. Many garden room designs would be covered by the governments ‘permitted development’ scheme meaning that no planning permission would be required.

The use and purpose of these contemporary garden rooms varies from household to household and can be used as anything from an external living area, pool changing area to home office.

In any case the integration of the contemporary garden room design into the garden is an important factor for designers and architects, similarly ensuring that the internal areas of the garden rooms merge effectively with the gardens will have a large impact on their desirability and appeal of the internal space.

KELLER minimal windows® are used regularly on contemporary garden room designs, both to ensure lots of natural light can enter these often small buildings but also to minimise the break between the internal of the garden room and the surrounding garden;

The 21mm vertical framing and frameless surrounding frame finishes of the KELLER minimal windows® means that even when closed the sliding glass doors allow a full floor to ceiling glass wall looking out onto the surrounding gardens.

Creating an external patio or deck around the garden room will allow you to create a flush internal to external floor finish across the base track of the KELLER minimal windows® sliding glass doors.

Design Consideration

You will need to consider the locking options when installing KELLER minimal windows® on an external contemporary garden room. The standard mechanical locking system for KELLER minimal windows® cannot be accessed from outside, this creates a secure burglar resistant lock but then would not be suitable for use on an external garden room where external locking will be required.

On these projects we recommend the use of either an additional wall panel with external key lock or the electrical locking option with a variety of lock activating options available.

See below for some image inspiration or visit our Pinterest Gallery: minimal windows on Garden Rooms

Minimally Framed Doors to a Contemporary Garden Home Office

Case Study: The Colt House Garden Room & Extension

Contemporary Garden Room and Double Height Extension

Designing Contemporary Garden Rooms with minimal windows

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