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Forest Garden Xtend 2.54 x 2.9m Insulated Garden Office with 1/4 WindowForest Garden Xtend 2. 5M Achieve your work life balance with the Xtend range of garden buildings from Forest Garden. These new buildings have everything you could wish for in a home office contemporary looks, real energy efficiency, ease of construction and keen pricing. Space is at a premium in most homes and extensions are costly. An Xtend garden building is constructed from high quality, energy efcient materials and is underwritten with a 15 year
Forest Garden Xtend 2.5M
Achieve your work/life balance with the Xtend range of garden buildings from Forest Garden. These new buildings have everything you could wish for in a home office - contemporary looks, real energy efficiency, ease of construction and keen pricing.
Space is at a premium in most homes and extensions are costly. An Xtend garden building is constructed from high quality, energy efficient materials and is underwritten with a 15 year structural guarantee
Xtend is a clever choice for your garden building as it comes delivered in pre-cut modular SIP panels ready for assembly. Some of the best designed new homes are now made this way, so why not your new garden building? A step-by-step guide means the build is incredibly straightforward.
Keeping you warm in winter and cool in summer, Xtend delivers real energy efficiency. Double glazed windows, highly efficient insulated walls, roof and ?oor combine to drive down energy costs. It’s a fact that Xtend garden buildings can be as energy efficient as a new-build home – with an EPC energy rating of B.
Features:
STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS (SIPS)
- The core structure of an Xtend building is made from SIPs panels - high performance material for building construction. The 21st century way to build
- 9 7mm thick insulated walls consist of 75mm of polystyrene insulation sandwiched by two sheets of oriented strand board (OSB)
- Gives structure and insulation in one pre-assembled and cut-to-size panel
- Total wall thickness including SIPS panels, internal and external cladding and cavities is 177mm
- Roof is 11mm OSB + 100mm insulation + 11mm OSB = 122mm total
External Cladding
- Pre-cut external timber cladding panels for quick and easy assembly
- No measuring and cutting every single batten and board to size before mounting
- Cladding panels are simply positioned on the building and screwed into place
- Panels are made with 15mm thick premium interlocking tongue and groove boards mounted to framing battens
- Comes untreated and we recommend the application of any of the following:c
- Sikkens Cetol HLS Plus • Restol Wood Oil • Timmersol ETS Double Protectant • Osmo Country Colour • Osmo Natural Oil Woodstain
Internal Cladding
- Pre-cut interior MDF panels for quick and easy assembly for walls and ceiling
- No measuring and cutting every panel
- Wall panels are mounted to 28mm thick battens creating a cavity perfect for routing electrical wiring
- Roof battens are 45mm thick to allow for recess roof lights
- Comes with primer applied – can be painted in a colour of your choice using standard interior emulsion paint
- The panel design has a vertical beaded profile
- The floor is left unfinished for you to add your own choice of covering
Roof Covering
- External roof covering is made from 1.2mm thick EPDM black rubber
- It creates a maintenance free waterproof membrane
- Does not crack, split or rot
- Does not support moss or algae growth
- UV stable & environmentally friendly
- Safe and easy to install – the system is laid with cold applied adhesives (supplied)
- One piece sheet means no joints and no leaks
- 50 years roof life expectancy
- Anthracite grey fascias include
Windows & Doors
- Window material: uPVC 5 chamber
- Window colour: Anthracite grey externally with grained finish Smooth white internally Window locking: Two double clasp, mushroom headed espagnolettes
- Door material: uPVC reinforced 5 chamber
- Door colour: Anthracite grey externally with grained finish Smooth white internally
- Door locking: 7 point multi-lock with ultion three star security barrel
- Glazing 28mm, A rated, double glazed, safety glass
Energy Efficiency
- Highly efficient insulated walls roof and floor
- Double glazed windows
- Warm in Winter, cool in Summer
- Energy efficiency model rating of 78 (category C)*
- Potential to increase to 82 (category B) with the addition of a photovoltaic solar panel
- *based on lighting from 3 x 4 watt LED bulbs and heat from a high efficiency wall mounted heat pump
Tech Specs:
- Dimensions: 290 × 254 × 250 cm
- Construction Type: SIPs panels with external Tongue & Groove cladding/internal MDF cladding.
- Roof Type: Pent
- Treatment: None (Kiln Dried)
- Colour: Natural Timber
- Product Size (h x w x d) cm Overall dimension when assembled, including overhangs: 250 x 254 x 290
- Width at base (footprint) (cm): 253
- Depth at base (footprint) (cm): 250
- Estimated Weight (kg): 1600
- Material: Various – see spec breakdown.
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
- Wall Cladding Thickness (mm): External 15mm / Internal 9mm
- Door Type (single / double): Single
- Number of Windows: 1 (fixed), 1 (opening)
- Glazing: Yes – Double
- Glazing Material: Glass
- Roof Material Inner: SIPs panels
- Roof Thickness (mm): 122mm
- Roof Material Outer: EPDM Rubber Membrane
- Floor Material: SIPs panels
- Floor Thickness (mm): 108mm
- Door Locking (eg: plate/wire hasp & staple): 7 point multilock
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★★★★★ 5
Truly "essential" for any letterer, whether casual or serious about the profession!
Format: Paperback
When I first got this book, I was a bit disappointed. I thought it was going to be detailing lettering by hand.
It didn't.
But guess what? It's better for it.
As the author, Nate Peikos, demonstrates, the bulk of lettering now is done digitally and with good reason. So not only is this book incredibly inspiring for any graphic artist / letterer -- with its many examples of great lettering; its demonstration of useful techniques -- the author is so open and honest in his writing. While reading it, you don't feel that he's putting the job of lettering out of the reader's reach. In fact, he's putting it right within reach through a humility that is coupled with his exceptional skills. If you're an up-and-coming letterer, someone on the outskirts of lettering wanting to delve into it more professional (like myself), or even if you've had some work doing lettering, there is something for each type in this book. It's a book that I'll cherish and reference frequently, especially with all the examples that just ooze inspiration.
My only regret is that I didn't know about some of these techniques a few years ago! But, nevertheless, I started implementing some of the techniques the first day after reading just a few pages. It reinvigorated my own desire to become a better and even semi-professional letterer, a very under-appreciated profession.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2021
★★★★★ 4
A great overall book, with one critical omission.
Format: Paperback
This is a great book to illuminate the mysterious art of comicbook lettering. It goes deep into the practical details and theory required to make a graphic novel, manga, or superhero comic with the look and feel of a professional product. But comicbook lettering is actually more than a purely aesthetic art form, it plays a critical role in conveying meaning, emotional mood, and tone of voice. Along with the artwork and panel composition, the layout of the lettering and dialogue balloons is also critical to help guide the reader's eyes naturally from panel to panel.
If you're curious about how graphic design for visual narrative works, this is an interesting and inspiring book.
My only criticism is the conspicuous omission of perhaps the one topic this author is uniquely qualified to illuminate, and that is: the actual creation of the fonts themselves. I've admired Nate's Blambot comic fonts for a long time (and have purchased licenses for some of them), so I was looking forward to at least getting an overview of how he approaches this seemingly critical aspect of comicbook lettering. But no. He doesn't go into it even slightly, which is a shame, because this would have been the perfect book on the topic if he had. I understand that font design is a huge topic unto itself, but was disappointed that in a book of this size, there weren't even a few pages dedicated to discussing the process of making fonts for comicbooks. Literally anyone reading this book would want to know that information.
Having said that, it's a great book, and I still enjoyed it very much. You'll probably be surprised by how much more there is to learn about this topic than you may have thought. Reading it will deepen your appreciation for an art form that, like a great movie score, is basically invisible when done very well, yet amplifies the emotional impact of each contributing discipline, and profoundly contributes to the enjoyment of the final experience.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2022
★★★★★ 5
A Lettering Masterclass
Format: Paperback
Nate Piekos is a rockstar. If you want it learn how to letter comics, this is the first thing I would buy. It’s not a fancy book, just practical step-by-step how to do a craft right.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Title says it all: ESSENTIAL!
Format: Paperback
This is a FANTASTIC book! The information may seem overwhelming at first, but it is easy to understand.
As some reviewers said, it does not spend much time on hand lettering (I assume this is due to the industry going more digital as time goes on). Those who want more information on hand lettering may have to seek help elsewhere. It is mentioned VERY briefly in the beginning, I believe.
It includes: step by step instructions on creating speech bubbles, tips on font creations, sentence formatting, page borders, splash/double splash page construction, creating templates that save you time in the long run, making logos, sound effects and much more.
This book is a great launching point for anyone looking to start their lettering career or even for anyone that wants to gain an appreciation for an intergral and often overlooked part of Comic books!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2022
★★★★★ 5
One of the Best "Making Comics" Books Out There
Format: Kindle
Honestly, one of the best books on making comics that I've read. So well done, insightful, well-organized, and easily referential. If you're looking for the basic principles of lettering, look no further than this.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2025