“I've had my Hendrick cabin installed for 3 years now. The best thing about it is the quality of the wood, it's simply amazing! Everything was straight as a die and ready to go. This is cabin is a private label model and I expected some teething problems but the only things were a clash between the second roof beam from the left and the door trim and the window sill. The sill needed bevelling outwards to stop the rain coming in and the door trim was easy to cut. The shingle roof was time consuming to fit and initially it leaked a little. I talked to Tuin and read the IKO installation guides online. IKO suggest a different install method on roofs below 15 degrees pitch. Search for IKO Residential Information Bulletin No R-55 August 2012 "APPLYING ASPHALT SHINGLES ON LOW SLOPES" TBR55AspShLowSlope.pdf. Tuin's solution was similar and they kindly supplied tubes of shingle mastic free of charge to glue the tabs down. Combined with a plastic drip edge the roof has been great, although if I was doing it again i would have used a lead for the drip edge instead. I installed the cabin in September on the wet west coast of Scotland which was daft. If you live someplace humid and you want to store anything in the cabin any time soon keep the wood dry and don't put it up in the wet. I store a large collection of antique engines and bicycles in the Hendrick and as the water came out of the wood the condensation was shocking. With our weather no amount of ventilation would stop it so I used an ELA DD822 desiccant dehumidifier which fixed the problem and is still going strong today. As the wood dried out it acts as to regulate the humidity inside the cabin and the water collected by the dehumidifier when I run it in winter is minimal. I used Sadolin Superdec paint and learned this should only be applied in warm, dry weather and don't forget to run some sealant around the window glass before painting. I used visqueen damp proof membrane and wrapped the edges around the foundation logs.”
“Bought a Hendrick 5x5M cabin in May 2022. Customer service & delivery spot on. Took a day to take all the parts by hand 50M up the garden, a couple more to build and get the roof on and weather tight with the shingle roof by day 4. Fairly straight forward to build although instructions for the door and windows could be much better. A couple of pieces where badly warped but with some effort managed to straighten enough to use. Used the suggested paint (3 coats externally and 1 internal) and the logs haven't moved at all even after the hot summer, and rain/wind of this winter.”
