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Pool houses

A garden building to go with your pool. We’d love to build one.

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Photo: one of our garden rooms. We haven’t built a pool house yet.

A pool house is next on our wish list.

We haven’t built a pool house yet, but it’s a building we’d love to design and build.

It would be planned with you around how you’ll use it. We can plumb in a toilet or bathroom, including the mains connections, and build the outside space around it, such as patios, decking and covered areas.

  • South Oxfordshire
  • Test Valley
  • Berkshire
  • Surrey

A design idea

A design idea, not a past project: how a pool house could be laid out.

Illustration Hand-drawn design idea for a pool house, not a past project. A cutaway of a flat-roofed building, drawn with a green roof as an illustrative option, pale slatted cladding and wide sliding glazing, shows a shower room, kitchen and lounge, with a paved terrace and loungers beside the pool. An exploded build-up and a long section sit alongside.
Panel 1 of 4: main sketch Panel 2 of 4: exploded build-up Panel 3 of 4: long section Panel 4 of 4: wall build-up and notes
Click the sheet to see it full size.Tap a panel to see it full size.

What would come as standard

This is the specification on the garden rooms we build. A pool house would start from here, with finishes chosen to cope with moisture.

Frame
A bespoke timber frame, made for your room, with an optional decorative dwarf brick wall.
Base
A concrete slab or ground screws.
Insulation
PIR insulation in the floor, and Actis Hybrid in the walls and ceiling.
Roof
A flat EPDM roof, or a pitched roof in tiles or metal sheet.
Glazing
Korniche glazing in Matt Anthracite Grey, RAL 7016.
Cladding
Cladding from Southgate Timber, Millboard or Cladco.
Flooring
Waterproof LVT flooring from Oake & Gray.
Walls and ceilings
Plastered and painted in Dulux white.
Electrics
Done by our dedicated electrical team, signed off and connected to your house’s main board.
Heating
Smart electric heaters, sized to suit the space.
Plumbing
For bars, toilets and bathrooms, including mains connections.
Outside
On request: patios, decking, snugs and covered areas, planting areas and paths.

What this room needs

A pool house sits next to water and wet feet, so it has to cope with moisture as well as look good. These are the points we design around.

  1. Built for wet use

    Wet areas are typically tiled, rendered or in treated timber rather than plasterboard, with low-slip tiles for bare feet.

  2. Fresh, dry air

    Showers and changing areas typically need an extract fan, and an enclosed pool usually needs a dehumidifier too.

  3. Foundations for the job

    A concrete slab or ground screws, chosen for the room, the ground and anything housed inside it.

  4. Water, showers and pool plant

    Showers and WCs are available on request but may need planning permission, and we work with a pool specialist on pool plant.

  5. Heating and electrics

    Heating and electrics as standard, signed off and connected to your house’s main board.

  6. Planning and building control

    We help with planning permission or a Lawful Development Certificate, and handle building control sign-off on larger rooms.

How we compare with a factory room

Design your garden room

Choose a use, a size and your finishes, and watch your room take shape. When you’re happy, send it over and we’ll arrange a site visit to talk it through.

Step 1 of 7What will you use it for?

Pick the main use. You can tell us about anything else at the end.

Step 2 of 7Size, roof and structure

A rough idea is fine. We’ll measure up properly when we visit.

Roof

Structure

Step 3 of 7Cladding

The outside face of the building, and the biggest choice in how it looks. We use cladding from three suppliers.

Southgate Timber

Millboard Envello Shadow Line+

Cladco Signature Composite Wall Cladding

Step 4 of 7Doors and windows

All from Korniche, finished in Matt Anthracite Grey (RAL 7016).

Doors

Windows

Which sides? Choose as many as you like.

Daylight from above

Step 5 of 7Inside

Flooring

Waterproof LVT from the Oake & Gray range. Swatches are a guide only, so ask us for samples.

Also available in herringbone

Lighting & plumbing

Included as standard

  • Electrics by our dedicated electrical team, fully signed off and connected to your home’s main board
  • Smart electric heaters, sized to suit the room
  • PIR insulation in the floor, with Actis Hybrid in the walls and ceiling
  • Walls plastered and painted in Dulux white throughout
  • A bespoke timber frame on a concrete slab or ground screws, whichever suits your ground
Step 6 of 7Outside

We can build the space around it too, from patios, decking and paths to planting areas, snugs and covered areas.

Decking

Southgate Timber

Millboard Enhanced Grain 176mm

Cladco ProDeck Composite Decking

Around the building

Lighting

Step 7 of 7Your details

We’ll be in touch to arrange a site visit and talk your design through.

See our privacy policy for how we use your details.

Rather talk? Call us on 07846 796056 or email info@watsonanddalton.com.

Pool house questions

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Not yet, but we’d like to. It would be built the same way as our other garden rooms.

Yes. We do the plumbing for toilets and bathrooms, including all the mains connections.

Yes. We do outside works too, including patios, decking, snugs and covered areas, planting areas and paths.

It depends on your garden and what you’d like to build. We’ll tell you whether it’s likely to need permission, and help with the application if it does.

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