Ironmongery Buying Guide
Garden Buildings Direct
When looking at special features of a garden building it is always important to take note of all of the little extras that might be lacking from other garden building manufactures and retailers. A point of interest would be a buildings ironmongery.
This guide is a quick overview of Garden Buildings Direct’s choice of ironmongery will help you understand the difference between your 'turnbutton’ and your ‘padbolt’.
Hinges
Our high tensile stainless steel hinges are just the job to securely hang the doors on our products. With plenty of screwing points they are perfectly designed to give maximum support for even our heaviest extra wide doors.
On our Playhouses and some of our Summerhouses we use a more decorative, but no less supportive, antique effect hinge to give the buildings a bit more style and ellegance.
Turnbutton
A Turnbutton is a little device that can be positioned on the building to hold a door closed if another means is unavailable.
Just by swiveling the steel part on it’s screw the Turnbutton can hold the door to the door frame and when purchasing a building with a stable door the lower half of the door can be held shut whilst the upper door is left opened.
Padbolt
For added strength and security for garden buildings, summerhouses and log cabins the use of Padbolt may be appropriate.
It is a simple device to allow the use of a pad lock to help secure the doors of a building. Although not infallible, as a security device, it does help in being a deterrant to wouldbe snooping eyes.
Tower Bolt
Usually supplied with Summerhouses and higher end garden sheds with double doors Towerbolts are another securing device that uses a bolt action to lock a door, such as the slave door, closed and allow the master door to open freely.
A simple device such as a Tower Bolt helps to add value to your building and increases its usability.
Door Handle
Another added piece of elegance are the door handles we use on our buildings. Along with increased usability the range of handles that we use on our products help to stylise your building and finish off it’s overall look.

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