About our advice

Editorial policy

The writing, sourcing and review rules used across Summerhouse Guide.

Summerhouse Guide exists to make a buying or maintenance decision clearer. Every substantial section should prevent a mistake, translate a specification or give a practical next step.

Sources and dates

Changing factual claims use an official or primary source and a checked date. Product specifications remain unverified until they can be tied to the maker's current UK material.

No invented experience

We do not claim to have tested, installed or owned products when we have not. We do not invent testimonials, traffic figures, prices, scarcity or discounts.

Clear boundaries

Planning tools provide screening guidance, not council decisions. Electrical, structural and legal questions are routed to competent professionals or official sources where appropriate.

Voice and revisions

Copy uses British English and metric measurements first. We prefer a specific caveat to a broad promise. Material corrections are handled under the corrections policy.