Garden Room Base Construction

If you are looking for information on how to build a garden office or garden room from scratch this post will detail my process from a clear piece of land at the bottom of my garden to a fully lined and insulated garden office with working electrics the room is actually going to be a garden studio for my daughter but the construction methods and end result are exactly the same if you are.

Garden room base construction.

Think outside the box and create your very own home gym office art studio yoga room garden bar music studio games room man cave reading room beauty salon and much more. Typically a garden room will weigh over 2 tonnes. This provides good protection during and after construction even if the boards become wet whilst also providing an excellent base for tiling carpet or laminate. It is the most durable and solid foundation but like with all the other good things in life a concrete foundation is one of the most expensive bases to build and involves more working.

Https bit ly 2bilsyc part 4 of a video series about how to self build a timber framed garden room office aka tiny hous. Making a base larger than your building is not recommended this increases the risk of water ingress so be sure that you know the exact size you need and if you are unsure then just ask. Our garden rooms are made with a 5 tier wall specification that looks and sounds like this external cladding. Garden rooms are not bound by limitations that a room in your home may have.

There are alternatives such as siberian larch and close board and strap depending on your own preference. To ensure the design is spot on you need to get its position size and look just right. At gillies and mackay our buildings are fairly hefty to say the least. A garden room is the perfect blank canvas to use for any purpose you should need it for.

Find the full series playlist here. The base should always be the same size as the footprint of the building and constructed of either concrete paving slabs or a garden affairs deck base. Whether you are building a small storage shed 4 x 5m garden room or very large 5 x 10m office building you can t go wrong with a concrete base. So when we re thinking about the foundations for a garden room we need to appreciate that the weight has a huge influence over what kind of base we should construct.