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.

A garden room is the perfect blank canvas to use for any purpose you should need it for. As standard we will always use 19mm thick tongue and groove redwood which has been tanalised to protect it against rot and fungi. At gillies and mackay our buildings are fairly hefty to say the least. Https bit ly 2bilsyc part 4 of a video series about how to self build a timber framed garden room office aka tiny hous.

A garden room should be in keeping with the style of your home and garden with contemporary garden rooms suiting modern clean cut spaces and more traditional summer houses perfect for period homes. 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. Garden rooms are not bound by limitations that a room in your home may have. Our garden rooms are made with a 5 tier wall specification that looks and sounds like this external cladding.

Typically a garden room will weigh over 2 tonnes. 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. To ensure the design is spot on you need to get its position size and look just right. 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.

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. Find the full series playlist here. There are alternatives such as siberian larch and close board and strap depending on your own preference. 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.