Garden Room Base Construction

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.

Garden room base construction.

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. Our garden rooms are made with a 5 tier wall specification that looks and sounds like this external cladding. 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. At gillies and mackay our buildings are fairly hefty to say the least.

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. 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. 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. 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 rooms are not bound by limitations that a room in your home may have. Typically a garden room will weigh over 2 tonnes. In a rubicon garden room or garden office an industrial grade 22mm moisture resistant t g composite board is used. Https bit ly 2bilsyc part 4 of a video series about how to self build a timber framed garden room office aka tiny hous.

There are alternatives such as siberian larch and close board and strap depending on your own preference. As standard we will always use 19mm thick tongue and groove redwood which has been tanalised to protect it against rot and fungi. A garden room is the perfect blank canvas to use for any purpose you should need it for. Find the full series playlist here.