What is the best way to prepare a base for my Log Cabin or Garden Office?

A well prepared, flat, level base is essential to ensure a long lasting and stable installation.

We recommend that you lay a solid concrete base to footprint size plus 100mm all the way round the cabin, for example:

• A Rhine^® 4m x 3m would need a base approximately 4200mm wide x 3200mm deep.
• For a Rhine^® 4m x 3m plus 1.5m decking the base would need to be approximately 4200mm wide x 4700mm deep.
• For a 9m x 3m Tamar^® Grande the base would need to be approximately 9200mm wide x 3200mm deep.
• These sizes are the minimum sized base needed for these particular cabins.

Your base level should lie 20-50mm above ground level.

A solid base can be constructed in a number of ways, using a variety of materials:

• Solid Concrete Base
• Concrete Strip Foundations
• Railway Sleepers
• Paving Slabs on top of Hardcore
• Decking

Strip foundations will allow for better drainage than a solid concrete slab and should be laid running perpendicular to the building's bearers. You will need to use a weed control membrane to prevent any plants that are growing between the concrete strips from coming up through the floor boards.