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. • Buildings should always have a base as large as their floor. We recommend that you lay the base in line with the outside edge of the walls of the building in order to aid drainage. • 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.
