Base Laying Service

Skinners Sheds offer a base laying service for all our garden buildings. Once installed, these bearers and bases will guarantee your building installation. For a free site visit to inspect or price your base, please contact us.

If you are laying your own base such as a timber base, please call your nearest show-site for advice. The perfect base is a concrete base which is completely flat and level, with no raised or low areas. Alternatively, concrete paving slabs may be used, which must cover the whole area and be perfectly flat and level. The size of the base needs to be at least the size of the floor area, but no smaller. For log cabins, please confirm the footprint of the log cabin at the time of order.

Bearers

Pressure-treated timber bearers are highly recommended. These will improve the air flow under your building and will extend the life of your building if erected in damp or wet areas. Bearers are only to be used to raise your building up in wet areas. Bearers do not rectify base problems.










Platform Bases

Pressure-treated platform bases are constructed from 100 x 50mm timber with bracing in each corner. When installed these are staked out and levelled with timber and/or metal legs where necessary to level the base. These can be installed on uneven areas with no more than a 100mm (4 inch) fall, and will elevate your building. For sheds up to 5 x 7ft (no larger) we can install on compacted earth using metal legs. For sheds larger than 5 x 7ft we require paving slabs positioned by the customer under the base as timber legs are used. Additional paving slabs should be laid by the customer for all sizes if the ground is soft. The bases are also suitable for workshops and summerhouses providing the base sits on concrete, patios, or solid tarmac. Once installed this guarantees your building installation.

Heavy Duty Timber Bases

Pressure-treated heavy bases are constructed from 150mm x 50mm timber. When installed, recycled rot proof plastic legs are concreted into the ground and are used across the whole base to support where necessary. The ground must be solid and not have more than a 12-inch fall across the whole area. It is the customers responsibility to level the ground, if required. Once installed, this guarantees your building installation.We do not supply or fit steps or skirting around the bases. We do not remove all spoils.



Concrete Bases

Concrete bases are laid on a damp proof membrane with a minimum thickness of 100mm with fibreglass fibres for extra re-inforcement. Concrete bases will last a lifetime and are recommended for all buildings. Prices shown are an estimate and are subject to perfect level ground with good access to the site. Additional costs will occur if extra materials are required or extra labour needed. The area for all bases must be clear, free from all obstructions, with no drains, pipes or electrics obstructing the site. We do not offer groundworks and digging out, this is the customers responsibility but are happy to offer a free site survey on request. Once installed this guarantees your building installation.

Base prices

We provide three types of bases – Platform, Heavy Duty Timber, and Concrete. We can also supply Bearers for raising a building up in wet areas. Here are prices for some of the most common base sizes.

Base Size

Bearers

Platform BasesHeavy BasesConcrete Bases

3×2

£58

£139N/AN/A

3×3

£78

£154£323£337

4×4

£94

£218£337£361

6×4

£106

£247£348£421

7×5

£125

£298£440£536
6×6£125£298£440£536

8×6

£138£338£576£705

10×6

£174

£410£720£882

10×8

£232£530£960£1,176

12×8

£278£606£1,152£1,411

14×8

£324£722£1,344£1,646

16×8

£371£790£1,536£1,881
Larger sizes available, prices on request.

Heavy duty timber base installations gallery

Concrete base installations gallery

Concrete base installation video

Bad base examples