Cost check foundation garden house 4x4

2021-11-06 19:30:08

It is intended to be used as a storage room for bicycles, garden tools, winter/summer tires. I also wanted to put in a small workbench to store my tools and as a place for waxing skis, repairing bicycles, and small craft projects. So it is nothing that would put extreme stress on the floor slab. However, it should be noted that our development plan requires that outbuildings be roofed like the house, in our case with tiles. Those do add some weight as well. That is why I searched for quite a while until I found one that can support the roofing and will probably order one from GSP Blockhaus. 45mm log boards

2021-11-06 21:42:14

If I saw that correctly, a slab is generally recommended for larger houses and clay soil. Then you could have also saved the floor. My original consideration was something like this: - with 3-4 cbm of concrete, you don't necessarily want to mix it yourself anymore due to the time involved and the amount of cement is already borderline to pick up at the hardware store (3 cbm -> 1.4 tons) - having concrete delivered is inconvenient because of the small quantity surcharge for half-full truck mixers - the earthworks for this are also somewhat borderline to still do without a mini excavator - same goes for the material for the substructure - the general contractor would have a excavator there anyway and arranges concrete delivery for the house, so just ask Yes, that was also my estimate for the material costs, maybe some extra for the excavator. Since the general contractor has everything on site anyway and had no problem with small quantities, the expectation was that it would then come out at about double. Meanwhile, I am also thinking whether the simplest and cheapest solution isn't a foundation made of paving slabs in a frame of curb stones (I saw a good video about it from Hornbach). I don't have to make a final decision about what kind of foundation to do yet, I just have to decide whether to have the general contractor do it when he concretes the slab for the house. One consideration was also that if the slab is already finished, I could already set up the garden shed this summer. Then I would already have a place for bicycles, etc. by move-in and wouldn't have to leave it standing in front of the house for half the winter. Although I have also thought now that I might be able to do the foundation this summer when the tradespeople are doing the interior work. The only question is when such a house actually has proper electricity and water...

The latter doesn't matter, you can use construction electricity and construction water. I would also do it beforehand if you have the opportunity. For a garden shed, I wouldn't make such a complex slab but rather use 8 cm curb stones as a foundation for the walls and then pave inside. According to my experience, frost-free foundation is not necessary for this.

2021-11-06 22:02:54

Frost-free foundation depends on how the walls look and, of course, on the soil conditions.

As an example: a few months ago, my father and I poured a 2.5 * 5 meter slab. With rebates on three sides and wooden formwork on the other. About 25 thick. The rest is made of wood. Roof is a shed roof made of wood, no tiles. But of course, it is only a shed, not a garden house. The cost for the foundation was €450.
Called a local mixer and about 10 hours of work all in (without wall, etc.)

2021-11-07 06:45:16

We have normal wooden floorboards. Below compacted with gravel, cheap precast concrete slabs, and on top of that the wooden floor of the house

2021-11-07 07:13:50

It is to be used as a storage room for bicycles, garden tools, winter/summer tires. I also wanted to put in a small workbench to store my tools and as a place for waxing skis, repairing bikes, and small DIY projects.

Then I would also consider whether this could be done with a wooden floor and appropriate substructure. If you have to dig out and add gravel, the time and cost advantages are rather small. If you really don’t have a concrete plant nearby or a supplier who also delivers concrete in big bags, but it’s a real alternative. I only got 0.5 m³ of concrete from the hardware store and had to make numerous trips.

2021-11-07 20:21:07

I only got 0.5m³ of concrete from the hardware store and had to make a bunch of trips.

Yes, I noticed that too when doing the calculations. Outdoor areas require a ton of materials. With a regular trailer, you really can’t carry much, and without one, nothing at all. By rough estimate, for such a slab foundation I come to about 700kg of curb stones, 1.6 tons of paving slabs, 6 tons of gravel for a 30cm sub-base, and 1.3 tons for 5cm of paving grit... The current trend is leaning more towards a slab foundation and having the stuff delivered. Luckily, there are two gravel plants nearby, both about 10km away (and even operated by different companies!). Order a full truckload of gravel right away and then use the rest for paving work after moving in.

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