What Kind Of Base Do DIY Conservatories Need?

The conservatory steel base is one of the most important parts of your DIY conservatory.  It needs to be stable and able to support the building itself, so you need to make sure you get it right.

You have two choices when it comes to selecting a base.  The first route to take is to hire a builder to construct a traditional concrete base for you.  They will then add brick or block work on top of this, for the DIY conservatory to be installed onto.

Needless to say this can be messy and it takes time as well.  You have to wait for the cement to dry and you need reasonable weather too.  You also have to pay the builders, which can increase the cost of your conservatory build considerably.

Alternatively you can go for an Durabase base.  As the name suggests this is far quicker and it has been designed to make it possible for the self builder to lay it themselves.

There are lots of benefits with this kind of conservatory base.  For starters you won’t have the expense of hiring builders.  On top of this you will have a lot less site disruption because you won’t have builders tramping through your house.

You will also like the fact that no large excavations will be required.  Foundations can be a real pain in terms of disruption, but the Durabase base means you don’t have to remove loads of soil to make it work.  You won’t need any aggregate to use as backfill either, so that is another expense that simply doesn’t crop up in this case.

And since you won’t need any cement like you would for an ordinary base, you won’t have to listen to the cement mixer going in your garden.  There is no mess at all with this choice of base.

Some people find they have problems with manhole covers or drains.  If they are positioned where you want your DIY conservatory to be, you will have to move them.  Or at least you would if you had a traditional concrete base to install.  With the Durabase system you don’t have to move anything, saving you still more cash.

The conservatory steel base can also be custom made and the installation process is very easy indeed.  If you have a site that is less than flat, you will have a much easier time with this type of DIY conservatory base.  And if you want to cover over a patio you can do so.  There is no need to dig it up.

As you can see there are lots of advantages to choosing a DIY steel base for your conservatory.  You’ll get something cheaper that does the job and conforms to all the necessary legislation.  What could be better?