Timber Base For Log Cabin

The base area should be 100mm bigger all round than your log cabin measured to the outside faces of the cabin walls.

Timber base for log cabin.

A raft foundation is a very simple foundation technique where a raft of concrete is laid underneath your entire log cabin. In this example we could make our base at exactly 2 80m wide and the log cabin will fit on it exactly. So for instance the base actually needed for a 3 00m wide log cabin is. Notice the size of the timber we are using this has been laminated together to form the frame.

Use 100 x 25mm timber to form the frame or shuttering for your base. Length of log 3000mm or 3 00m. The edelweiss 70mm log cabin you can see here how we have joined wood together to form the main frame. The raft foundation is used to spread the entire base of the cabin s load over all of the site s floor area.

This base went on to support one of our biggest standard log cabins. Constructing a timber base not everyone wants the permanency of a concrete slab to use as a base for your log cabin. This is the start of a timber frame base for a log cabin. Log crossover x2 2800mm or 2 80m.

Mark out the area and excavate to approximately 150 200mm depth. Go over the whole area three times to ensure it is compacted. Another method that still provides a firm level and stable environment is to produce a timber base much the same as that employed under a deck. Build your shuttering so that the top of the concrete base will be approximately 3 5 cm above ground level.

Measure and mark out the correct size on the ground. This will add the strength of the log cabin base step 1.