Ground Screw Base
Ground Screw Base
Ground screw base offer a fantastic way to give your garden building a safe and level foundation. Ground screws take a fraction of the time to install – and with no setting of concrete, you can get building immediately!
Installation All Year- Ground screw foundations can be set up at any time of the year, in any weather.
Less Mess- Minimum impact to surrounding areas and quick assembly
No More Concrete- Avoid the heavy bags of concrete, hard labour, disruption to land and machinery hire
There are many nationwide ground screw companies, they will normally assess your ground and provide a recommendation based on your current ground type. You will also need the ground screw company to install a wooden foundation similar to the picture above, this will help create a level footing for our foundation beams. It is important when choosing a ground screw base that you consider the cabin foundation beam layout to ensure sufficient support.
What are the benefits of ground screw foundations?
There are a variety of benefits to choosing ground screw foundations for your projects. Each Ground Screw has several attributes that contribute to its efficiency and sustainability. Take a look below at their various advantages below.
Sustainable alternative to concrete
Made from steel, Ground Screws contain 81% less embodied carbon (CO2e) than an equivalent concrete base.
By choosing ground screws for your project foundations, you can avoid contributing to the 10% carbon emissions (CO2) of global concrete production and help make a small change in protecting our planet together.
70% faster foundations
Ground screws offer efficiency on every project, installed rapidly without the need for heavy excavations, removal of spoils, formwork or reinforcement – and ground screws can be built on immediately without needing to wait on them to dry!
Low-impact foundations
With ground screws, there’s no need to worry about digging up and damaging your beautiful garden landscape, colourful flower beds or surrounding trees and their root systems. Portable, electric-powered hand-turning machines are used to install ground screws with minimal damage.
Overcome sloping and uneven ground
Unlike concrete, ground screws can bring up levels over sloping and uneven ground rapidly without the need to dig, build formwork and pour loads of carbon-heavy concrete. They simply need to select longer screws to suit the levels of your project!
Ground Screws vary in length and diameter, with our “everyday” range starting at 76mm diameter and fixed lengths of 1050mm, 1250mm, 1550mm and 2050mm.
A further consideration is that the cost of concrete foundations increases significantly on sites with areas of sloping or unlevel ground, which will require more excavation, removal of spoils, materials and labour. With our ground screws, you won’t need to worry about the additional work or costs, just select the correct length of screw!
Access off-grid locations and hard-to-access spaces
The electric-powered hand-turning machines are portable units that will install and extract ground screws in the most demanding conditions, including cold winters and into frozen or hard-packed ground. These machines deliver up to 4700 Nm of torque, making them the perfect tool for the job.
The portability of these machines allows access to off-grid locations and hard-to-access gardens. Ground screws offer permanent and temporary foundations for hard-to-access areas and sloping ground conditions and are an excellent choice in preservation areas.
Robust, removable foundations
As well as offering a long-lasting base for your project, ground screw foundations can be removed as quickly and as easily as they were installed without damaging the landscape or surrounding natural habitats.
This is beneficial for any temporary foundation requests, such as events/staging, commercial applications such as scaffolding, and for removal at the end of a solar array’s lifespan.
Featured Manufactures and Suppliers of Ground Screws
