From garden rooms and decking to extensions and steel frames. Tell us what you are building and we can work out the right foundation for the building and the site.
Choose the type of project closest to yours. Each guide explains what matters, what information we need and what happens next.
Ground screw bases for garden rooms, offices and framed floors.
Ground screw supports positioned to suit the deck beams and joists.
Ground screw foundations for extensions where the building design and ground conditions allow it.
Ground screw foundations for modular, off-site and framed buildings.
Ground screw foundations for sheds, workshops, timber cabins and other garden buildings.
Ground screw support for suitable ground-mounted solar and specialist structures.
Ground screw foundations for steel frames and commercial structures.
Recorded commercial projectScotland · difficult woodland groundSpecialist plant. Commercial-range screws. Successful installation.Commercial work needs more than a product list. Loads, ground, access, plant, connection details and installation records have to work together. Forti Nova supports developers, contractors, modular building companies and structural project teams across the UK.
The Scotland project shows that capability in practice: difficult terrain, earlier approaches that had not delivered, specialist excavator-mounted tooling and a completed foundation backed by a verified customer review.
A larger or heavier garden room may need more support points or a different screw size.
Soft, sloping or obstructed ground can change the screw size, depth and layout.
Timber and steel frames can need different brackets, heads or support beams.
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Direct answers on garden rooms, decking, extensions, houses, solar mounting and what ground screws are used for.
Ground screws can support garden rooms, decking, sheds, log cabins, extensions, modular buildings, steel frames and some solar structures. The right screw size and layout depend on what you are building and what the ground is like.
Yes. Garden rooms are a common ground screw application because the floor or frame can often be supported efficiently on discrete foundation points.
Ground screws for garden roomsYes. They can support timber, composite and raised decking. The screw positions should follow the deck beams and joists, with the screw size chosen for the ground and load.
Ground screws for deckingYes, on the right project. An extension needs a proper foundation design that takes account of the building weight, ground conditions, how it joins the existing house and any Building Control requirements.
Read the compliance guideGround screw and helical pile systems can support substantial structures when they are properly designed, specified and verified. A house foundation is an engineering project and should not be selected from generic domestic ground screw guidance.
Understand structural loadsYes. Ground screws are used for some ground-mounted solar structures. The screw and layout need to be designed for the weight of the system and the wind forces acting on it.
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