Shed and garage pads, granny flats, sleepouts and new build foundations. Set out to the engineer's drawing, built around your plumber and electrician, and ready for steel or framing on time.
Four details is all we need. We get back to you the same working day to book a time that suits.
A pad for a garden shed and a foundation for a granny flat are not the same job, and they are not priced the same way. What the building will be used for decides the thickness, the reinforcing, the consent path and how tight the tolerances have to be.
Kitset sheds, double garages and workshops. We work from the supplier's slab plan, set the hold down bolt positions and rebate detail, and finish flat enough that the frame sits true and the roller door seals at the bottom.
Typically 100mm to 125mm with thickened edges.
Minor dwellings, sleepouts and home offices. These are habitable buildings, so they need consent, an engineered design, a proper damp proof membrane and insulation detail at the edges, plus plumbing set out before the pour.
Engineered, insulated edge, services cast in.
Ribraft or conventional slabs for new homes and extensions, built to the engineer's drawing and the builder's programme. We handle the pre-pour inspection and hand over a slab that is square, level and ready to frame.
Consented, inspected, on the critical path.
Water tanks, spas, heat pump units, container bases, bin pads and boat or caravan hardstands. Small jobs, but the load and the fall still need thinking about so the tank sits level and the water drains away.
Load specific, usually no consent required.
A small single storey shed under 30 square metres that nobody sleeps in can often be built without building consent, but the exemption comes with conditions around setbacks from boundaries, how close it is to other buildings, and whether any plumbing or wiring is involved.
Anything bigger, anything habitable, and anything with a kitchen, bathroom or bed in it needs consent and an engineered slab design. Council also wants to see the drainage and the pre-pour steelwork before you cover it in concrete.
We will tell you honestly which side of the line your job sits on at the quote stage. If it needs an engineer, we will say so rather than pour something that has to come out later.
Supplied and laid, GST included, on a reasonably flat site with truck access. A standard 6 by 9 metre double garage pad is 54 square metres, so most shed slabs of that size land between nine and thirteen thousand dollars.
100mm to 125mm, mesh, thickened edges
Granny flat or sleepout, engineered and insulated
Tank, spa, heat pump or bin pad, under 10m²
Machine time, cart away and imported metal
Where the truck cannot reach the slab
These sit outside our scope, and we would rather you knew that before you compare quotes.
Indicative pricing only. Subject to change due to many factors (materials, site, access, and more). For an accurate quote, we must come visit your site.
Send us the shed plan or engineer's drawing. We check access, levels and ground conditions on site and price off the real detail rather than a guess.
We agree dates with you, the builder, the plumber and the shed supplier so nobody is waiting on anybody, and slot the inspection in.
Cut, hardfill, membrane, boxing and steel. Photos of the prep before it gets covered, and the pre-pour signed off where required.
Poured, power floated and cured, boxing stripped, site tidied. Steel or framing usually goes up about a week later.
A look at driveways, patios, paths and slabs we've poured for homeowners across Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty.
Send your shed plan or engineer's drawing through with your quote request and we will give you a straight answer.
Ask us in the quote formA single storey shed under 30 square metres that nobody sleeps in is often exempt, but the exemption has conditions around boundary setbacks and services. Anything larger or habitable needs consent and an engineered design. We tell you which applies before quoting.
An engineer, or the kitset supplier for a shed. The drawing gives us thickness, reinforcing, thickened edges and any piling. We build to it. If you have not got one yet, we can point you at engineers we work with regularly.
Tighter than most people expect. A kitset frame will not sit true on a slab that is out, and the roller door will not seal along the bottom. We set boxing off a laser level and check the diagonals before anything is poured.
Yes. Depending on the fall we cut into the slope and retain the high side, build up and retain the low side, or work to a stepped design from the engineer. The earthworks and retaining is usually the biggest variable in the price.
Site levelling and cut to fill, compacted hardfill, a sand blinding layer, polythene damp proof membrane, mesh and edge reinforcing up on chairs, boxing set square and to level, and any plumbing or conduit cast in. Then the pour, power float and cure. The prep is most of the work and most of the cost.
We coordinate it rather than do it. Your plumber and electrician set out their pipes and conduit while the boxing is open, we work around them, and the drainage gets inspected before the pour on consented jobs.
Two to three days on site to build the slab, plus inspection time, then usually about a week of curing before steel or framing goes on. We confirm that with your shed supplier so the crane or builder is not booked too early.
Tell us before we start. A slab you intend to grind and polish, or leave exposed in a sleepout, needs a different mix, a different finishing method and protection through the rest of the build. It is not something that can be decided after the pour.
Shed pads, sleepouts and new build foundations from Katikati through to Te Puke, including the lifestyle blocks out through Te Puna and Pahoia. If your street is not on this list, send the form and ask.
Send through the shed plan or engineer's drawing and we will price it properly, including the prep and the cart away.