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Specialist foundation installation
Smoking Shelter Bases & Foundations
A smoking shelter foundation needs secure wind anchorage, a clean standing surface and the precise fixings specified by the shelter manufacturer.
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Written foundation scope
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Start with what you want to build
The right foundation for your smoking shelter
Commercial smoking shelters are exposed framed structures and commonly bolt to concrete or use posts set into pockets. Some models require a full slab; others use deep foundations beneath each end.
Wind-resistant anchorage
Post pockets or base plates are installed to the selected shelter drawing.
Explore the details →Level standing area
The finished surface remains accessible and avoids water pooling beneath users.
Explore the details →Correct openness
Foundation and later screens should not undermine the shelter design's legal open-area requirement.
Explore the details →Safe location
The project lead considers doors, windows, escape routes and pedestrian circulation.
Explore the details →Three easy steps
From first call to a finished foundation
Getting started is simple. We will guide you through the choices and explain any information needed before installation.
Talk through the options
We discuss the site and suitable foundations, identify any supplier information needed and provide a clear written quotation.
Install and hand over
Our team marks out and installs the agreed foundation, with the required checks before the next stage of your project.
Choose the foundation, not the complication
Foundation options for your smoking shelter
These are the methods worth assessing for this application. The structure, support plan and actual ground determine the right choice—not a one-size-fits-all specification.
Concrete
Concrete foundation
A full pad or individual reinforced pockets are constructed to the manufacturer's minimum dimensions and fixings.
Worth considering for: Workplace, hospitality and public-sector smoking shelters
Ask about this option →Clear prices, agreed scope
A price for your project
Specialist foundations need a quotation matched to the structure, ground and installation scope. A generic garden-building price would not reliably represent this project. Call Craig with your idea and postcode to get started.
No VAT is added to the guide prices shown.
Get your exact written priceView the full base price guideThe structure
Its loads, footprint and accepted support arrangement.
The site
Ground conditions, levels, buried services and practical access.
The foundation package
Specified materials, installation and any agreed testing or supporting frame.
The written quotation
Clear inclusions, responsibilities and timing before work is booked.
Easy to start, free to ask
Tell us about your smoking shelter
You do not need drawings or a finished specification before getting in touch. Send what you have and Craig will explain the useful next step.
Helpful details, if available
- Shelter make and model
- Foundation drawing
- Base-plate or root-fix option
- Path and accessibility levels
- Bin and seat positions
Talk to Craig
Craig will listen to what you are planning and help establish the foundation information that matters.
Online quote requests are normally answered within 24 hours, excluding weekends.
Request your free quote
Just give us your contact details and a short description of what you want to build. We will guide you through the rest.
Your enquiry
Smoking Shelter Bases installation
Planned around its use
What matters for your smoking shelter
We install the published or project-specific base detail and coordinate surface drainage, paths and any cigarette-bin fixing positions.
Discuss your project with Craig →Wind-resistant anchorage
Post pockets or base plates are installed to the selected shelter drawing.
Level standing area
The finished surface remains accessible and avoids water pooling beneath users.
Correct openness
Foundation and later screens should not undermine the shelter design's legal open-area requirement.
Safe location
The project lead considers doors, windows, escape routes and pedestrian circulation.
Before installation
Dimensions, approvals and responsibilities
Use the exact shelter model before forming concrete: base-fixed, root-fixed and spigoted versions can have different foundation requirements.
Smoke-free compliance is determined by the completed shelter's enclosure and use. The base contractor does not certify the finished shelter.
JustBases quotes the agreed foundation and groundwork. Product installation, specialist connections, commissioning and third-party design remain outside our scope unless the written quotation expressly includes them.
Genuine customer feedback
A full 10-year JustBases guarantee
Our full written guarantee covers installation workmanship and the foundation materials we supply, subject to your quotation. Read what customers say about our foundation work below, with the original job types and sources shown.
"I couldn't recommend Craig highly enough! Communication prior to the job was outstanding even considering our ever changing goal posts. Craig and his team turned up exactly at the agreed time, were well presented, friendly and professional. The cleanliness, attention to detail and quality of the job was outstanding."
— Verified Customer
Checkatrade · BH16 · 2020-05-27
Work listed by the source: Log cabin foundation
"Good standard of workmanship. Friendly and efficient. Prompt response for estimate and fitted into our timescale. Will be using the firm in future and thoroughly recommend them."
— Verified Customer
Checkatrade · SP6 · 2019-09-16
Work listed by the source: Concrete base for new summerhouse
"Craig and his team were very professional throughout the job. They worked tirelessly and extremely hard. The job involved digging up a thick reinforced concrete base. Then creating a whole new base with precision engineering in preparation to accept a new building on top. The result was an excellent job all round."
— Verified Customer
Checkatrade · BH24 · 2021-11-30
Work listed by the source: Building foundations and landscaping
Our service area
Foundation installation across the South
For this application we cover Dorset, Hampshire, South Wiltshire. Tell Craig the postcode and we will confirm the suitable installation options and travel requirements.
Straight answers before you decide
Smoking Shelter Bases FAQs
Some do; others permit separate foundation pockets or fixing to suitable hardstanding. Follow the chosen model's drawing.
Still unsure? Send Craig a short enquiry and we will help with the next step.
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An outline of the project and your postcode are enough to start.