How Much Does it Cost to Lay a Conservatory Base?

Job Costs

Job	Description	Labour
1	Lay a 4” thick concrete base for a “normal size” (15 foot square?) conservatory. This will have a 300mm deep foundation around the edges and will be sealed against damp but will have no insulation etc. All the excavated material will be “carted away” (though I have to admit my old cart’s a bit past it nowadays). We assume there is mini digger etc. access. 2 men will take 2 days.	£550
	Plus materials, tipping etc. for the above	£750
2	If you want three, 2’ high, insulated cavity walls building on top, with a gap for doors. This will take 2 men a day inc. materials so add……..	£600
3	If you want the floor insulating add………	£490

“Labour” at £175 a day (tradesman) £100 (labourer), includes incidental fixings etc. and tipping charges. “Materials” if mentioned, are larger things (a boiler) and stuff only you can choose (tiles etc). Also VAT must be added all round.

Information Sheet on Laying a Conservatory Base and Walls

As a builder I gave up quoting for PVCu conservatories years ago. There’s no way we can compete with the chaps who make and fit them all day long. I’ve erected the odd one bought from “WickesBQ” in the past but I’ve just looked on their sites and if they still sell them I can’t find them.

I thought about pricing a wooden conservatory or two but even they are now the domain of the PVCu lads. Anyway, the wooden ones cost twice as much, need painting or varnishing every twenty minutes and still end up rotten as a pear (but a pair of what you might ask)?