Hot tub & swim spa bases in Oakham
Reinforced bases for hot tubs and swim spas in Oakham, built to the supplier's requirements, including part-sunk and fully sunk installs.
In Oakham a hot tub base starts from about £2,000 and a swim spa slab typically costs £4,000–£6,500; part-sunk installations start from about £17,500 and fully sunk from about £25,000. The base is built to the supplier's published requirements, and in a rear garden it is normally permitted development.
- Typical cost
- Swim spa slab £4,000–£6,500
- Time on site
- Two to five days for a slab
- Ground
- Vale of Catmose clay; slow to drain
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Our 2026 guide prices, all in. Your fixed price comes in writing after the site visit. Council fees checked October 2026.
What hot tub & swim spa bases in Oakham usually involve
A filled swim spa can weigh as much as several cars on a small footprint, so it needs a reinforced concrete slab built to the supplier's published requirements. We build the base, the drainage and the access so the unit can be craned or wheeled straight in.
Oakham mixes three kinds of street: the old town around the castle, All Saints and the Market Place, built in limestone and warm ironstone; Victorian and interwar terraces and semis off Brooke Road, Braunston Road and Burley Road; and the newer estates at Barleythorpe and Oakham Heights, where builder-grade drives are often replaced within a few years.
We cover Oakham (LE15) and the villages around it, including Barleythorpe, Langham, Braunston-in-Rutland, Egleton, Whissendine, Cottesmore, Greetham, Burley, Ashwell and Exton.
Ground, drainage and conservation in Oakham
Oakham sits in the Vale of Catmose, and the ground around much of the town is heavy clay that holds water through the winter. Base depth and drainage are where Oakham drives succeed or fail, so we dig a test hole and design the soakaway, channel or permeable build-up on the visit.
The Oakham conservation area covers the historic centre, but Oakham has no Article 4 direction, so outside listed buildings the normal permitted development rules apply, with the usual conservation area limits.
Oakham is listed in Rutland County Council's flood strategy as a surface water flood risk area of national significance, and the Barleythorpe Brook runs culverted under parts of the town. Water that has nowhere to go is the commonest problem we fix here. You can check any address on the Environment Agency flood map.
Sources: Rutland conservation areas · Rutland flood risk strategy.
Permissions and fees in Oakham
- PlanningA hot tub or swim spa on a base in the rear garden is normally permitted development; an enclosure or roof over it counts as an outbuilding and has to meet the outbuilding size and height limits.
- TreesTrees in a conservation area need six weeks' notice before work, and protected trees need consent; both are free. Rutland County Council: tree works
- Design and priceWe measure up, plan levels and drainage, and give you one fixed written price.
Council fees and rules checked October 2026. Planning fees are the national fees from 1 April 2026.
What you get
- Reinforced concrete slab to the supplier's published requirements
- Level and square, so the warranty holds
- Drainage and access planned for delivery day
- Part-sunk and fully sunk installations with retaining walls
The specification
- Ground dug out and checked
- Compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base
- Steel mesh reinforcement
- Concrete slab, power floated level
- Ducting for power where needed
- Five year workmanship guarantee in writing
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