Service Area
Custom sheds and saunas in San Diego County
We build custom sheds and saunas on site throughout San Diego County — framed and finished in your yard, on a foundation chosen for your soil and your grade.
Four standard sizes, $15,000 to $18,000. Same price anywhere in the county.
Coverage
Where in San Diego County we build
Carlsbad, Encinitas, Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, Escondido, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, Del Mar, Solana Beach, La Jolla, Chula Vista, La Mesa, El Cajon, Santee, Coronado, Ramona, Fallbrook, North County, and the city of San Diego itself.
Local Conditions
What San Diego County yards do to a build
Where the building can sit
Setback rules are written city by city, and they are not the same across the county. Some cities are stricter than you would guess and some let a small building sit closer to a line than you would guess. It moves where the building can sit more often than people expect. We measure it at the site visit, before anything is ordered.
Fire hazard areas inland
Parts of inland San Diego County, including some areas around Escondido, Ramona, Poway, Alpine, Fallbrook and the back country, can fall inside mapped fire hazard severity zones. It gets assigned parcel by parcel rather than city by city, so we look yours up before we quote it. Where a parcel is in one, the city or the county may set requirements for the exterior, and those can reach past siding and roofing into eaves, vents and openings. Our standard build goes out with cement board siding. If your parcel needs more than that, including a specific roof rating, we will tell you what it adds before you sign anything.
The coastal strip
Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar. Close to a bluff, or inside a coastal overlay, a project may pick up a second layer of review on top of the city’s. We will tell you what we know about the timeline going in. How long the review itself takes is not ours to control.
Canyon and hillside lots
North County and the inland valleys are full of lots with real fall across the pad. That is what the pier foundation is for. Treated beams, joists hung in metal hangers, a plywood floor screwed down instead of nailed, and the same price as a slab.
The marine layer
Coastal San Diego runs damp for a good part of the year. A sealed, painted cement-board exterior over house wrap, and a floor that is either a slab on a vapor barrier or a framed floor above grade, is what keeps a building dry through it.
What We Build
Sheds and saunas
Sheds
Reinforced foundation, 2×4 Doug fir at 16 inches on center, structural plywood on every wall and the roof, Hardie cement siding, a three-layer sealed low-slope roof, primed and painted. Unfinished inside unless you add the Finished Interior package.
Saunas
Site-built, rock wool insulated, full taped foil vapor barrier, western red cedar, Harvia or Huum heater. Custom only.
Questions People Ask
San Diego County, specifically
You’re based up north. Do you actually come down here?
Yes, and at the same price. San Diego County is half our service area, not an exception we make.
Is the six-foot building separation rule real?
In unincorporated San Diego County, yes. County zoning keeps a detached accessory building’s walls at least 6 feet from the main building’s walls. Each city writes its own rule, so we look up the one for your parcel and measure it before anything gets ordered. The details are in our San Diego shed cost guide. City by city rules are in our San Diego County shed permit guide, and finished office pricing is in our San Diego office cost guide.
How long does it take?
Most builds finish in one to two weeks from the day we start the foundation.
Can you build on a slope?
Yes. The pier foundation option, same price as a slab.
Are you licensed?
Brandon Radley Construction DBA Bedrock Sheds, CSLB #1087479.
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Send us three photos of the spot and we’ll give you a price the same day.