gregs
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 posted on 23/3/10 at 08:18 PM |
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Timber garage on gravel
Hi all,
Trying to sort out temporary garaging at my new house....
Have decided against a container due to access restrictions, so am now looking at a cheap timber garage.
In order to keep the cost as low as possible, and to avoid having to break up a slab at a later date, I am looking to fit the garage on the drive
(gravel).
Has anyone any experience of this? - no problem putting in concrete pads if necessary to retain the shed to the ground!
Cheers,
Greg
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 08:28 PM |
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If you go that route, be sure you have a good floor, 'cos although my garage is actually on concrete, the Ba****d rats haved managed to
infiltrate  They can get in the tiniest hole (they have a collapsible rib cage!) and will eat through anything!.
Having said all that, if you live in the town it might not be as bad as where we are (middle of knowhere)
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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snapper
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 09:22 PM |
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It would be best to put some pads down, minimum one on each corner but 6 would be better.
You could use say 2 paving slabs per pad or single concrete blocks, not breeze but look similar.
just putting the shed on gravel will mean it will settle and twist
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Andi
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 09:40 PM |
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Scrape the gravel back and put a single row of slabs all round the perimeter.
Then you`ll need to devise a temporary ramp to roll the car in and out.
Works fine with my chicken shed 
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swanny
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| posted on 23/3/10 at 10:29 PM |
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I'd agree with the slab idea. My old house had a garage on slabs with just compacted soil underneath, and that was fine for the first 60 years
until we pulled it down.
As a cheap alternative to buying a garage keep an eye out for firms working in offices. We built a decent workshop using ,mainly scrapped stud walling
from offices
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