Chaps,

I have lifted all the turf in order to lay the slabs for my shed to sit on.

I have laid small patios before with no problems but as this area is bigger than anything i have done before (18 x 12) i dont want to use the highest point as my reference nor the lowest, how do i find a bit of middle ground (excuse the punn!!)

Also is there any easy way to roughly level the ground off my chosen reference point?

The shed is comming on the 8th July eeeeeeeeeeeeeek! and i want to start laying slabs on Saturday.

Cheers.

Are you laying the slabs on a sand base or straight on the ground?

Once you've got the ground roughly level, it's easier to lay the slabs on a bed of sand and use that to level it off. Might also be worth some edging boards to keep it all in place.

Nick

If you want it to be level, without digging out, you need to pick the highest level

I have always used gravel to put sheds on. If you put them on flagstones then the water which lies on the flags keeps the shed timber wet and eventually it can rot.

The gravel allows the water to drain away and it is really easy to lay.

Cheers

Mark

Make a small heap of wooden pegs, about 1" square in section. Get hold of 5 or 6 metres of thin plastic tube (cheap aquarium stuff is ideal) and a jug of water coloured with ink or food dye.

Bang a peg in at a likely location and fix one end of the tube to it with a tie-wrap. Now fill the tube with enough water so that you can get the top of the water in line with the top of the peg (you'll have to lower the other end!). Now go around your site banging in pegs until their tops are in line with the top of the water at the unfixed end of the tube.

The tops of the pegs are now level, and you can measure down then to get the height you want. Leave the pegs in until you've laid all your slabs, making sure that they line up with your measured marks.

Does that make sense?

rgds,
David

Good suggestions chaps,

The slabs are going on a dry mix of sand and cement.

The shed company will not errect anything on a ' non solid and level base comprising of timber, paving slabs or concrete'

i kind of inderstand your 'plumbers level' DJ!

I was after a bit of middle ground so that i can scrape earth away from the higher parts and use it to fill in the lower spots, not choose my high reference point and need poo loads of soil/sand and cement to make up the height.

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The shed company will not errect anything on a ' non solid and level base comprising of timber, paving slabs or concrete'

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i kind of inderstand your 'plumbers level' DJ!

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my tuppence worth.

Go with the hosepipe level, it's one of the best tools you'll ever use!!! it really is ancient technology but bloody brilliant.

I would build the shed on well spaced breeze block piers. Start with oneblock high on the highest level and just dig a little and pile the bricks high enough on all the others to make em level. Find out where the structural members are on the shed base and position the piers to fit, 2 - 3 ft spacing. Use the hose or a spirit level to keep em all level, or have a pile of 6mm ply to shim them with. Propably want a bit of foundation for each pier, depends on your ground. (farking horrible hard clay soil here, nasty to dig, but stick something in it or on it and it stays there!!)

No digging out a few tonnes to level the ground, no shovelling a couple of tonnes of sand around and with blocks at 50p a pop, likely to be cheaper than slabs.

IMHO

This isn't a kit car crisis style shed that your going to have to dismantle to get the car out is it

Sorry DJ, they wont erect on anything BUT solid sound surfaces.

Jonr,

Its too late to use the breezeblocks as i have the slabs and have already gone to the trouble to lift the turf!

I borrowed a lazer level from my dad yesterday so it looks like life may get a bit easier

No crisis shed here its 18*10 feet with 7 foot double doors on the end A nice cosy home for the beast