nick205
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 09:35 AM |
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siting a garden shed
Need to get a shed to store all the garden junk, mower, bikes etc.
What's the best way to make a base for said shed?
I've got a load of 4x2 timber which I could use like rafters to sit the shed on - is this suitable if the timbers treated properly?
Cheers
Nick
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Catpuss
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 09:45 AM |
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I got a few bags of sand mixed with a bit of cement. Put this on roughtly leveled ground and went over it with a flat bit of wood to get it roughly
level. Then laid down slabs getting them fairly level. Its been OK for a few years now.
If the posts are treated OK they would probably be fine too. I've done worse than that before. At the worst it would make a reasonable base for
a couple of years.
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coozer
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 10:00 AM |
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I just stood mine on a few bricks to keep the bottom dry.
Depends how solid your base is. A level concrete or slab base should be OK. Just keep it so the rain can drain off and that will be enough.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Catpuss
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 10:09 AM |
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Yes, drainage is important. I found that the gaps that end up between the slabs was enough for me. But then my shed is a light steel one with no base
so I needed the slabs for a base.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 12:08 PM |
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I have generally put my sheds on bearers which rest on a bed of gravel.
The gravel is easy to level off and it ensures that the bearers don't sit in contact with water which rots them.
So paving slabs which are hard work are not IMHO the best solution, buit they are a lot better than putting your shed straight onto the ground.
Cheers
Mark
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 01:39 PM |
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I laid evenly spaced breeze blocks on their side to act as pads - digging out the earth accordingly to make them level.
Then sat the shed on treated bearers laid at right-angles to the joists of the shed floor.
Been up for over two years and is still as solid as the day it was erected.
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JackNco
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 03:13 PM |
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used 2 work in BnQ, we used 2 recoment ppl just used slabs, cheap as ships just lay them on some sand.
John
Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador)
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Avoneer
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 03:50 PM |
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I can vouch for paving slabs.
Also treat your joists with cheap nasty creosote or equivalent and they will last for as long as the shed.
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nick205
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 07:32 PM |
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sand and slabs it is I reckon - thanks guys!
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