Bought 2 new plastic sheds to replace our 2 ageing wood jobbies. However the concrete base they are on currently is not even (cowboy builders years ago) and also needs to be extended by a 1 foot (x 7) to fit the new sheds.
Is this something I can can DIY? What would be needed? Tips?
DIY seems like it will be quicker than waiting for (or even finding) a builder to do a small job like this.
before reading this
- do you need concrete - ie will sheds be taking a lot of weight
- sleepers, can go direct on soil or gavel
- slabs on sand
- weird click mesh tiles that fill with gravel and mesh edge acts as abse (mates shed on this)
- if you are going to remove base:
- sledge, pickaxe, substantial metal bar with pointy end - pref more than 1, fence post, few mates.
using pick and metal bar, try and pry up edge of base and get post under it, hit above air gap with sledge (will break now - it wont if you don't have it up with a post under it), repeat. Just sledging a flat base will take ages.
http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Article/build-a-shed-base
lots of links (*use old base as hard core, get frame totakly level - side to side, diagonals, back to front and then slide a bit of wood across frame to level)
make base slightly smaller than shed - so run off doesn;t sit on base