MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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to go in our back yard. 8x6 will be the biggest we can get away with.
if the yard is sloping, whats the best way to deal with that? lay a concrete base?
very excited, going to get a ground anchor, and a wireless alarm system. and it means I can get away with another bike!
Congrats. Make sure you reinforce the roof joists as most Tea Leaves open up wooden sheds like a tin of beans.
(Sorry, can't give any advice about the base though!)
security is my main issue with getting one, so ground anchor and alarm should help with that, but thanks for the advice about the roof joists.
the arrival of our second child means the 'bike room' is no more, and after 1 week of the dining room taking over bike duties, my and my wife are both sick as anything!
I'm going outside to sketch the footprint in chalk to see if it's big enough
Oh, and one more thing - the best security modification you can do to your shed is get decent insurance cover!
damp proof any base
if the yard is sloping, whats the best way to deal with that? lay a concrete base?
Dig in some 4x4 posts, make a frame with 4x2 or 6x2 and sit it on top.
aah, that sounds like a good idea, and a lot cheaper than the concrete option...
Mcmoonter has it, put a metre in the ground it'll be solid as
a metre? as in a metre length?
thats a lot of digging in an urban concreted back yard....
I put mine down on concrete blocks, still standing 8 years later.
Can put "skids" down (2-3 modern sleepers say - 4"x9"x9') onto a flatten section of earth. Build shed on that.
Easy to replace, allow good circulation and will last an age - you'll need a hole for the ground anchor though.
Can also get the concrete reinforcing mesh stuff and screw onto the inside, makes it harder to get into the inside from the outside.
Sink the posts a couple of feet down and you should be fine. It's a good solution for building on a slope. Something along these lines, then either cut the posts flush with the deck or clad them to make the shed walls. Making it yourself will probably be cheaper, better quality and suit your needs better too.
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i'd be tempted to get 8 paving slabs, roughly level the ground, and then lay slabs and put bearers down.
dpm on shed joints and then lay on top of bearers
this was everything is free draining, and your shed will have plenty air and no way for moisture to wick up from ground
joists not joints!!!