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I need to put a shed in the rear garden to get all the gardening shit out of the garage.
Mowers, lawn rakes and strimmers have no right to be taking up bike space.😒
It'll be going at the side of the house, between the house and the fence dividing off next doors property.
Shed will be about 7'x4'. The ground at the moment is almost but not quite flat, there's a slight slope away from the house towards the fence and its covered in slate type stuff.
So I'm looking for something that's easy to install, not permanent as it may need removing at a later date and also be able to give me a flat base on the shallow slope.
What have all you shedists used in the past for this?
I use concrete slabs. You can usually get them free on Facebook or Gumtree. You can probably lay them straight onto crushed slate or use a couple of bags of sand. Easy to lay, easy to lift again, should last well and it's low cost.
i've used slightly damaged concrete joists that the local builders merchant recommended as a option last time i did this for a community garden shed, so obviously i went asking for cheap/free/discount. Laid them on shallow slope with minimal bedding in on one end to sort the slope. Obviously need to consider direction of floor supports/integrity of the shed floor to get right length.
Flags on sand is quick and easy
Go for the mini fun house feel and leave it pissed, wobbly mirror too
Concrete slabs for me too but with 3x3s to raise the base away from the ground.
slabs on sand on ground
adjustable shed feet
jobs a good un
Last one was on slabs.
Current one is on 6 sleepers on a bulk bag of gravel.
Depends what you have lying about, the ground, how much you want to spend, how permanent etc.
Level base, not sitting wet and a bit of air fow.
I've just ordered a shed and now need to lay a base, I am going to use the slabs and sand method. Someone did say to mix some concrete powder in with it too, but not sure if it'll add anything.
Hiya,
I used the recycled plastic base type with gravel. Super easy to lay plus drains easier, Oh I did use a weed barrier too and next door had a load of gravel they wanted to get rid of 😉
JeZ
Concrete blocks laid on the flat here. Levelled up with a dry sand cement mix underneath.
I would use slabs but bedded fully on mortar, you can level them, no movement, no weeds,no breaking them etc all things associated with laying on sand only or seasoning with a wee bit of dry cement
3x3 ???
600x600x50 pick them up cheap on gumtree
I'm building a shed using ground screws - these are just screw piles that go into the ground and can be removed without leaving anything behind (you can install yourself). It gets pricy if you need a lot of them like I did, but you'd not need many for a small shed. Has the advantage that they can take up the slope (just screw one end in less than the other).
I would use slabs but bedded fully on mortar, you can level them, no movement, no weeds,no breaking them etc all things associated with laying on sand only
Not my experience. My shed was on slabs on sand on compacted mot when I bought the house. It was all in good order. I lifted them all, relaid it all the same in a new location and moved the shed and it is all still fine. Its a permanent solution (no movement, no weeds, no breaking) but you can easily lift it all and re-use the materials. For a patio definitely all those thing can happen so mortar is a good idea but under a shed there really isn't a need for cement (or "concrete powder" if you want to sound like a pro at the builders merchants)
plastic spacers and gravel here on a weed barrier. seems to be doing the job.