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LSainsbury

12-07-2006 10:26

Sheds!

Hello,

We are about to put a shed in te garden and need some advice!

Whats the best base to put it on?

Concrete? Slabs? Wooden bearers?

I know concrete / bearers will be the best option, but the GF wants to lay it direct on the ground with bearers...

Budget is quite tight!

Cheers

Lee

Graham M

12-07-2006 10:33

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Ours is sat on 6 Breezeblocks, its fine :)

jeffcrouch

12-07-2006 10:34

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hmm - mines on concrete, then bearers to level it up - is it going on grass/soil base?

if its a tight budget, then bearers would be fine to be honest

Scarlett

12-07-2006 10:41

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We're lucky because we have concrete slbs in the b/garden already.

Personlly I'd go for some dirt cheap slabs or even the Breezeblocks option. I wouldn't bother with wood because at the end of the day it will rot away.

I'd certainlky suggest getting a cheep tub of waterproffing though and putting a double coat on the base nbefore you build it.

LSainsbury

12-07-2006 10:50

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffcrouch

hmm - mines on concrete, then bearers to level it up - is it going on grass/soil base?

if its a tight budget, then bearers would be fine to be honest

Yes - grass / soil base...

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Originally Posted by Scarlett

Personlly I'd go for some dirt cheap slabs or even the Breezeblocks option.

Good idea! :tu:

Stuart

12-07-2006 10:57

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http://www.readersheds.co.uk/readersheds/ :D

gaffer_gump

12-07-2006 11:37

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Mines on breezeblocks sunk in the soil with a 4" skirt of wood round the bottom to hide them.

DaggaDagga

12-07-2006 12:14

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Subscribe to your local Freecycle group at www.freecycle.org. I've been a member for a couple of weeks and have seen 3 lots of paving slabs going for nothing.

Stuart

12-07-2006 12:17

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I'm lucky at home. When we moved in, the house had an Anderson shelter on a concrete base. We just removed the shelter and put the shed in it's place.

Hugh	12-07-2006 14:30

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Originally Posted by gaffer_gump

Mines on breezeblocks sunk in the soil with a 4" skirt of wood round the bottom to hide them.

Slightly worrying that you have a photo of your shed handy.:disturbd:

gaffer_gump

12-07-2006 15:01

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Originally Posted by foreverwar

Slightly worrying that you have a photo of your shed handy.:disturbd:

Lol. yeah I know... I took a load of pics when I was having a dispute with the neighbours about something and that was a cropped version of one of them.

/me hurrys off to subcribe to shedweekly. :p:

Jules

12-07-2006 16:13

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Originally Posted by gaffer_gump

Mines on breezeblocks sunk in the soil with a 4" skirt of wood round the bottom to hide them.

Trust you to be posh

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Originally Posted by DaggaDagga

Subscribe to your local Freecycle group at www.freecycle.org. I've been a member for a couple of weeks and have seen 3 lots of paving slabs going for nothing.

Good link that and a great idea, thanks :tu:

Theodoric

13-07-2006 18:10

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Quite a while ago, wasn't there a fairly lengthy thread about some CF member's high tech, state-of-the-art ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€*Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¼bershed?

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