12-07-2006, 10:26
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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
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12-07-2006, 10:33
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Re: Sheds!
Ours is sat on 6 Breezeblocks, its fine 
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12-07-2006, 10:34
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Re: Sheds!
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
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12-07-2006, 10:41
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Re: Sheds!
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.
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12-07-2006, 10:50
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Re: Sheds!
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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
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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.
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Good idea! 
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12-07-2006, 10:57
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Re: Sheds!
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12-07-2006, 11:37
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Re: Sheds!
Mines on breezeblocks sunk in the soil with a 4" skirt of wood round the bottom to hide them.
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12-07-2006, 12:14
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Re: Sheds!
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.
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12-07-2006, 12:17
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Re: Sheds!
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.
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12-07-2006, 14:30
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Re: Sheds!
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Mines on breezeblocks sunk in the soil with a 4" skirt of wood round the bottom to hide them.
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Slightly worrying that you have a photo of your shed handy. 
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12-07-2006, 15:01
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Re: Sheds!
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Slightly worrying that you have a photo of your shed handy. |
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. 
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12-07-2006, 16:13
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Re: Sheds!
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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.
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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
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13-07-2006, 18:10
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Re: Sheds!
Quite a while ago, wasn't there a fairly lengthy thread about some CF member's high tech, state-of-the-art ÃÃâ€*’¼bershed?
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