[Shop-talk] Tool shed foundation?

[Pat Horne]

Mark,

It depends on the soil & the construction of the plastic floor. 

If you have hard soil that doesn’t move around or get very soft when wet & the floor has a bottom rather than just sides which would make it a good cookie cutter, I’d just put it on the dirt. I’d try to pick a spot where the dirt is a bit higher so it in the middle of a lake. 

Another foundation is to use pavers under the floor. They would be a lot cheaper than a slab & can be relocated or releveled as needed. 

A poured pad may require a permit. 


Peace,
Pat

Pat Horne 
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On Jun 11, 2020, at 9:47 AM, Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:

First off. I'll inform you that I had Comcast, my service provider, switch out my old cable modem for a faster, wifi enabled unit.  At the moment I *think* Team Net is still working as usual, no service disruption.  We shall see.

Okay, now that the man behind the curtain stuff is out of the way I am planning getting a plastic garden shed. I'm looking at one big enough to hold the lawnmover, weed whackers, rakes, etc. Basically all the garden stuff that is taking up valuable space in the garage. I need the room to actually get some work done on my cars.

It's only 7 feet wide and 4 feet deep.  It comes with a plastic slab as the floor.  What do you think, can I just scrape a space in the dirt that is fairly level and call it good?  Or go all the way and have a small, say 8 x 5 concrete slab professionally poured as a foundation?  That will likely cost more than the shed!

mjb.


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