[Shop-talk] Tool shed foundation?

[DAVID MASSEY]

 We in stalled one of those on a concrete sidewalk and we still had to shim it up to get the doors to work.  These are light, durable and inexpensive but not very sturdy.  You can probably get by with scraping the dirt flat but over the years and a few rainstorms dirt can flow and you may have to tug the get the doors open and closed.
Still might be less work than pouring a slab.
 
Dave 

 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>
To: Shop-talk at autox.team.net <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2020 9:32 am
Subject: [Shop-talk] Tool shed foundation?

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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