[Shop-talk] Tool shed foundation?

[Doug Braun]

Several years ago I got an 8x8' wooden shed, and I made a pad of gravel
within a wooden frame of 6x6 PT lumber.  It was sunk partly into the ground
on one side to make it level.  It has worked out fine.  (I should have used
a bit more gravel to allow for settling.)

Doug

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 10:43 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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