[Shop-talk] Tool shed foundation?

[Jim Stone]

I’ll jump in on the ‘what not to do’ front.  I have a 7’ x7’ Rubbermaid shed that I ‘temporarily’ put up a few years ago.  Since it was only temporary, I got lazy and didn’t properly level the surface.  Instead, I took two 3/4” 4X8 sheets of pressure treated plywood and screwed them onto a couple of p/t 2x4’s to form a base.  I shimmed the whole thing until it was sort of level and then built the shed on top of that.  The doors have never opened and closed properly and it has gotten worse over time as the makeshift foundation conforms to the ground below it.  

I agree that a poured foundation is probably overkill, but it would definitely be worth spending the time to make sure the shed sits on a compacted, FLAT, LEVEL surface.  

Jim

> On Jun 11, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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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