<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">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. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jim<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 11, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Doug Braun <<a href="mailto:doug@dougbraun.com" class="">doug@dougbraun.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">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.)<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Doug</div></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 10:43 AM Mark J Bradakis <<a href="mailto:mark@bradakis.com" class="">mark@bradakis.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">First off. I'll inform you that I had Comcast, my service provider,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">switch out my old cable modem for a faster, wifi enabled unit. At the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">moment I *think* Team Net is still working as usual, no service<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">disruption. We shall see.<br class=""><br class="">Okay, now that the man behind the curtain stuff is out of the way I am<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">planning getting a plastic garden shed. I'm looking at one big enough to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">hold the lawnmover, weed whackers, rakes, etc. Basically all the garden<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">stuff that is taking up valuable space in the garage. I need the room to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">actually get some work done on my cars.<br class=""><br class="">It's only 7 feet wide and 4 feet deep. It comes with a plastic slab as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">the floor. What do you think, can I just scrape a space in the dirt<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">that is fairly level and call it good? Or go all the way and have a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">small, say 8 x 5 concrete slab professionally poured as a foundation? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">That will likely cost more than the shed!<br class=""><br class="">mjb.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br class="">Donate:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br class="">Suggested annual donation $12.96<br class="">Archive:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/doug@dougbraun.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/doug@dougbraun.com</a><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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