We have recently decided to purchase a wooden shed for our garden.
We're looking at a 10x6 shed and after seeing some online guides for shed bases, I thought I would get stuck in and get the foundation done myself.
As a complete novice, I set off last weekend and have now dug a 11x7 hole in the garden to give a nice border around the shed.
Next steps is to level off the soil to some extent, compact it a little (jump on it and hit it with a shovel!), add sand/cement dry mix and then slabs on top...just how I read...
Given the measurements of the hole and the set width of paving slabs (400mm, 450mm or 600mm) I want to minimise any cutting etc of slabs as I have no equipment...can anyone advise what is the maximum gap I can leave between the slabs? Most guides say they need to be butted together (I guess that means tight against one another?).
As the hole is a funny size, I was thing using 400mm slabs with 20mm gaps between slabs (filled with dry mix after)...will this be ok?
Or am I better off laying slabs closer together and filling the gap with bricks?
Thanks in advance.
We're looking at a 10x6 shed and after seeing some online guides for shed bases, I thought I would get stuck in and get the foundation done myself.
As a complete novice, I set off last weekend and have now dug a 11x7 hole in the garden to give a nice border around the shed.
Next steps is to level off the soil to some extent, compact it a little (jump on it and hit it with a shovel!), add sand/cement dry mix and then slabs on top...just how I read...
Given the measurements of the hole and the set width of paving slabs (400mm, 450mm or 600mm) I want to minimise any cutting etc of slabs as I have no equipment...can anyone advise what is the maximum gap I can leave between the slabs? Most guides say they need to be butted together (I guess that means tight against one another?).
As the hole is a funny size, I was thing using 400mm slabs with 20mm gaps between slabs (filled with dry mix after)...will this be ok?
Or am I better off laying slabs closer together and filling the gap with bricks?
Thanks in advance.