Hi all,
If this nice weather holds up, Saturday's job will be the construciton of a shed base for my new 6' x 4' overlap timber shed.
I plan to;
1. Dig out an area to approx 80mm deep and apply liberal amounts of weed-killer to the soil (the area is riddled with dandelions and the like).
2. Create a dry mix of 1:5 cement:building sand and lay a 40mm layer of this onto the dug out area.
3. Lay 400 x 400 x 38mm paving slabs, ensuring they are square and level.
4. Stand back and feel smug!
Can anyone see any problems with that, or recommend an alternative (I don't really want to go for a poured concrete slab as I may move the shed in the future).
When building the shed I plan to rest it on treated timber bearers and nail a layer of dpc between the timber and the shed base to stop any water ingress.
One question I did have was should I make the paving slab base bigger or smaller than the shed footprint? I'd always thought bigger, but thinking about it, if it is smaller, any water running down the sides will simply run into the ground as opposed to pooling under my base!
If this nice weather holds up, Saturday's job will be the construciton of a shed base for my new 6' x 4' overlap timber shed.
I plan to;
1. Dig out an area to approx 80mm deep and apply liberal amounts of weed-killer to the soil (the area is riddled with dandelions and the like).
2. Create a dry mix of 1:5 cement:building sand and lay a 40mm layer of this onto the dug out area.
3. Lay 400 x 400 x 38mm paving slabs, ensuring they are square and level.
4. Stand back and feel smug!
Can anyone see any problems with that, or recommend an alternative (I don't really want to go for a poured concrete slab as I may move the shed in the future).
When building the shed I plan to rest it on treated timber bearers and nail a layer of dpc between the timber and the shed base to stop any water ingress.
One question I did have was should I make the paving slab base bigger or smaller than the shed footprint? I'd always thought bigger, but thinking about it, if it is smaller, any water running down the sides will simply run into the ground as opposed to pooling under my base!