I’m going to build a shed straight onto my patio tiles. I don’t fancy a wooden floor as I see it as a home for mice and something that will just rot. Therefor there will be a 1 1/2 inch step up then down into the shed, can I pour a layer of concrete directly onto the paving slabs (solid no movement) or any other suggestions to raise the internal floor area up level.
Shed floor.
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Not really. If they are on a good base, you could lift them and poor on to the base or you could break them up as hardcore for the base.
I know it’s a bodge but might just seal it up and pour a few mm of self leveller on it them lay the 600x600 foam tiles that Halfords sell. Really can’t be bothered with having to rent a cement mixer and lifting all the slabs seams they’re solid.
If you are planning on using machines such as saw tables or such like then a foam tiled floor is the last thing you should be putting down. To use machinery, even using hand tools as drills/saws etc in a workmate, you need a good solid floor. Pouring a self levelling screed will probably not be thick enough or strong enough to take much use.
If you are using the shed simply for storage then yes, the foam would possibly be ok but don't expect it to last a lifetime if you will be going in and out all the time.
If you are using the shed simply for storage then yes, the foam would possibly be ok but don't expect it to last a lifetime if you will be going in and out all the time.
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Only if they can get in. They cant burrow under and dig up through paving slabs, so if you stop them getting in at the edges (eg chequer plate) youre sorted.
If theres so much water that pressure treated bearers will rot, make sure that whatever you do stops water getting into the shed.
Composite bearers?
Plastic shed bases or support pedestals?
Not raise it and live with the step down?
Lay some more paving slabs?
Just put down a good dpm over the slabs and up inside the shed walls and then two layers of OSB?
I’ve stopped being lazy.
Ordered 2 tonne of ballast and load of cement. Mixer is on hire next week, I’ll left the slabs and pour a 4inch slab, higher than floor level to stop water running in.
Ordered 2 tonne of ballast and load of cement. Mixer is on hire next week, I’ll left the slabs and pour a 4inch slab, higher than floor level to stop water running in.
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