Right, time for another shed base question! I have searched a lot and gained a lot of helpful answers. But I am still stuck. And a bit of a construction noob
I intend to buy a standard 8 x 10 shed to house a few tools etc and my motorbike, so I need a fairly strong base. The problem I have is that I live in a rented house, so no concrete base for me. The only stable enough area has a smaller area of concrete than the shed base ( about 6 x 6), and it is slightly unlevel. My intention is to sink into the soil some reinforced concrete gravel boards along the full length of two sides ( one length, one width), and use the existing concrete along the other two edges. I would then sit some some 3 x 2 bearers, but this would mean that two of them (along one end and one side) would have to be raised by about 1" as they sit on the gravel boards.
My questions are: is there anything I could use as packing to support the bearers? How many bearers would you suggest I run along the length of a 10 x 8 base? And should I have a few cross beams?
I know this is not ideal, but it really is the only site I have.
Many thanks.
I intend to buy a standard 8 x 10 shed to house a few tools etc and my motorbike, so I need a fairly strong base. The problem I have is that I live in a rented house, so no concrete base for me. The only stable enough area has a smaller area of concrete than the shed base ( about 6 x 6), and it is slightly unlevel. My intention is to sink into the soil some reinforced concrete gravel boards along the full length of two sides ( one length, one width), and use the existing concrete along the other two edges. I would then sit some some 3 x 2 bearers, but this would mean that two of them (along one end and one side) would have to be raised by about 1" as they sit on the gravel boards.
My questions are: is there anything I could use as packing to support the bearers? How many bearers would you suggest I run along the length of a 10 x 8 base? And should I have a few cross beams?
I know this is not ideal, but it really is the only site I have.
Many thanks.