Removing Sleepers advice

[Matt42]

Hi,

I've posted previously about this so a year later I am getting round to this.

I'm removing these sleepers as rotten (thought I could lift them out er'hem). The concrete surround is falling to bits also. I'm frightened I'm doing more destruction than construction as there's sand and bricks also.

Can I just remove the sleepers and concrete and grass up to the edge or does that concrete serve a purpose?

Thanks

Matthew

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• Matt42
• 6 Jun 2015
• 1

 

[r896neo]

The shed appears to be sat on flags which are laid on a raised base. The edge of this base was held in by your sleepers. By removing the sleepers and concrete the base under the flags may start to leak/ crumble out onto the lawn and gradually let the shed drop as the flags are undermined.

This is assumption based on the pictures.

You may need to provide some sort of edging to this shed plinth.

You may not though dpending on how its constructed.

 

[Matt42]

Thanks for your comment, i was kind of thinking the same. So that concrete surround between the sleeper and base is acting as a barrier? I guess else the damp would seep into the sleeper quicker. I think i have opened a can of worms here