Sloping ground options for concrete slab

[angelboy]

I have a section of garden that runs down in one corner about 600mm over about 2000mm.

I want to pave the area and then have a 100mm concrete base to build a timber shed on. The concrete base will be in the area that the garden slopes the most.

What options do I have?


Can I just chuck a load of hardcore down with a sloping edge and then shutter with timber for the slab?

or

Do I dig a 300mm wide footing and fill with a 100mm (or more?) concrete foundation then brick up to ground level and infill with hardcore?

Are there any other options I might have?

 

[r896neo]

You either dig out the high side but then need to retain the ground or you build a wall on the low side as you suggest. Building a formwork and filling in the area with hardcore will lead to problems if the hardcore is not adequately retained.

If its for a shed you don't need a solid wall and slab, You could use concrete posts or lintels spanning onto some blockwork piers? Less work and less cost but a little more fiddly. Wall and slab is better, less of a home for animals such as rats etc nesting under

 

[angelboy]

You either dig out the high side but then need to retain the ground or you build a wall on the low side as you suggest. Building a formwork and filling in the area with hardcore will lead to problems if the hardcore is not adequately retained.

If its for a shed you don't need a solid wall and slab, You could use concrete posts or lintels spanning onto some blockwork piers? Less work and less cost but a little more fiddly. Wall and slab is better, less of a home for animals such as rats etc nesting under

Again, good advice thanks.