new shed base

[briggie]

 

[briggie]

just gotta save up for a shed now :augie:lol:lol

 

[AlexD333]

Terrano wont fit in that :augie

 

[bry]

How much Ballast did you need after all?

 

[briggie]

How much Ballast did you need after all?

15 bags of ballast ...... its a 8ft x 6ft base :thumb2

 

[rustic]

I laid flagstones for mine, been fine for nearly 19 years...
But I wouldn't like do do one now though...:doh

I see, from the shadow of the line post, that the grass and surrounding concrete is higher than the base, make sure any water can run off to save any puddles acumulating which could rot any timbers in contact with the base.

What I did, was place timber bearers on rubber strips, to give a slight gap and prevent contact with water.

With yours, you might want to dig down around the edges and make a soak away, old hardcore gravel etc.

So is this going to be a radio shack, or garden storage?
Maybe a bolt hole, fridge, TV, heater, wifi ...?

best regards,

Rustic

 

[Banshee]

I laid flagstones for mine, been fine for nearly 19 years...
But I wouldn't like do do one now though...:doh

We are on about garden shed's here Rustic not yours :lol

 

[rustic]

We are on about garden shed's here Rustic not yours :lol

Damn.. I've been rumbled...
We had the shed on flags for only 18 years, but I couldn't help writing "19 years" getting to be a habit, it took me a year to stop writing 18 years...lol
:lol:lol
Can't wait till next year it'll be 20 years... with luck..

PS.. sent you a PM on another issue...
Thanks,

Best regards,
Richard (Rustic)

 

[Banshee]

Damn.. I've been rumbled...
We had the shed on flags for only 18 years, but I couldn't help writing "19 years" getting to be a habit, it took me a year to stop writing 18 years...lol
:lol:lol
Can't wait till next year it'll be 20 years... with luck..

PS.. sent you a PM on another issue...
Thanks,

Best regards,
Richard (Rustic)

So you have!!!!!

Sorry bud, since I've started to use Tapatlk on my phone some of my messages seem to slip through the net :doh

 

[briggie]

shed problems

ok chaps , I appear to have a swimming pool rather than a shed base ... cant afford to have the chaps back again ( cost me £160 last time ) ...... so I need advice on how to stop this big puddle happening ( its bigger than it looks in the photo )

 

[briggie]

 

[rustic]

ok chaps , I appear to have a swimming pool rather than a shed base ... cant afford to have the chaps back again ( cost me £160 last time ) ...... so I need advice on how to stop this big puddle happening ( its bigger than it looks in the photo )

I anticipated that problem, see post 6
Dig down around the perimeter, and fill with hard core or gravel, or you could wear ...... " Pumps"....:lol

 

[briggie]

I would have thought the base should have been higher than ground level to stop this

 

[rustic]

I would have thought the base should have been higher than ground level to stop this

Ideally, or you could use some engineering bricks, that don't absorb water, to rest your timber bearers on, or put some plastic or rubber between the brick and the timber.

:thumb2

 

[Paff]

Should have been hardcore, raised boards, then concrete. Always better to have a base that is higher than the surrounding ground. Not good just to cut out a hole in the ground and fill. Why not call them back and explain that you now have a swimming pool? Did they know what they were doing?

:down:

 

[briggie]

all I wanted was a concrete base to put a shed on ffs ...... not a swimming pool .....or grief

 

[briggie]

really nissed off now ...... im not normally like this , but had enough , all I wanted was a shed base ffs ......am I expecting too much ?. didn't expect all this trouble

 

[firebobby]

If you payed someone to lay the base, it should at least be level Pete, call them and explain the problem...put the ball in their court.
As Rustic has said, a bit of a shingle pit around the edge should help

 

[AlexD333]

If you payed someone to lay the base, it should at least be level Pete, call them and explain the problem...put the ball in their court.
As Rustic has said, a bit of a shingle pit around the edge should help

Yeah, I think a nice gentle phone all is in order, see what they want to do.

If they outright refuse then you could get shirty.

Have you any definitive way of checking if it's flat, say with a level? :nenau

 

[briggie]

ok , so I rung the guys up , they said they " might " come up to look at it , and see how much " extra work " will be needed .......... I have a feeling that this is gonna cost me