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Tom M:

--- Quote from: rogerzilla on April 03, 2012, 06:57:51 PM ---I would just use slabs on compacted earth.  It's more about keeping the shed dry than about spreading the small weight.

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Having just demolished what we had christened 'The leaning shed of Shopshire' I'm not sure I would advise that too much. Previous owners had done just that it seems and as a consequence the base was about as level as the alps resulting in rather unfortunate structural implications for the shed.  Alos with the weather the ground is going to expand/contract and at least a decent base is going to mitigate that to some extent.

andyoxon:
This is the top of my building site to display the rubble I have available...  how can I use the rubble?  As you can see there are a lot of bricks and lumps of concrete, as well as smaller pebble/ flint piles... If I'm to use slabs/sand/cement only, I'll have to ditch most of it.  I could use the bricks to 'pave' an area behind the shed...

A fair bit of this - bricks & concrete strips was under the ex-greenhouse.

Regulator:
Be careful if you're using cement/concrete.  In some areas, using cement/concrete for a shed base requires planning permission, whereas doing as Roger suggests doesn't.

andyoxon:

--- Quote from: Regulator on May 21, 2012, 07:49:56 AM ---Be careful if you're using cement/concrete.  In some areas, using cement/concrete for a shed base requires planning permission, whereas doing as Roger suggests doesn't.

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I didn't know that.  OK. (Prolly doesn't apply here)

My problem is that the area is on a slope from the high end  top (near drain inspection cover) down.  So basically I need to aim to have the ground level at the drain cover, but it falls away into a dip (a bit).  One option is to level the whole quadrant of the garden, with 1-2 tons of topsoil but that's a bit drastic.  So...perhaps rubble and bearers/sleepers may be good as I can add more rubble to raise the lower end.

Any ideas on getting the area level - or is it OK on a bit of a slope?

ferret:
it depends how much you have to raise the lower end to make it level, the way to do this is easy if you have a spirit level, basically get one of your bricks and put that at the high end then get a straight edge, anything will do as long as it's straight :) put this on your brick at the high end, now put another brick at the end of your straight edge, put your level on top of straight edge add or remove spacers (bricks) until the level is reading errm level, now you can see how much you have to build up the lower end or dig out the higher end. You could dig a bit out and build up the other end, cut and fill as we call it. If it was me I would level the area like that then put a plastic sheet down, to suppress weeds and damp, then use your bricks to put the bearers on, oh make sure you compact the area some how, I also paint the base of the shed with old engine oil as well, slap it on it increases the life of the base by years.

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