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benick[_2_]

"Tegger" wrote in message
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terry wrote in news:00b9fb8b-d38b-4528-a471-
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All previous outside structures have built, three sheds one cabin,
large wooden deck etc. we have dug down and used posts (stubs of
telephone poles and similar.

Now wondering if possible to build a shed on those concrete blocks
that just about sit on the surface. The blocks probably weigh 50 lbs
each, and are shaped on top to fit four by four post or cross member.

They are sometimes used here to support a deck or patio.

Considering a simple wood frame shed approx. 12 by 20 sitting on nine
of those blocks, about six inches to one foot off the ground, with
possibly an insulation pad below each block to slow freezing and
heaving of the ground.

Advice/comment welcomed.

We've got a 4x8 shed sitting on four blocks sitting on leveled earth. It's
been there for about five or seven years. No problems at all. We get some
pretty severe winter cold and frost-heaving of the ground, but this does
not appear to affect the shed.

The blocks I've got under there are just some spare driveway edgers I had
lying around. They're about 22x5x4.

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Tegger

Ditto for SWMBO's 10X10 garden shed...Been a few years now and no
problems...Atleast around here if you put in a foundation it means it is
permanent and subject to setbacks and taxation...Check your local
codes...HTH...