In message , Harry
Bloomfield writes
on 06/03/2004, a supposed :
IMHO it is better to set huts and similar up off the ground to help
prevent rot, even if you lay a concrete base. Why not simply put down
brick piers for it to sit on? Much cheaper than slabs too.


when we eventually get around to buying a shed, we were planning on putting
it on a couple of paving slabs at each corner (we have a fair few available
after lifting the patio last year) - would that give enough height off the
ground? (and is it best to fill the space between the slabs underneath the
shed with gravel?)

I would simply aim for having the joists of the hut floor raised above
the ground level, such that there is no likleyhood of any contact with
the ground, nor any chance of contact with wet slabs or concrete and
plenty of air flow under it.

Sat directly on slabs or a concrete base, I would be concerned that the
rain would fall on the concrete and perhaps be funnelled through onto
the joists.


Indeed.

For our shed I bedded some half concrete blocks into dry sand and cement
(lying flat not upright) laid treated fence posts across those and then
put the shed onto those. (one reason was to get enough height as the
ground sloped a bit.. Alos it needed a lot less block and levelling etc.

Note that the joists on sheds aren't that thick and need plenty of
support as well, each corner won't do.

No there is no need to cover the ground with anything. Nothing is going
to grow it's to dark

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Chris French, Leeds