Rubbermaid Shed: What to use for base?
 

On Wednesday, March 19, 2003 8:40:05 AM UTC-5, Midas Gold wrote:
We've sold our house and are moving temporarily to an apartment in a
2-family house. Although we've whittled down our possessions to the
bare minimum (i.e. gotten rid of all the needless junk and clutter
that was filling up our house), we still need a bit of extra space and
a means to store outdoorsy items. The property's garage and basement
are off-limits to us, but our landlord will allow us to get a storage
shed - as long it can fit behind his garage and out of the way.

We chose the Rubbermaid "Vertical Double Deep" model 3673, because we
can assemble it, knock it down, and take it with us when we move
again, and because it's the largest shed we can fit between the garage
and back fence without running into some small trees back there.

Rubbermaid 3673 (sorry for the long URL):
http://rubbermaid.com/hpd/consumer/p...irdMenuIndex=5

Close-up: http://rubbermaid.com/common/images/...HP/3673_xl.jpg

My question is: What kind of footing can we use under this shed that
is non-permanent and easy-to-install? It has its own thick plastic
floor, but it needs a level surface. The ground back there is firmly
packed and fairly level, but it is interrupted by some protruding
small roots and the like. I was thinking of pouring gravel and
leveling it out, but I'd like to run it by the experts before
proceeding. We intend to assemble the shed with one side abutting the
back wall of the garage. Should we lay down a "frame" of lumber to
retain the gravel? If so, do we need 4 pieces, or would 3 suffice
with the gravel going up to the garage wall on the 4th side? Any
other methods that you recommend? Thanks!

--
MG

Wow - this is an old post - but I'll put this here in case anyone comes across it. For MG - when I installed my shed - I found that using a wooden foundation was actually easy - and I'm not that handy. Being wooden it's not THAT permanent if you don't want it to be, but these plans called for digging down at least 6 inches so that may be a problem with your roots and such. These plans helped me though - hopefully they do you - or someone like you - in the future - http://storage.suncast.com/help-me-c...d-foundations/