Thanks to the advice here, I collected a Keter plastic shed in the back
of the car on Wednesday, and had it up by early Friday. My lovely wife
has now progressed beyond her comparison of it to a big portaloo to
saying it looks quite good.
The whole job was done single handed except for the window, which did
need two of us.
I prepared the ground as they suggested by digging it over, removing
stones and tree roots and then raking level. During this process, under
some trees, I was surprised by the huge quantity of worms that appeared
and the lightness of the soil. The base went on, and seemed firm and
flat, so the shed was thrown up. This involved a lot of tramping in and
out, and one corner of the floor near the door hinge compressed the soil
beneath and became springy.
I suppose I should have compacted the soil a lot more. I don't think the
worms will have helped. Jacking the corner up and poking soil underneath
with an improvised tool seems to have got the floor stable and the door
locks lined up, so we seem good to go. My thoughts have now turned to
wind.

In the past with sheds, I've hammered big angle metal stakes into the
ground and fixed the shed to them. The instructions for this shed refer
to 1 1/2" to 3" screws through the floor. If this refers to diameter it
sounds huge and doesn't match the holes, if it refers to length, it
seems rather pathetic. I'd have expected at least a foot into soil.

So to the question... are there such things as soil anchoring screws? If
so, what does one ask for and where?
--
Bill

"Bill" wrote in message
...
Thanks to the advice here, I collected a Keter plastic shed in the back of
the car on Wednesday, and had it up by early Friday. My lovely wife has
now progressed beyond her comparison of it to a big portaloo to saying it
looks quite good.
The whole job was done single handed except for the window, which did need
two of us.
I prepared the ground as they suggested by digging it over, removing
stones and tree roots and then raking level. During this process, under
some trees, I was surprised by the huge quantity of worms that appeared
and the lightness of the soil. The base went on, and seemed firm and flat,
so the shed was thrown up. This involved a lot of tramping in and out, and
one corner of the floor near the door hinge compressed the soil beneath
and became springy.
I suppose I should have compacted the soil a lot more. I don't think the
worms will have helped. Jacking the corner up and poking soil underneath
with an improvised tool seems to have got the floor stable and the door
locks lined up, so we seem good to go. My thoughts have now turned to
wind.

In the past with sheds, I've hammered big angle metal stakes into the
ground and fixed the shed to them. The instructions for this shed refer to
1 1/2" to 3" screws through the floor. If this refers to diameter it
sounds huge and doesn't match the holes, if it refers to length, it seems
rather pathetic. I'd have expected at least a foot into soil.

So to the question... are there such things as soil anchoring screws? If
so, what does one ask for and where?
--
Bill

Ground anchors. They use them for anchoring kiddies swings and play towers
amongs other things. Youcan get them in different sizes - like this one.
http://tinyurl.com/4jr4tz

Bill submitted this idea :

So to the question... are there such things as soil anchoring screws? If so,
what does one ask for and where?

You can buy them. They have a thread which is about 3" OD, made of 5mm
rod with a triangular shape at the top to screw it in. Camping type
shops sell them for tieing down tents, pet shops for fixing dog leads
and I have seen the in pound shops too. The work best into ground which
has some vegetation.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

In message , Neil writes
Ground anchors. They use them for anchoring kiddies swings and play
towers amongs other things. Youcan get them in different sizes - like
this one. http://tinyurl.com/4jr4tz

Hmm,... How would I get these through the about 1" holes in the floor? I
can improvise external things and the loop on the top implies external.

I was assuming that what I would need would be something like a long
spiral rod with a nut welded on the top to fit in the recessed floor
hole. I found something like this, but the price (£13 eqch) was a bit
out of my range and they had a clip on top to fall over..
--
Bill

In message , Harry
Bloomfield writes
I have seen the in pound shops too

Ahhh, my language!

Thanks.
--
Bill

Neil wrote:
"Bill" wrote in message
...
Thanks to the advice here, I collected a Keter plastic shed in the
back of the car on Wednesday, and had it up by early Friday. My
lovely wife has now progressed beyond her comparison of it to a big
portaloo to saying it looks quite good.
The whole job was done single handed except for the window, which
did need two of us.
I prepared the ground as they suggested by digging it over, removing
stones and tree roots and then raking level. During this process,
under some trees, I was surprised by the huge quantity of worms that
appeared and the lightness of the soil. The base went on, and seemed
firm and flat, so the shed was thrown up. This involved a lot of
tramping in and out, and one corner of the floor near the door hinge
compressed the soil beneath and became springy.
I suppose I should have compacted the soil a lot more. I don't think
the worms will have helped. Jacking the corner up and poking soil
underneath with an improvised tool seems to have got the floor
stable and the door locks lined up, so we seem good to go. My
thoughts have now turned to wind.

In the past with sheds, I've hammered big angle metal stakes into the
ground and fixed the shed to them. The instructions for this shed
refer to 1 1/2" to 3" screws through the floor. If this refers to
diameter it sounds huge and doesn't match the holes, if it refers to
length, it seems rather pathetic. I'd have expected at least a foot
into soil. So to the question... are there such things as soil anchoring
screws? If so, what does one ask for and where?
--
Bill

Ground anchors. They use them for anchoring kiddies swings and play
towers amongs other things. Youcan get them in different sizes - like
this one. http://tinyurl.com/4jr4tz

I saw some in our local (huge) B&Q t'other day in various sizes.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk