[Shop-talk] Tool shed foundation?

[Philip Ethier]

Late to the party as usual.

Mine is 8 x 10.5.  My late nephew-by-marriage assembled while I was at
work.  Had several guys move it to a place I didn't like for several
reasons.  Argued with my wife for years about it.

Finally the maple-tree roots had forced it so out-of-whack that the doors
would not close right.  SWMBO finally said I could move it.

The place where I wanted it is not level.  I built a dead-level
treated-wood frame on six precast-concrete post-bases.  Topped that with
treated plywood.  This means that the door is not at ground level.  Not
good for lawnmower and garden cart.  I bought a pair of pickup-truck ramps
at Horrible Freight.  Built a way to slide them onto cleats below the floor
so they would be out of the rain/snow and not cluttering up the inside of
the shed.

Got a young, smart, buddy to help me disassemble the shed.  Screwed the
shed floor to the plywood. Buddy helped me reassemble the shed and run
power to it.

Doors work again.  Cantilevered steps work fine for most access.  Ramps are
easy to pull out of their homes between joists and put in place.
Lawnmower and garden cart roll in and out just fine.  Bonus is that I can
prop the ramps up to get to underside of mower for service.

This should last for years.  I have "platforms" at both front and back
doors of my house built the same way, and they have not moved in decades.
("Decks" need permits and frost footings.)





On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:44 AM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:

> We in stalled one of those on a concrete sidewalk and we still had to shim
> it up to get the doors to work.  These are light, durable and inexpensive
> but not very sturdy.  You can probably get by with scraping the dirt flat
> but over the years and a few rainstorms dirt can flow and you may have to
> tug the get the doors open and closed.
>
> Still might be less work than pouring a slab.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>
> To: Shop-talk at autox.team.net <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2020 9:32 am
> Subject: [Shop-talk] Tool shed foundation?
>
> First off. I'll inform you that I had Comcast, my service provider,
> switch out my old cable modem for a faster, wifi enabled unit.  At the
> moment I *think* Team Net is still working as usual, no service
> disruption.  We shall see.
>
> Okay, now that the man behind the curtain stuff is out of the way I am
> planning getting a plastic garden shed. I'm looking at one big enough to
> hold the lawnmover, weed whackers, rakes, etc. Basically all the garden
> stuff that is taking up valuable space in the garage. I need the room to
> actually get some work done on my cars.
>
> It's only 7 feet wide and 4 feet deep.  It comes with a plastic slab as
> the floor.  What do you think, can I just scrape a space in the dirt
> that is fairly level and call it good?  Or go all the way and have a
> small, say 8 x 5 concrete slab professionally poured as a foundation?
> That will likely cost more than the shed!
>
> mjb.
>
>
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Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UBW "uncle jack", Sapphire Blue
2004 Suburban 8.1, Sport Red
2005 Lotus Elise, Bordeaux Red Pearl
2006 Gulf Stream Conquest Super C, 8.1, White
2017 Ford Fusion SE 2.0 Turbo, Oxford White
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