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Base for garden shed

dwb
dwb Posts: 137
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We're having a new garden shed delivered but before we can do that we need a concrete or slab base put down. Can anyone recommend someone who can do that kind of job at a reasonable price.

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  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,595
    It's not that difficult to do yourself, how bigs the shed?

    I did one a few weeks ago, 9x6, dug out the ground a few inches and put in a wooden frame (make sure it's level), dry mix of sand and cement and some 450 x 450 slabs. Total cost was about £80 from wickes, plenty of you tube videos to help.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,560
    we did one ourselves. hired a cement mixer, easy peasy.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    I had a 12' x 6' shed erected for me and it went on a timber base, all just clear of the ground to avoid damp and all the posts supporting it were concreted in.

    The guy finished it off with decking boards and it looks great.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    You don't necessarily need such a base. I opted for one of these and it was remarkably easy to get level. And it's been fine for around ten years now. (I have no proof but I speculate that it might help the actual shed dry out after rain too and I wonder if concrete would tend to retain water and cause rot.)

    image

    There is also this sort of thing.

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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    If you put a wooden frame down make sure you use tanalised timber and rust proof fixings.
  • dwb
    dwb Posts: 137
    I can't do it myself as I had back surgery only 3 weeks ago! One of the reasons we're having to get a new one is that the current one is very old and beginning to rot but worse still are the foxes who've chewed through the base and sides and started living inside. That's why I thought it better to have a solid base rather than lay the new one on earth as is currently the case.
    I quite like the look of the black base shown in an earlier post but where can you buy that type of thing?
    Thanks for all your help so far--much appreciated.
    COYR
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    edited August 2017
    Cant really offer much advise other than...

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    My Garden Shed is better than this!!
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    dwb said:

    I can't do it myself as I had back surgery only 3 weeks ago! One of the reasons we're having to get a new one is that the current one is very old and beginning to rot but worse still are the foxes who've chewed through the base and sides and started living inside. That's why I thought it better to have a solid base rather than lay the new one on earth as is currently the case.
    I quite like the look of the black base shown in an earlier post but where can you buy that type of thing?
    Thanks for all your help so far--much appreciated.
    COYR

    I have recently moved out in the sticks and a lot of guys I used to use did not want to travel. Taking this into account we have used Checketrade for various things and it has proved to be great.

    The guy I used for my base/shed came from Checkertrade and I could not fault the survey/quote/work.
  • robroy
    robroy Posts: 4,426
    I dug out footings and did my base a few years ago, back breaking work. OTT for a shed. I was surprised how much the cement actually cost, it was £750 just for the concrete!

    I would go with paving slabs or that plastic base thing posted above.
  • cblock
    cblock Posts: 1,959
    lay fence posts underneath the shed to avoid it rotting in time, on top of a concrete or slabbed base.
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  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited August 2017
    If you do decide to dig out footings, let me know. - I've got a couple of dead bodies I need to dispose of.
  • SE10Addick
    SE10Addick Posts: 2,963
    robroy said:

    I dug out footings and did my base a few years ago, back breaking work. OTT for a shed. I was surprised how much the cement actually cost, it was £750 just for the concrete!

    I would go with paving slabs or that plastic base thing posted above.

    Is this a picture of your shed?

    image
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    SE10Addick said:

    robroy said:

    I dug out footings and did my base a few years ago, back breaking work. OTT for a shed. I was surprised how much the cement actually cost, it was £750 just for the concrete!

    I would go with paving slabs or that plastic base thing posted above.

    Is this a picture of your shed?

    image
    No, that's where Thunderbird 4 lives....
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    Cheap option. Paving slabs levelled on soft sand.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    dwb said:

    I can't do it myself as I had back surgery only 3 weeks ago! One of the reasons we're having to get a new one is that the current one is very old and beginning to rot but worse still are the foxes who've chewed through the base and sides and started living inside. That's why I thought it better to have a solid base rather than lay the new one on earth as is currently the case.
    I quite like the look of the black base shown in an earlier post but where can you buy that type of thing?
    Thanks for all your help so far--much appreciated.
    COYR

    Any of the usual suspects. this is the Homebase version (I think they come in different sizes or can be amalgamated. Not sure about how they level though):

    homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/ecobase-fastfit-garden-building-base-kit---6ft-x-4ft-427077
  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    edited August 2017
    I've found the plastic squares good for paths. Think they do work quite well under sheds etc but never used them for that myself. They cost more than concrete but they do the job without the need to mix up cement etc.
    Got mine from Wickes.

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