Base for wooden garden shed.

relax carry on

Going to buy a 10ft by 8ft wooden shed to replace a rotting one in new garden. It looks like it was never placed on blocks so it rotted from the bottom up.

Will this work rather than putting in a concrete base. Cover the base in gravel and place lintels or blocks on the gravel to place the shed on?

https://www.gardenshedsforsale.ie/index.php/our-sheds/superior-range/8ft-x-10ft-superior-shed

Lumen

You don't need a solid concrete base. The last shed I had sat on concrete blocks which just rested on the grass/topsoil. It was fine.

J.R.

I have a wooden garden shed 18' X 10'.....it is resting on concrete blocks on their flat...there for 11 years...still perfect with problems or movement.

I put heavy duty plastic squares (cut from a fertiliser bag) on top of the blocks to act as a damp proof course to stop rising damp.

Just make sure the shed sits level on the blocks with no movement.

relax carry on

J.R. wrote: »

I have a wooden garden shed 18' X 10'.....it is resting on concrete blocks on their flat...there for 11 years...still perfect with problems or movement.

I put heavy duty plastic squares (cut from a fertiliser bag) on top of the blocks to act as a damp proof course to stop rising damp.

Just make sure the shed sits level on the blocks with no movement.

Thanks. Nice tip with the plastic.

mcgratheoin

I have an 8 x 8 shed that sat on blocks no problems (getting rid of it due to house move now). Shed was lined with damp proof membrane on the walls but the floor was just timber - if you have it well raised on concrete blocks it should be fine. I did lift the turf underneath the shed though. I think the plastic bag tip is a good one - maybe some fertiliser bags.

_Brian

Lumen wrote: »

You don't need a solid concrete base. The last shed I had sat on concrete blocks which just rested on the grass/topsoil. It was fine.

Same here.
The shed shades the ground and nothing grows under it, air circulation is good.
Just get the blocks level.
We used 12" blocks for larger surface area, both ends and in the middle.