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That neighbor who insisted on building his own shed...
Guy down the street in Denver spent 3 weekends putting up a 8x10 resin shed from Lowe's. I went over to borrow his wheelbarrow and saw he installed the whole thing on bare grass with no foundation. Told me he "watched a YouTube video" and it said level ground was plenty. I asked him how long he expected it to last and he just shrugged. Has anyone else had to bite their tongue watching someone set up a shed totally wrong?
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theas288d ago
Read somewhere that even those cheap resin sheds need some kind of crushed gravel base to keep them from sinking into the dirt... especially in a place like Denver with all that clay soil. Water gets underneath, freezes, and the whole thing shifts in a couple years. Buddy's gonna have a leaning shed before he knows it.
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the_alex8d ago
Crushed gravel base fixed mine, never moved an inch in five years of Denver winters.
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jake7478d ago
Huh, is his shed actually on just grass right now? I mean, even a cheap gravel base would be way better than nothing. @theas28 is totally right about the clay soil here in Denver, that stuff expands like crazy when it gets wet and freezes. I've seen guys put up sheds on cinder blocks or even just pressure treated lumber and it holds up way better than bare dirt. He's probably gonna wake up one morning to a shed that's leaning like the Tower of Pisa after the first big thaw. A little prep work up front saves a whole lot of headache down the road, you know?
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