Garden shed question.

blade1

How many 1'x1' pavement slabs should I put under a 12x8 garden shed?

clint_silver

blade1 wrote: »

How many 1'x1' pavement slabs should I put under a 12x8 garden shed?

If its any help, I got a 10 x 6 only last week. He asked me to provide 15-16 blocks as a base which he used to level the shed. Not paving slabs though. solid bricks. I got them for 80 cents each in local building providors.

tommy2bad

blade1 wrote: »

How many 1'x1' pavement slabs should I put under a 12x8 garden shed?

Seriously?
12x8=96, you would have been quicker to google 12x8.
Now if you want a path around the shed then it more, I don't know how much path you want so add the feet of path into the footprint of the shed. Shed 12x8 + 2feet of path = 14x10= 140 and so forth. That will give you a path of 1 foot all the way round or 2 feet at two sides btw.

blade1

tommy2bad wrote: »

Seriously?
12x8=96, you would have been quicker to google 12x8.
Now if you want a path around the shed then it more, I don't know how much path you want so add the feet of path into the footprint of the shed. Shed 12x8 + 2feet of path = 14x10= 140 and so forth. That will give you a path of 1 foot all the way round or 2 feet at two sides btw.

Thanks but not what I meant.
They will be spaced out.
How many is sufficient to support the shed?

tommy2bad

Ahh I get you. 4, one at each corner and as many as you think necessary along the way. I recommend a slab at every 2 feet, to be sure to be sure but 4 feet apart is ok if you dont fill it with say a rideon lawnmower and a few bags of cement.

blade1

tommy2bad wrote: »

Ahh I get you. 4, one at each corner and as many as you think necessary along the way. I recommend a slab at every 2 feet, to be sure to be sure but 4 feet apart is ok if you dont fill it with say a rideon lawnmower and a few bags of cement.

Thanks tommy,
The shed is for keeping 2 motorbikes.
The reason I'm using slabs instead of bricks is to keep it as low as possible.
Would you reckon I need about 24 so?

paddy147

blade1 wrote: »

Thanks tommy,
The shed is for keeping 2 motorbikes.
The reason I'm using slabs instead of bricks is to keep it as low as possible.
Would you reckon I need about 24 so?

I hope it aint a wooden shed with a wooden floor/base and that the motorbikes are not heavy bikes??

Any movement/sagging in a wooden shed floor could cause the bikes to tip over off their side stands.You dont want that to happen.


You will therefor need a solid secure base that will not have any movement in it.


Metal shed and a concrete base/patio slab base is your best/safest bet here.

blade1

paddy147 wrote: »

I hope it aint a wooden shed with a wooden floor/base and that the motorbikes are not heavy bikes??

Any movement/sagging in a wooden shed floor could cause the bikes to tip over off their side stands.You dont want that to happen.


You will therefor need a solid secure base that will not have any movement in it.


Metal shed and a concrete base/patio slab base is your best/safest bet here.

A fireblade and a cruiser Paddy.
Yeah I suppose I better fill any space underneath.

paddy147

blade1 wrote: »

A fireblade and a cruiser Paddy.
Yeah I suppose I better fill any space underneath.

So a good 300 kilos in weight....possibly even more depending on cruiser size.

Personally,Id go for a metal shed and a solid flat concrete base

tommy2bad

For that weight you need a good solid base, cheaper and as quick to lay a concrete slab the footprint of the shed than laying slabs. You may need it to be removable so get a good shed without a floor and put down grit and compact with a vibrating roller. You can have the grit removed if necessary far easier than a concrete base.

blade1

tommy2bad wrote: »

For that weight you need a good solid base, cheaper and as quick to lay a concrete slab the footprint of the shed than laying slabs. You may need it to be removable so get a good shed without a floor and put down grit and compact with a vibrating roller. You can have the grit removed if necessary far easier than a concrete base.

Thanks for the advise.
I think I'll try the grit method so;)