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Moving a REALLY heavy garden room

  • 08-04-2023 8:17am
    #1
    Doezer99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi,

    Looking for sone advice here please?!

    We have a REALLY heavy 30ft x 10ft garden room in garden. On flat concrete.

    Its a floating structure. Not stuck to concrete at all.


    Need to move it back by 1ft.

    Im thnking 4 x manual pallet lifters.

    Between them can lift 8 ton.


    If attached to multiple points can raise it just enough to take the load and then roll forward 1 ft.


    But i need to talk to professional structural eng company.. Would anyone have an idea of who to contact please even??

    Thanks!!



Comments

  • #2
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,231 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Could you not just lever it up on to low-friction pads (like heavy duty furniture sliders) and then pull it with a winch?



  • #3
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,604 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    Yeah, brace the base and slide.



  • #4
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,679 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Use some hardwood dowels. and roll it on those, how much do you think it weighs? 2000kg? a pack of dowelling rods would spread the load and allow easy rolling.



  • #5
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,465 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    I moved a shed using a bunch of galvanized pipe before and that was on grass.

    Your biggest issue is going to be raising the structure without it cracking somewhere, are you moving it in the 10ft direction or the 30ft one?



  • #6
    rje66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭rje66


    As mentioned above, use rollers of some kind. I use the round wooden tree posts. It's a very big shed and will need a few bodies to help. I've done similar before with rollers and a mini digger to push it. Worked fine bit I had room yo work with. Also a block and tackle with a good anchor point and straps around the base of the shed. Keep us posted on how it goes



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