ᐅ Garden shed on a slope – aluminum panels as a substitute for masonry
Created on: 24 Sep 2020 17:21
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martinschm24 Sep 2020 17:21Hi,
our old garden shed has seen better days, and we want to build a new one. We also plan to change its location on the property since the current spot is intended to become a carport.
Our preferred new location is on a slight slope, where the front side of the shed would be level with our garden, and the back side would be about 1 m (3 feet) lower. The initial idea was to level this by using concrete piers (stacking planting rings and filling them with concrete and reinforcing bars) and then build the shed on top of them.
My father-in-law now says that a lot of weeds will grow underneath, and the shed’s base timber will deteriorate faster because of moisture coming from below.
His suggestion was to fully fill underneath the shed with soil. To avoid the effort of pouring a full retaining wall around, his idea was to place ribbed aluminum sheets behind the concrete piers and then fill everything with soil.
You could use a slab measuring 3 x 1 m (10 x 3 feet) and place a concrete pier approximately every meter (yard). This way, the slab would be supported at three points.
It’s certainly a bit unconventional, but is this idea completely unreasonable?
Cheers
Martin
our old garden shed has seen better days, and we want to build a new one. We also plan to change its location on the property since the current spot is intended to become a carport.
Our preferred new location is on a slight slope, where the front side of the shed would be level with our garden, and the back side would be about 1 m (3 feet) lower. The initial idea was to level this by using concrete piers (stacking planting rings and filling them with concrete and reinforcing bars) and then build the shed on top of them.
My father-in-law now says that a lot of weeds will grow underneath, and the shed’s base timber will deteriorate faster because of moisture coming from below.
His suggestion was to fully fill underneath the shed with soil. To avoid the effort of pouring a full retaining wall around, his idea was to place ribbed aluminum sheets behind the concrete piers and then fill everything with soil.
You could use a slab measuring 3 x 1 m (10 x 3 feet) and place a concrete pier approximately every meter (yard). This way, the slab would be supported at three points.
It’s certainly a bit unconventional, but is this idea completely unreasonable?
Cheers
Martin
Vicky Pedia29 Sep 2020 11:13Hello Martin, you’ve been building the garden shed forever now. Just make a proper strip foundation with crushed stone in between as a capillary break layer. You can form the foundation yourself, and at the nearest concrete plant, you can get ready-mix dry concrete that you mix yourself. The sheet metal will corrode, and it’s questionable how stable the post structure will be against the earth pressure...
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