Hello dear small home building community,
In the next two weeks, work will be done on the outdoor area at our place.
For next year, we are also planning to buy a garden shed (maybe 2x2 m (6.5x6.5 ft)). However, we want to prepare the ground for it now.
And now to the topic:
How would you build the "base layer"?
I am thinking of a gravel layer (which we would have delivered now). Should this layer extend beyond the shed by X cm (Y inches)?
My father also suggested a strip foundation. Not so much because of stability, but more due to potential wind uplift effects he once observed at a neighbor’s place (he recommends additional anchoring in the concrete).
My wife wants to add geotextile fabric underneath. This is a stronger type of weed barrier fabric, also used, for example, for slope stabilization.
What do you think? What makes sense? What should be considered (e.g., regarding the extension of the gravel layer)?
In the next two weeks, work will be done on the outdoor area at our place.
For next year, we are also planning to buy a garden shed (maybe 2x2 m (6.5x6.5 ft)). However, we want to prepare the ground for it now.
And now to the topic:
How would you build the "base layer"?
I am thinking of a gravel layer (which we would have delivered now). Should this layer extend beyond the shed by X cm (Y inches)?
My father also suggested a strip foundation. Not so much because of stability, but more due to potential wind uplift effects he once observed at a neighbor’s place (he recommends additional anchoring in the concrete).
My wife wants to add geotextile fabric underneath. This is a stronger type of weed barrier fabric, also used, for example, for slope stabilization.
What do you think? What makes sense? What should be considered (e.g., regarding the extension of the gravel layer)?
