Re: Which Foundation for a Storage Shed?

On Jul 24, 1:04 pm, Charles <char...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am planning to build a 10ftX12ft backyard shed in SF Bay. We have little rain
year round except spring and fall. The shed will be use to store boxes of books,
unused items on built in shelving and should be considered very heavy.

I need suggestion, advice or webpage's links for the required foundation. I am
not in a position of laying a concrete slab as it would be too troublesome to
mix or cart in pour concrete mixed from the front yard to the backyard. Thanks a
million.

Here, where we get below well below freezing temperatures it's best to
dig post holes at least 24 to 30 inches deep.

That depth may be unnecessary your area? We prefer an open air space
under each shed (we presently have two) for ventilation and to reduce
rot. For posts we have used the stubs of old telephone poles, metal
pipes set into concrete (below ground. Others dig holes and fill a
concrete tube with cement; you can put a metal bracket into the cement
to 'fasten down' the shed structure if you ever get high winds.

Some try building on those concrete blocks, laid on the surface of the
ground but with our frost and temperatures they usually heave unevenly
and the shed or deck etc. leans. However in your area you might get
away with a treated wood deck on the ground. But wood eating
insects?

We often build our own (Total of four, including a summer cabin in our
case) or buy a partially pre-cut kit from one of the larger building
suppliers. Also depends how fancy you want it. If just for storage
shelves, spare tyres etc. Or if a place to retreat and wile away an
afternoon reading Proust with a cool drink standing by in a small
fridge, is another matter!

For you. A plastic shed? Something fireproof (metal) if threat of
fires?

Us? Well ever hear of 'The shed culture'. One's 'shed' being anything
from something you built yourself out of scrap to an old barn, to our
whole semi-urban, semi-finished 35 by 48 foot basement which is 90%
workshop and junk storage!

Get 'local' advice.
.

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