I am having my roof replaced so I was thinking of replacing the shed's roof to match but it seems to look a bit beat up. It's in the deep corner of the lot so it's not something I notice often. It needs to be painted and I have a few areas of penetration but it is functional. However, it looks long in the tooth. Should I bother doing work to it? Or just replace?
Your shed, tough for anybody know how valuable the space is to you. One observation, if there is a slab the shed is clearly sitting on the slab and the bottom is sucking up moisture and it's slowly rotting away. If you do rebuild lay down a course of block to raise it up, will make a huge difference in it's life.
Is that termite damage at the back corner?
Depending on the extent of the damage I'd consider raising the shed 4" and repairing the damage. Other than that damage the shed looks decent to me although pics could be deceiving.
I'm almost done building a 10'x12' shed on a 20' x 20' x 6" old slab that was already in the backyard.
As I expected, I have water coming under the bottom plate on two sides. Most of it comes from the right side (as you're looking at it from the front door). And a little is coming under the front door. Note: I left the PT bottom plate across the front door because I expected some need to protect from water.
The shed has PT bottom plates and the "Smart Siding" stops just at that plate. I'm looking for recommendations to seal between the uneven concrete (probably gaps of 1/2" at the lowest part of the concrete) and the bottom plate. I have a French drain around part of the slab and just a rock-filled trench on the other three sides.
Some ideas I have:
1) Some sort of concrete caulk to fill the gaps along the seam between the board and the slab.
2) A bottom piece of trim, cut as close as possible to the contour to the slab and flashed and sealed. I could use a Trex board or a PT that would basically be a sacrificial board and replace it every few years if it rots.
3) Hydraulic cement rolled up and pushed into that seam.
4) Some sort of flexible rubber (or other synthetic) material that I can put along the side to follow the contour. My DIY version of this would start with a sand-filled rubber hose to make it heavy enough to fit in the countour.
5) Patch up the concrete and try to grade it away. (This would be the hardest for me as a DIY because I really don't have any skill with concrete.)
Combinations of all of the above? The wall on the side is much more of an issue than the front wall.
For what it's worth: yes, I'm aware that building a shed on a slab larger than the shed footprint was ill-advised. But budget, time, and future plans to make use of the rest of the slab drove me to do what I did. So here we are...
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Hey all,
Planning to build an 8x8 chicken coop in the back yard. Was hoping to set the foundation flat on the ground but there is too much slope, so I plan to install concrete blocks on the 4 corners and set the floor joists on that. However, I got to thinking about a stiff breeze blowing the thing off the blocks, or if it will be heavy enough to stay put. Is that a concern (sorry if that is a dumb question)? If it needs to be secured to the ground, how best do I do that if I am using concrete blocks?
03-25-22, 08:14 PM
