Not to worry.. he didn't use my preferred method of insect eviction Gotta admit.. I never get tired of that Take that ya stinging bastages
I was in the same boat. Decided to build it myself with a concrete foundation, 16’x12’. I can build it myself more solid, better quality with some up grades for cheaper over a mass produced, pre-fab, cookie cutter, over priced shed. Still in progress. More to come as time allows.
Do those concrete cinder blocks go below the frost line so the shed does not sink and the floor does not crack?
Yes. But that is no guarantee. Got new carpet put in and when they pulled up the old noticed the foundation had a crack. I asked the carpet guy if he saw that much and he said, yes, almost all of the houses he does he sees that. That’s what rebar is for.
Frost protection is not required on buildings that small. The amount of sheds i see on tubes, posts or frost walls here in New England is.....zero to hardly ever
Very very nice! I like how you poured thd floor in small sections. I assume you mixed your own concrete? I have a power mixer that would be perfect for a job like that!
Sir got it. Built a wood shed in 2001 for +/- 5 cords ( real cords ) on cinder blocks, pallets, spruce poles, and corregated poly roof ( mistake BTW ). No uplift from frost.
Did you use treated lumber for the sills, install some sort of waterproof sill seal, or neither? Its hard to tell from the photos.
Neither. It’s just a shed for stuff like garden tools, tiller, lawn mower, etc. But who knows, I may still run a bead of caulking or sealant around the base.
I'd suggest you consider loosening the sill bolt nuts, lifting the sill, and installing a barrier to keep the untreated wood from absorbing water from the concrete. Caulking what you can get to now won't help. Concrete wicks water up from the ground that will enter from the bottom of the sill. It would be much easier to fix this now than to replace the sills later when they rot out while the rest of the structure is sound. Sill seal is cheap insurance.
