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Plastic Garden Sheds

louiseboulton237GEVzAYslouiseboulton237GEVzAYs Posts: 2
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I’ve ordered a 6x6 Keter Plastic shed. I chose this model as it said it could be placed straight on top of the ground with no need for a base. 

I have since discovered the garden has a slight slope. What is the easiest/cheapest ways to level it enough for the shed you’d suggest? Thanks! Louise

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  • gjautosgjautos Posts: 429
    What surface are you placing it on? Concrete? Paving slabs? Even once level the shed will need securing to the ground somehow, or it would be veey easy to steal whatever was in there!
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    A spade and some elbow grease?  Is it soil or paved?
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  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    Check the strength of the floor and the overall weight.  Heavy stuff on a weak floor (unsupported) could split, and wind can blow light structures over or away if there's little in the way of contents.  I'd agree with Obelixx, make your site level if possible?
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Mark out the location and ideally reduce ground level to match the current lowest point.  It does need to be as level as you can make it or the shed will distort, particularly when the weather gets warmer.
  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    We had one on our allotment, we were at the top so quite windy and exposed compared to a garden. We sat a couple of old slabs on the inbuilt plastic floor and it didn’t get blown over. We just levelled the ground (bare soil) as well as we could by eye so as @Obelixx says spades and a bit of elbow grease. I guess it depends how much of a slope it is, I would wait until it arrives and you can see just how unsteady it is, you can then see exactly where you need to level the ground and by how much. Ours didn’t stand completely flat and the plastic base wasn’t effected - we were storing all the usual garden tools and bags of compost etc.

    It did get broken into, they just pushed it over to get into it, but then they also broke into the “proper” sheds on our row. It was a bit warped after that but still did the job whereas the sheds needed new locks and various repairs.
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  • louiseboulton237GEVzAYslouiseboulton237GEVzAYs Posts: 2
    Thank you everyone for your helpful advice. Going out digging and levelling as soon the rain stops! Take care. x 
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