Metal Shed Floor Base?

A_Couple_In_Love

Looking for a Metal Shed, the first one I would have owned so I'm new to this..

I have in mind this one: http://www.tesco.com/direct/yardmaster-6x35-tall-woodgrain-effect-metal-pent-shed/208-8178.prd?skuId=208-8178


BUT, it doesn't come with a floor base? any ideas how to make a base, my budget is £40. Ideally, I would like some sort of carpet in there once its all done, so it needs to be proofed from water etc.

mum2one

long shot - but would paving slabs work?? We brought a metal shed last yr to replace a wooden one-hoping that go on the paving slab base x

A_Couple_In_Love

We already have paving slabs down, as in on the path?

When they say it doesn't come with a floor, do they actually mean there is no floor at all to the shed?

Mark_Mark

A_Couple_In_Love wrote: »

We already have paving slabs down, as in on the path?

When they say it doesn't come with a floor, do they actually mean there is no floor at all to the shed?

Correct, you get four walls and a roof.

Plus a load of condensation issues which will lead to corrosion.

A_Couple_In_Love

Mark_Mark wrote: »

Correct, you get four walls and a roof.

Plus a load of condensation issues which will lead to corrosion.

Some offer a 10 year guarantee I believe on rust etc.

So what's the tips on a flooring then? Am I best of going for one that comes with a the free flooring base?

Mark_Mark

A_Couple_In_Love wrote: »

Some offer a 10 year guarantee I believe on rust etc.

So what's the tips on a flooring then? Am I best of going for one that comes with a the free flooring base?

Not on your contents.

shegar

Ive had a metal shed once and never again, they are flimsy , terrible condensation which drips a lot, and plus no floor , and usually when it rains the water runs down the sides and on the floor base , plus it needs to be in a sheltered position , because when the wind blows it moves........Thats what my opinions are on metal sheds.............

A_Couple_In_Love

Change of mind! Wooden shed it is.

A_Couple_In_Love

This may sound a very stupid question. But if I don't put my wooden shed on the grass, and put it onto the patio.. which, I say is fairly level, do I need any extra base or anything extra than what I get with the shed?

shegar

You will need a base for your wooden shed , ive got mine 7 inches off the ground , lucky but at the time of getting my shed a friend had some secondhand beams which we used...........Also used beams for under the summer house too................

You need it off of the ground otherwise it will get very wet and soon rot the floor, you could use a concrete base or paving slabs...........Or check freecycle , gumtree..........

A_Couple_In_Love

shegar wrote: »

You will need a base for your wooden shed , ive got mine 7 inches off the ground , lucky but at the time of getting my shed a friend had some secondhand beams which we used...........Also used beams for under the summer house too................

You need it off of the ground otherwise it will get very wet and soon rot the floor, you could use a concrete base or paving slabs...........Or check freecycle , gumtree..........

But what if its already on paving slabs? I mean, like I said its going on my path not the grass?

Don't sheds usually come with something that props it up a little?

This one for example, is only on the paving slabs? http://img.shedsworld.co.uk/images/products/Winchester%208ft%20x%206ft%20(2.37m%20x%201.79m)%20Overlap%20Pent%20Shed_A_SS-1.jpg