Shed base spikes - others suitable?!

suisidevw

Hi there,

I'm going to put a shed on my allotment and it's going to have a timber base made out of timber I've got left over from a building project (treated).

In order to drive down into the soil below, I'm after some shed spikes as per the link below but find £37 for this astronomical! Is there anything else I should be looking for that would suit in the building trade etc?

These just screw into the frame and then I drive them in until level etc. I will lay DMB under frame

Any assistance appreciated, thanks :beer:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wooden-Shed-Base-Spikes-Pegs-x-9-Build-Your-Own-Base-Ground-Support-/331445949585?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4d2bb7d491


Posted in DIY as well for the builders/renovators

Farway

Are they basically to stop the shed blowing away, anchoring it to ground?

If so, why not look for concrete breeze blocks? A few each side and use either large screws & rawlpugs or rawlbolts to fix to the blocks

I have done this with my plastic greenhouse, not moved at all

suisidevw

Yes, I think as an anchor to the ground for the base and also to level it up accurately. Maybe I'm being a bit anal and a few bits if 2x2 as stakes will do?!

safestored4

Wooden stakes will rot with time. Have you thought about using the metal fence post bases that you can buy in garden centres and DIY stores for about £4.50 each? Just put a short stump in, drill a hole for a screw , drive into the ground next to the shed at each corner, then screw to the shed. If your allotment site is anything like ours there is a good chance that you can pick them up for free from other plotholders who have inherited a couple and have no use for them.

suisidevw

Thanks for your advice. Let me get this straight if that's ok.

Something like this with 3x3 in with a stump. Tanalised obviously in four corners driven into ground level and then screw my homemade base to these in the corners and then shed on top?

http://www.screwfix.com/p/fence-post-spike-75-x-75mm-pack-of-2/50094

safestored4

Yes, you've got it spot on. That's more or less what I did with my polycarbonate greenhouse. I used spikes that I had bought years earlier for supports at the end of rows of raspberries, so it didn't cost me anything apart from the long screws that I had to buy.

savemoney

I put my 10x6 on heavy breeze blocks and put some wood to level it off a bit. I then bought some angle irons off ebay and sunk them into ground and concreted them in and each corner of the shed. I also laid under shed weed suppressant and pea gravel. Shed is slightly off ground but ground was uneven so less so at one end but still not touching ground. My shed it on a allotment and also had to protect it from thieves


This is what its like now

savemoney

I am putting a greenhouse up, I got it last week 10x6 soon,. Made from polycarbonate and anchoring it to concrete foundations yet to be built. Making a cage around it to stop kids hitting golf balls as they do and also protect it from wind. I just been busy this week making a fence from 7foot posts and rails.

safestored4

Oh the joys of having an allotment. Your beds are a lot wider than mine. I have most of them at 3' wide so I that can weed from both sides and never have to stand on them

Je suis Page 3.

suisidevw

Great snaps and also top advice. Thanks! I'd show my homemade shed base but don't think I can host pics online via an apple device or struggling!

suisidevw

Scrap that! See below for 6x4 shed....