Cheapest shed base

dearlouise

I'm buying a 10x5 shed but need to prep a base this week really.

What's the cheapest? Ballast & concrete, slabs, or ecobase & gravel?

I can't seem to fathom out which works out better! Obviously cost aside ecobase is the easiest but I don't know if it will be strong like concrete.

suisidevw

I made a timber base with left over wood and damp proofed it. Cost me some screws and works perfectly. Easy too!

casper_g

What do you mean by cheapest? Lowest upfront cost, or best value in the long term?

A timber shed base will be cheap. It will be even cheaper if you use untreated softwood, but will rot five minutes after you put a shed on top of it.

A well constructed concrete base will cost a lot more initially, but will outlast the shed.

DRP

I got 20 slabs for a pound each off gumtree.

2 bags concrete and about 8 of sand, but I'm not convinced that it was needed - it's not like you're driving a vehicle over it.

dearlouise

casper_g wrote: »

What do you mean by cheapest? Lowest upfront cost, or best value in the long term?

A timber shed base will be cheap. It will be even cheaper if you use untreated softwood, but will rot five minutes after you put a shed on top of it.

A well constructed concrete base will cost a lot more initially, but will outlast the shed.

I obviously mean cheapest, but suitable, given my post initially mentions 3 suitable forms of shed base. Untreated softwood wasn't one of them.

So in your opinion out of the 3 options, you'd say concrete was the cheapest.......?

27col

The cheapest and easiest to construct would be to get 8 concrete blocks. Bed them level on gravel and just let the floor bearers of the shed sit on them. I did this for my neighbour at least 12 years ago and the shed is as good as the day when it was installed.