Nobody wants to do shed base

Alfrescodave

Ask for recommendations on facebook and you'll be inundated. Similar requests on my local fb resulted in the OP having to close the post to offers. 

Rosa_Damascena

Alfrescodave said:

Ask for recommendations on facebook and you'll be inundated. Similar requests on my local fb resulted in the OP having to close the post to offers. 

The trouble with FB is that every man and their dog can claim to be a builder. I'd much rather look at reviews through Checkatrade. It doesn't matte how straightforward a job is, you don't want it botched.

I recently heard a horror story of someone setting themselves up as a builder and ripping off a disabled pensioner, leaving the work not just shoddy but incomplete whilst pocketing the cash. The barstaward was then seen boasting about it in the pub. 

These poor excuses for hom sap walk amongst us. 

Alfrescodave

Rosa_Damascena said:

Alfrescodave said:

Ask for recommendations on facebook and you'll be inundated. Similar requests on my local fb resulted in the OP having to close the post to offers. 

The trouble with FB is that every man and their dog can claim to be a builder. I'd much rather look at reviews through Checkatrade. It doesn't matte how straightforward a job is, you don't want it botched.

I recently heard a horror story of someone setting themselves up as a builder and ripping off a disabled pensioner, leaving the work not just shoddy but incomplete whilst pocketing the cash. The barstaward was then seen boasting about it in the pub. 

These poor excuses for hom sap walk amongst us. 

The recommendations I'm referring to are from people who've had positive experiences from trade people who themselves often respond to these recommendations.
Checkatrade also is not without its "dodgy"members.

Rosa_Damascena

Alfrescodave said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Alfrescodave said:

Ask for recommendations on facebook and you'll be inundated. Similar requests on my local fb resulted in the OP having to close the post to offers. 

The trouble with FB is that every man and their dog can claim to be a builder. I'd much rather look at reviews through Checkatrade. It doesn't matte how straightforward a job is, you don't want it botched.

I recently heard a horror story of someone setting themselves up as a builder and ripping off a disabled pensioner, leaving the work not just shoddy but incomplete whilst pocketing the cash. The barstaward was then seen boasting about it in the pub. 

These poor excuses for hom sap walk amongst us. 

The recommendations I'm referring to are from people who've had positive experiences from trade people who themselves often respond to these recommendations.
Checkatrade also is not without its "dodgy"members.

Sorry I misread.

Checkatrade does de-list dodgy tradesmen once informed by a customer - probably because it primarily seeks to preserve its own reputation. 

Ectophile

If you're getting it delivered by lorry, check that they can actually get up to the site.  If not, you'll need a gang of people with barrows, ready to unload the lorry as quickly as possible.

It's all timed, and the driver has to get the concrete unloaded, and the lorry back to the depot for washing out, before the whole lot sets solid.

Solenoid

Ectophile said:

If you're getting it delivered by lorry, check that they can actually get up to the site.  If not, you'll need a gang of people with barrows, ready to unload the lorry as quickly as possible.

It's all timed, and the driver has to get the concrete unloaded, and the lorry back to the depot for washing out, before the whole lot sets solid.

Yes I was just looking into that. We have a big garden. About half an acre. Base is going on the end corner of garden. So looking into hiring a mixer and mix it myself. Googling about how much cement etc I need and making a list of things I will need.

FreeBear

How big is this shed ?

Solenoid

FreeBear said:

How big is this shed ?

Its 8x8 but I want base a bit bigger like 10x10.

stuart45

You need 2 dumpy bags of ballast to give you 4 inches of concrete

FreeBear

stuart45 said: You need 2 dumpy bags of ballast to give you 4 inches of concrete

Along with four bags of cement for each bulk bag - So 8 in total.

Another two bulk bags of crushed brick/concrete or MOT1 for the sub base.