Get yourself a jumbo bag of concreting ballast from the builders merchants, weight approx 850kg of loaded by crane, this is more than you need, use some to blind out your base, then 6 ballast to 1 cement, you may only need 4 no bags of cement for a 6x7 base at 100mm thick.. Concrete base before beginning any work, you must be confident that you are able to complete this type of base. example: shed base 8' long x 6' wide x 3" deep the volume = 8' x 6' x 0.25' = 12 cu ft 2 bags per cubic ft = 24 bags add 10%, once you have mixed the first load you will know how much water you will need for all subsequent loads.. Cement wise i would pour the base at 5-1 so you'll need maybe 7 bags of cement. if you still want to pay a fortune to buy your ballast in small bags get the 25kg ones and you will need approx 30 bags..
Hi all i've got a new shed coming next week. it's only a small one; 4' x 6'. i've never put one up before, so i've been reading up. i'm gonna use paving slabs for the base, and from what i've read it's a good idea to sit the slabs on a bed of sharp sand/cement (ratio 7 to 1).. A dry, solid shed base is important to the foundational structure of any well-built shed. while these outdoor spaces provide a fantastic place to store tools, garden products, children�s bicycles, and more, sheds can let moisture in and ruin your things if you don�t install the correct type of base.. If your patio is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide, and you need 6 inches of crushed stone for the base, you would plug those numbers into formula, like this: (20'x10'x0.5') / 27 = 3.7 cubic yards when using this equation, make sure all of your measurements are in feet..
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