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 11-22-2007, 18:26 Post: 148623
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4X4, welcome to the site. The first concern is to be sure that when the building is complete that all drainage runs away fron the building, so providing enough fill to be sure of that is important. You can do a pole shed one of two ways, either build a pad of compacted fill before setting poles, or build the shed on undisturbed soil then fill the inside and around the outside with fill later to come up to your skirt boards. I've did it both ways, but I prefer doing the fill after the shed is up if there is adequate room around the outside to work with your loader. Doing the fill after just seems easier, you can eyeball most of the work without even needing a transit till you final grade to pour the slab on the inside and the outside you just slope up to the skirt boards on either a real gentle slope to be seeded and mowed or a sharp slope using crushed rock that won't wash away. Get gutters and downspouts on before you even start the outside fill or a sudden rain will wash away a lot of your fill. No mater how you do it the fill below the slab must be compacted or it will settle and you will have a cracked up slab later. Good luck. Frank.






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EW; I was tempted to suggest the same, skip the poles and pour a common frost footing and build a frame shed. But that aint what the man asked so I stuck with his fill question. The last two major sheds I've built are frame and wall. Everything about a frame shed is better and surprisingly little extra cost over a pole steel clad shed. Frank.






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