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Old 20-02-2008, 05:17 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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In article ,
Stuart Noble writes:
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| You'd probably just need a few bags of sharp sand to make levelling the
| slabs easier, but cement isn't usually necessary. Get one level and pack
| the rest out as you go.

Dead right. This is what I did - for my 10'x8' shed:

Levelled the ground, trod it down well, raked it level, and iterated
until it was within about 1/2" of the same level all over.

Laid a 1-2" layer of sharp sand, levelled, trod and raked, and laid
the slabs, adjusting by adding or removing sand as necessary.

Put several tanalised bearers (2"x4", if I recall), long side up,
to keep the underneath ventilated, and put the shed on those.

I think that I screwed it down, but that isn't usually critical.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.