[rubberhead]

Hey guys. Bought my first house in September of last year and have since renovated a good portion of the upstairs.

Now that summer is on its way I'm going to shift my focus to the shop in the backyard. Its 17X20 and in fairly rough shape, but its still very much usable for motorcycle, tool, camping equipment storage etc.

Thee thing is, the floor is dirt. It's very uneven and has plywood scattered around as a floor. There is either a foundation under the walls or just a curb. I will have to dig and investigate that as one corner has sunk a little bit. I'll be paying off my appliances and cabinets for a bit so I don't want to dump much money into the shop this year but I do want to make it a bit more comfortable inside for working in etc.

Can anyone think of an inexpensive alternative to a slab that will give me a semi flat surface. It doesnt need to be perfect by any means. I just want the place to be within an inch of flat throughout or better. I also want to leave myself the option of doing a slab and fixing the sunken corner down the road.

Sorry for the novel haha, I was trying to be thourough! Thanks in advance!!

 

[firehawkmph]

Need to determine what type of foundation is under the shed first. Some pics also would help. Depends what part of the country you're in. Update your profile with a basic city and state location. Take a good look and see how far down the curb goes. Let us know.
Mike Hawkins:smile:

 

[de-nagorg]

For temporary, remove the plywood, dig down a few inches to level everything out some.

Then find a paving contractor, who is paving a parking lot, or something similar.

Approach the foreman about having their extra laid in your shop.

I know that they always have a few extra yards of material, and cannot return it, they need to dispose of it, and often look around for a person that can use it.

My neighbor got his driveway and RV parking space paved this way, at very little cost.

Later when you have the funds you can have it concreted, and done properly, but as a temporary , a pad of asphalt works well.



ED

 

[stadry]

level if you want/must,,, gab/gabc/crusher run/road base is the least expensive + easiest,,, dump it in, level it, spray w/garden hose shower nozzle, & compact - either manually or a rented plate compactor,,, added + ? good base later for conc

you'd never get decent compaction from left-over b-top - it needs to be hot + screeded properly to get a consistent mat,,, if not, no one needs pavers, right ?

far as pavers looking to dump leftover b-top, we dump'd by the side of the road @ end of day to be trk'd back to the plant for recycling

would've been a help if you'd post'd where YOUR 'where' is as the site ask'd