stumps

[trippy]

hi im new to this site, i have just bought a secondhand shed about 6metres by 3.5 metres. have to admit as a female i know not alot about how to stump it. it has wooden floor so need to have it up off the ground i guess. any cheap and easy way i can do this on my own would be great.. sally:eek:

[OBBob]

I guess if you want to do it properly then there are only really the same options as a house or deck. You can dig holes down to the clay and put normal concrete or timber stumps on a cement pad ... or you could lay a slab, which is probably excessive if it has a timber floor.

There are some quicker dodgier ways but it is a reasonable size and would probably move.

Anyone else got any better methods?

[journeyman Mick]

Sally, have you moved/dismantled the shed yet? Will it be moved whole or are you rebuilding it? I would draw up a grid plan of where the existing posts are. You then need to set up some profiles where the shed is being re-erected in order to get the stumps in the right places and at the right height. It's not rocket science, but there is potential for a lot of inacuracy which will make rebuilding the shed very difficult. There's a book for owner builders which you may find very useful. Personally I prefer gal steel stumps, they don't rot or rust, termites won't eat them and don't like building their galleries on them and for most novices are easier than brick piers. There's also apparently precast concrete stumps, never worked with them myself (don't get them around here) so I can't comment on them. There's a system of steel stumps that is height adjustable which would be the go for someone who doesn't weld and which would make levelling very easy.

Mick