How to build a base for a shed without concrete - Easy to build gravel base for Suncast shed 

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Nice work. As a project construction manager for over 35 yrs, I would like to advise you to never cut in the position you were in while cutting the 4x4. A kick back by the circular saw and you will slice your leg open. I have seen it 7x in my line of work. Always leave a clearance for kick back. Good luck.

Beautiful job done there. Well done to you and, I think your Dad.

Great idea for my green house. Good job you two. Angel from The Bay

Thanks! I'm putting up a shed for my mom soon and this was a great help for a proper foundation for it.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!!!

Thank you. Well thought out.

Thank you for the info. Very helpful

The problem is, I need the tools to build the shed, but I need the shed to store the tools.

Great job thank you. I would have benefitted from some instructions along the way cause I’m a total amateur. But I like silent movies. Hope to attempt this venture in summer.

That was so awesome!! I love it so much I bought a kit to install a shed in my back yard But I wasn’t that happy at the very end I thought the shed would’ve been sitting and bolted on the posts

This is great! can probably use this for a greenhouse as well. Thank you!

Just some quick info and tips. That's not really for a weed barrier, it's to prevent the stone from sinking into the dirt. Secondly, if you have a groundhog problem put down some chainlink fence or chicken wire over the fabric, if prevents them from burrowing. They love to dig under sheds. Also let your pressure treated lumber dry out a bit before you paint them. Otherwise a good build.

Rocking out to the Hey Bear, thanks for the video my guy

Thank you for the video. I really didn't want to use concrete and have lots of gravel to repurpose!

Very interesting. Glad you gave the old guy, who's about my age, the smaller wheelbarrow 🤓

Good job. Did basically the same thing for a friend last summer. Hope your shed fairs better. She called this fall because the doors were warping. I would have gone with wood personally but bit my tongue. She had her mind made up.

Nice job. Thanks for the VIDEO.

A beautiful and well made base. Saved it for future construction of my own. Thanks for making this video.

Great job💯❤

Nice idea!! I've been thinking about putting up a more stable shed then the one I have now but didn't want to pay for concrete as it's expensive as hell. Thank you thank you thank you for this idea and I'm gona try once it warms up here in NC. Have a great day! :)

Thanks fellas, good job...

Good job I like the application of the rebar spikes. I see you used a small hand tamper but I would recommend using a gas powered plate compactor with smaller material to get a solid cement like base. My local rental place only charged $63.00 per day.

Great idea !

I like it. I recently did a similar base. I used pressure treated 2x4s instead of 4x4s and I didn't put down a weed barrier (maybe I should have). I put down a 2+ inch layer of sand and compacted that and then used pea gravel to fill it to the top of the frame. I was told, by my favorite gawkers, that it was over kill but I like a level shed with working doors.

Foi bastante trabalho mas esta muito bom ❤❤

Instead of painting the PT wood black, you can char the wood with a propane torch. Darkens the wood and charring protects the wood as well , up to 100 years.

Nice job, sir! In case people think of avoiding the weedblock cuz a shed will be on top, I'll point out that landscape fabric - or poly sheeting with holes poked for drainage - is there to prevent your nice gravel from sinking into muddy dirt. Depends on the type of soil, amount of rain and freeze/thaw cycles in one's particular area, but it's much easier to lay a barrier in the beginning of your stone project instead of a couple years later. Ask me how I know, LOL! Also, field cuts of PT lumber -- especially ground contact ones -- should be coated with preservative that soaks into the wood, such as CopperCoat. In my area Ace sells it but the big box stores don't.

Thanks!

Nice job, bro.

why don't we use 2x2 concrete blocks ? It is 5bucks each and much cheaper and easier to setup underlayment for shed. We can recycle when it moved to another location with shed. Anyway I liked watching you working with your dad. Father is always supportive. nice work

I put 5" cedar fence slats at the bottom covering the siding to help with water splash against the bottom. They're cheap and great against rhe elements. Then applied silicone at all the edges where the cedar meets the siding. Im sure there are better more expensive solutions but for me it fit my budget.

Great video thank you!

Very nice job!!!!!

Nice build

Exactly what I'm looking for. Did you end up posting a video on how to anchor the shed to this? Assuming just rebar?

I'm building a concrete block foundation and footer with the same gravel floor you have in this video.

nice job

U need to put some dampproof caurse under bottom 4x4 agaist soil grass edge stop damp

Great job guys, now you can come over and do mine. Lol😅❤

Nice work, probably too nice for a suncast shed

beautiful teamwork. What did you use to put the lines in the concrete ramp?

How many yards of gravel did you use????

Great base.. did u use pre fab concrete blocks for the slope? I was thinking about doing the same and drive rebar down like u showed.. nice base

Great video. What measurement of lumber used please ?

What flooring did you use? Did that come with the shed or did you buy that separately? Thanks!

Roughly how much does the shed weigh?

Nice job, two questions: 1. Turns out there are lots of gravel types and sizes. What did you use? 2. What is the black spray you used on the 4x4s? (I paused the video, but couldn't make it out.) Is it something special for pressure treated wood? Thanks

What size drill bit did you use for the rebar? And what did you spray the PT post with?

Thanks for sharing. How much rock did you have to use ?

Cheers.

Did you end up posting how you anchored the shed? I want to do a gravel pad also but don't know how to anchor it. 😊

Hey, great work! I want to build one similar. That looks to be about 84sqft. How many cubic yards of gravel did you need for this?

If your saw kicked back, how would you get your knee out of the way? I'm referring to minute 6:00. Otherwise, awesome job!

Is it necessary to dig out the grass and put weed barrier down?

I have a few questions. Where did you buy the gravel and about how much did you need to buy for this project? My Shed is 10x16. I'm def nervous about the slope part. Going to try this next week. Fingers Crossed.

Im un decided what base i should yse for a new shed. I dont want water to hold and rot the base of the new shed. Aby ideas?? I want to use slabs thou

6:25 Is cutting without glasses acceptable?

You have no moisture barrier between the concrete and the wood?

Awsome 👍✌️🤞👌🇺🇸🤩

Looks nice, but I'm wondering why you kept the string in place. Seemed unnecessary once you spray painted the edges & dug out for the 4 x 4's - Especially after tripping over it.

I'm doing an 8x12 foundation, but my shed is 6x4 how do I anchor down the shed on top of the gravel.

😂😂😂 3:00 happens to the best of us

Thought the black paint a nice touch

How many yards of stone did you use?

You said 4-6 of gravel... Is that cubic yards? Bags?

wouldn't the wood eventually rot or decay overtime?

How many bags of stone was that. My bags are about 5.50 ish and for a 10x10 and 3-4 inches deep it’s be a crap ton of money

How did the concrete magically appeared under the wood base?

Without concrete… but finally with concrete!

Use the gravel grid system - way better and so much easier

THIS WOULDVE BEEN GREAT KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE BEFORE! I got my SHED ..and a few Constructive Comments, BEEEEEFORE CHUCKY MOVED IN UNDER MY SHED on that FRIDAY( THURSDAY WAS CLEAR) BECAUSE now I’ve armed myself with wood Chuck knowledge-(like they have 5 Entryways to there 25 foot long Solitary DEN,( which has its OWN BATHROOM CHAMBER & when it’s full he(?) Carves another-& most importantly! THEY CAN DIG 35 feet in 5minutes‼️ SO WE WIL BE CO HABITING MY YARD-better the shed than the house. \\\Anyway it looks like your Dad? CEMENTED OVER THE BASE 4x4 instead of the 4x4 on the blocks on gravel on fabric holding the gravel above soil( That’s what I do in other projects). Question-are your Fence posts Cemented in? It looks like you’ve slipped some PVC over the poles for function or looks or Both? Did you dig them in or rent a Pounder? Are there round clamps that would allow me to hang a Different Wire pence from( like Cowfencing from the to pole

its nice to watch amatures playing in the sunshine 🤣

No compacting?

My shed doesn’t have concrete base and it’s started to mold ….i suggest concrete pad …I have to replace mine …

You should start editing your movies more plus the speed factor. It was like watching paint dry. Especially when there were no information given orally

You are using the skill saw in a dangerous way. Stand with legs to one side , or one to each side.

Maybe a sod cutter would save you some work

How many bodies could a guy fit under that shed size? Asking for a friend...

Concrete is faster and and easier, Frame in the morning pour by afternoon.

There will be a high moisture level in that shed.

you DO NOT have a video showing how to tie down the shed as promised at the end of the video

in my neighbourhood, 3 months later they'll be 3 rats nests dug under each 4x4..

Came out nice. But you guys worked more than you had to.

Good except Always wear safety glasses 🥽

no

This will NOT meet Code in Florida!

You should always pre drill first, that will minimize PT from cracking...im done with RU-vid

For all that work and expense you could have just ordered a truck with a couple yards of cement

You did a great job. But it looks like a hard job, not easy. I'd rather pay $2200 to a cement contractor to have a pad installed.

$250 -- The platform costs 50% of what the shed costs

Sorry, Waste of time and money. Put portable barns on concrete blocks per the engineer drawings. That’s only if you buy a portable barn that’s engineer certified.

they should make environmentally friendly paint that you can spray onto grass and the ground without contaminating the Earth. People might say... "it's a small amount" but... 1,000,000 sheds x 1 million people spraying all sorts of chemicals into the Earth = a lot of contamination... :) LOL!

Why the red spray? you already got the strings in place. It seems a waste of time, money and you are polluting the soil

Doing toooooooooooo much for a shed

Too slow. Dnt u know about speed up camera work. So slow its boring. No wonder u oldies trip over 😂

That base costs more than a thousand bucks.

EASY? LOL

Total WASTE of time and money. Stupid way to do things, this is your place to GO, LOL !

Jewish? all good, just making noticing.