Shed "Home Gym" Project Phase I - Gravel Pad 

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I've been watching RU-vid videos for hours to find out how to do this right. This is the only one I've come across (that didn't use heavy equipment) that looks like a solid build. Thanks for posting!

Home gym? You don’t need one after building that! 💪💪

Man... I got tired just watching you work...! Who needs a gym after THAT work out... good job!

Best feeling when you know you can do it yourself.

Great video, the cost breakdown was an excellent addition. Thank you.

Awesome that you showed how much you saved by doing this yourself! Thanks!

great family project.

Great video guys! Everyone laughed at us when we said we were going to put our shed on a gravel base the same as the one we had seen a couple of guys on youtube build-And yet there it stands in our back garden, absolutely solid and completely straight and £150 cheaper than using paving slabs- Keep up the good work.

Good vid, actually shows you sweating and doing the monotonous tasks. Not the usual glamorous speeded up vids that make it look so simple and effortless.

Wow !! Someone other then me is not afraid of a little hard work.. Most other videos everyone is using power equipment. Thx

Looking up shed bases on slopes and yours is definitely the best. Thanks for a brilliant video and keep up the great work from Ireland. ☘️👍

That last beat was 🔥 Thanks for a thoughtful and thorough how to video

I'm gonna build a similar pad for my new hot tub. This is awesome man. Excellent tutorial. That thing looks like it'll last a lifetime and never move!

That’s hard work right there. Taking the time to do it right.

Love the cost breakdown at the end, thank you for this

You know its diy when you use what you have. That snow shovel for gravel ❤👍

Thank you for the video. This is exactly what I was looking for to do the same in my slopped backyard. Great job.

Good ol fashioned hard work baby

That digging looks brutal! Thank God I live in FL. Nice job

Awesome and you got your workout. Later on are you planning on doing a retainer wall to keep the earth from falling out? Keep us posted. Thank you 😊

Very well done. Takes time but necessary. A good foundation is so important and this is a good one.

Looks great! I see the slope, what are ya gonna do about drainage? Possible dirt/mud build up?

Man thats bedroom music for sure. This helped me envision my slope of about a foot. Appreciate the vid!

Awesome, thank you for your service

my snow shovel does double duty too...it helps with yard/leaf work in the summer. But as good as the snow shovel might be, a true sqaure/flat head metal shovel is much better suited to do that gravel work. With as much ground your removed, it almost looks like a raised shed deck, supported by concrete pillars would have been easier. well done. thanks and thank you for your service.

Appreciate the man hour estimates! That was actually really helpful😃👍🏼

That’s a lot of hard work and it looks like it was done right.

Thanks for sharing. Real nice job, much appreciated

Good video! Looking forward to seeing the finished product. I'm thinking about doing a 10x12 shed gym at my home as well.

You make it look so easy !

Great video easy to follow ... Thanks !!!

Solid idea!

Fantastic video 👍.

Nice work.. I will be doing the same in the near future

Can we acknowledge that this man used a snow shovel instead of a flat or spade... You gosh dang ANIMAL!! GOAT status. Lol

Thanks Stan the man! great video gave me lots more to think about

Nice one...outstanding music...

Wow 🤩 Amazing. Inspiring

Nice work! Thanks

Nice work. Made a similar pad for my shed a few years ago. Wish I had gone the route you did and just used stone instead of tamping a base and laying pavers.

I’m sorry but you’ve created a situation that rain water can now “pool” and sit under your shed. These rock pad ideas are all over RU-vid and I’ve been in the shed business 10+ years. This sloped grade was perfect for run off before it was “leveled” and a literal tub was created. Not to mention my back hurts just watching this. By a shed that’s engineer certified and built on treated skids. Put concrete blocks down at the advised measurements per engineer drawings and set the shed on the blocks. Then level with treated shims. No wood touching the ground, rain runs off from under shed, air gets under shed to help with moisture. Skirt it if you don’t want to see concrete blocks or under shed. Take all the money you saved and take the family on a week vacation.

Nice work, guys.

Wanting to do a fire pit area on sloped part of yard and this is super helpful; thank you!

That's the right job- fair play! No one can call you lazy or half arsed haha.

Straight up inspirational. Well done Bro. SUBSCRIBED & THUMBS UP man.

Nice work

Next time don't cut into the ground but instead increase the height of the lower side with more timber, soil and gravel. Even though you added gravel, the whole in the ground will cause all above water to fill in that hole with the pad. Outside of that it was done well.

Good job

Great video brothas...also, great music list!!!! 🔥🔥

great job, but man that was a lot of work. Look forward to the next step.

Looks really good! Just subbed the channel. I like all the projects you’ve done.

Great video. I have a similar project for an 8x12 shed base. I was going to lay some paving slabs on top of the sub base but I'm think that isn't necessary really now.

Great video! Thanks! ✌️

great video. thank you

Nice vid.

Wow Nice Job Not sure you need a gym after that , you don't see people physically work anymore

Can you provide pictures of the area after a heavy rain?

Very informative video, thank you for sharing!

After three years, do you have any drainage issues? Thanks!

Wow, great job. All by hand too. Skid steer would have saved time but not money.

Great video!

I am currently building a shed pad, Using a crushed gravel base and laying down pavers for the finished layer. Our slope runs opposite to yours (from front to back). What makes me nervous about finishing the pad below grade is what the water run off will do to the foundation over time. We are doing the opposite for this reason and building a small retaining wall with PT 4x4 to build up the low end rather than dropping the high end. Thank you for the video brother, I would be interested to know how the structure is doing currently.

Wow, you definitely went overboard. Lets see what phase 2 has.

After all that, he ain't gonna need no gym.

Job Well Done! Looks Good Unc!

Alright high speed! Nice video and dope beat...u looking like a full fledged 12 series aka Army Engineer...lol

But how did you handle the high ground around the three sides?

Watching from the UK - you did not need to lay a membrane?

Who needs a gym after that workout?

Hi its been a few years since this pad was built. Have you had any issues with it.. especially bowing out. I like that you used only one level of wood.

Only thing I missed is how you figured out how much to dig to get site level

You did put down a weed stopping membrane?

You just Encourage me to try and do this project myself

That trac tho!!!!!!

I want to do something like this but I can see I’m going to have to hire pros. I’d have a heart attack trying to DIY this. Very enjoyable to watch though.

Now, do a video for the necessary retaining wall behind the pad.

The gravel will settle and sink. Then the door may not open.

Great looking base! You guys r.eally know the meaning of hard work. I have a question for you.... What is your intention on dealing with the grade difference from the excavation on the fence side? I have the same situation with even a greater grade change

That's a lot of digging

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You got +10 cool points for being Army

Hi again! I am in the middle of doing my site prep. I have most of the area dug up. Wanted to thank you for the tiller part. Bought a cheap electric one and it made the “digging” part a synch as I didn’t really have to dig. Just till and remove with shovel. Also, I wanted to know did you level the dirt area also and then add the gravel or did you sort of get the dirt area dug out and then pour gravel and level that?

Where are the tie downs for the shed? Do you put those into the ground before adding the gravel?

Great video bruh. Thanks for posting. May I ask what you did with the removed grass and soil? I’m about to start something similar and looking for ideas. Thanks

Hey, I thought this was a Star Wars Movie

Who’s music is this???

Pad looks good but what are you doing about the back and sides? Sooner or later that dirt is going to slide and be up against your shed walls.....not good.

what is gonna keep the dirt wall from eroding in your gravel pad ?

You forget put fabric landscaping under the grave

Do you think installing a weed barrier is a good idea under stone? Or just a waste of money?

Beautiful! You lost about 10 lbs along the way. 😂

Can I ask what the rebar is for?

Hi, This was really helpful. Can I ask why you used gravel instead of pouring concrete please? Is it better? Thank you.

How did you get so much gravel for cheap?

How has I held up? Any videos of it in use?

What type of gravel did you use?

I woulda took the post out and had the rocks dumped in the hole

How is the shed sitting higher then the gravel pad? Good video though helped me a lot.

How do you plan on retaining the soil?