I'm looking at buying a 7'x7' polymer shed building from the home depot. I REALLY don't feel like carrying 45 60lb bags of concrete into my back yard, mixing all of that **** and pouring it. I dabble in the gym, but I'm not 18 years old anymore lol. I can do it if it needs to be done. concrete would cost me around 120 + the wood to frame it out.


anyways, I was thinking about using 9 30"x30" AC pads as a foundation for the building. my house backs up to the woods and I can source plenty of sand to level the pads. my brother in law owns an AC company so I can get the pads for $200. will this work?


my other option is to buy 25 18x18 concrete blocks. the cost is less, but leveling 9 pads sounds a helluva lot easier than laying 25 concrete blocks level.


I called a few concrete guys and a 7x7x4 pad just isn't worth their time. I don't blame them.


here is the building. it has a floor that I could lay over the AC pads to help distribute the weight.


Suncast Sutton 7 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 4.5 in. Resin Storage Shed-BMS7791 - The Home Depot

 

Looks like a little girls playhouse.. Lol

 

I think you would be fine using ac pads, since its such a small shed. your biggest issue is going to be the dirt, i would bring in the sand and dump several bags of cement on it, then use a tiller or something to mix it all up, level it out and tamp it to create a stabilized dirt foundation. and make sure its a bit above grade so you don't get water flowing in to it.

source- I build houses In SW houston

 

send me some guys over to lay a 7x7 slab then

 

LOL that's what you get for $600. it's just to relocate some of the small **** that drives me crazy in my garage. the smoker, lawn mower, shop fan (in the winter), the press, shovels, fishing poles, ladders etc. I'm tired of walking around the small ****.

 

i build a shed that was 12x20 and i used 4x4s to level off the yard and build the shed on top of these

 

yeah, I'm being cheap and lazy. I don't plan to stay in this house much more than 3 years or so. they are building a school in my neighborhood, and exxon is building a huge campus 20 minutes from my house that is expected to bring in around 6,000 families to my area. when the housing market in my area spikes, I plan to bail and build something custom.

 

4x4s are cheap

 

Rent a mixer, then you just have to carry the bags and not hand mix them. Might be pretty close to $200 still.

 

What if you rent a day Laborer to do the work for you while you drink beer and yell at him...