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Fuming. Spent all Saturday in 30 degree heat excavating for a shed base and hit a manhole cover halfway through with the mattock.

After loads of back and forth I downsized from a ridiculous 14ft shed to an 8x10 Keter Stronghold. Originally planned for the back of the garden but the trampoline wouldn’t fit, so I moved it forward near the patio/gate side. There’s realistically nowhere else for it to go.

Plan was:

• compact Type 1
• sharp sand or dry mix
• slabs on top
• shed on slabs

Problem is the manhole sits where the shed needs to go.

The shed is assembled floor-first and the floor panels are basically irreplaceable (£1000 shed), so my options seem to be:

1. Ignore it and build over the manhole, hoping access is never needed (but then the whole shed would need dismantling as it is assembled floor up)
2. Cut the shed floor and build some sort of framed removable access hatch over the manhole without ruining the panel. Luckily it sits bang on one of the 4 panels - not across multiple.

Anyone dealt with this before or got a better idea?