u/Tufflaw

Wondering if my plan for a shed foundation will end in catastrophe
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Wondering if my plan for a shed foundation will end in catastrophe

I'm planning on putting a storage shed in my backyard to store some extra stuff we need to get out of the house. I don't have a lot of money for this, so I can't dig up a lot of my backyard and put in cement - I also don't want it to necessarily be there forever either.

I'm going to buy a premade shed somewhere, so my only concern is the foundation. I know I can't just plop the shed in the corner of the backyard. What I was thinking of doing was something like in https://mobileimages.lowes.com/product/converted/890248/890248002009_03580607.jpg, basically getting several deck blocks and putting in a frame made of pressure treated 2x4s, then cover with plywood and then putting the shed on top of that. I was thinking a 10x10 shed so I would do an 11x11 foundation.

I know in the picture above the blocks are right on the grass, but I thought to be a little more secure and make sure it's more level would be digging a hole about 3" deep for each block and filling with gravel so I can more easily level it off. My backyard looks pretty much like the one in the photo, and the area I want to put this is already relatively level.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. It's probably obvious but this isn't my area of expertise, I just want to make sure this thing doesn't topple over or sink into the ground. Thanks!

u/Tufflaw — 2 days ago

Was thinking about unerring arrow, and wondering if it has been explained why Dan doesn't just use it to find the quickest, easiest, and safest path out of the Backrooms. That's literally the first thing I'd do with it if I had it.

Also, and unrelated, but what would be the best use of unerring arrow in the real world? Finding lost treasure? Is it precognitive, that is can it predict what will happen in the future? Could I use it to pick winning lottery numbers?

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