Leveling and raising Your Structure with Pavers or Cinderblocks (most Economical).

                                                   (Available through our company)

Is your shed site located in a flood zone? If so, perhaps you would like to have your structure on a raised position to keep the waters at bay.

Is your shed site located on a grade and you would like to have your structure leveled with the use of treated two by,s, pavers or cinderblocks, all of which is available through our company.

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The Blended Stone Pad            (Available through our company)

A Blended "Modified" Stone Pad offers a very happy medium between the Economical blocking and the Framed in stone pad option.

When constructing a Blended Stone Pad we first make the pad site typically two foot wider and two foot longer to allow area for the "BLEND" of the pad. Next, we find the "Gospel" or the Highest point of elevation of the structure site. Then we find the "Lie" which is the opposite of the "Gospel" or the lowest point of the structure site,  we bring the "Lie" to the "Gospel", this way no excavation is needed, just adding material (Modified stone or Asphalt Millings) its just that Millings are getting harder to find due to being recycled for road construction. The idea is to use a material that will pack tightly to promote minimal settling, Shale is also a good option when and if available.

 

Most everyone you converse with (besides me) will tell you that you must use clean 2B stone to promote water drainage... This is folly, as my structures roof system is designed to divert rain water away from the structure and modified stone does allow water drainage to a degree. Also, clean stone does not pack tightly therfore the structure is constantly in a state of settling, and my delivery truck and trailer will sink into the pad and possibly get stuck.

A Firm foundation is always a better option.

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The FRAMED IN STONE PAD!  

 

(AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR COMPANY)

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• The Framed in Stone pad is available in two different styles, both of which require some excavation as the  treated 6x6's are installed into the ground, the first of which and my personal favorite is one where the reveal is hidden as the frame of the pad is narrower than the structure by at least a half of a inch on either side, and just as long as the structure. I like this option the most because the rain water falls off the roof and outside the pad where the splash back is against the treated 6x6's instead of against the structure. The other is where the frame is constructed two foot wider and longer than the structure. Both cost basically the same, its just a matter of preference!