I JUST LAID DOWN 2B STONE FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR MY 10 BY 12 GARDEN SHEd. HOW DO I LEVEL THE ROCK BEFORE I?

PUT MY SHED DOWN? I HAVE HEARD ABOUT USING A LEVEL AND A 2 BY 4??? NOT FAMILAR WITH THAT TECH.

I JUST LAID DOWN 2B STONE FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR MY 10 BY 12 GARDEN SHEd. HOW DO I LEVEL THE ROCK BEFORE I?
L ay a 10 foot 2x4 across each edge of your rectangle and confirm it is level. Adjust stones accordingly. Now do the diagonals of your rectangle. If they are correct, you have a level pad. Otherwise, adjust accordingly and repeat the first setp across the edges.





This will insure that the pad starts level but it will not insure that it stays level. Building a fram with pressure-treated lumber around the perimeter of the stone will help keep the stones from shifting. You can still get uneven settling in the soil is not compacted. There are also drainage issues that should be addresses around the stones so that the stones don't sink when the soil is saturated and to prevent water/mud seeping between the stones in the wettest months. A french drain composed of perferated pipe, pea gravel and a solid pipe with a positive slope to an drainage area will address this issue.





Good Luck!
Reply:Certainly grading the plot level first would make it easier.





You might try to frame the plot as you would if you were pouring a slab, then SCREED the stone, on a LEVEL frame, until it was FLUSH with the top of the frame, then set your shed on top of that.





There are a few things you should consider however.





STONE shifts, settles, and certainly unframed you'll find that apparent more rapidly. Even framed, even TAMPED, the weight of you working the construction, or its weight alone will cause effects I mentioned.





Steven Wolf


Just my 2 "sense"