Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
Chocolate cake?????
Whatever cake you fancy!
Chocolate cake?????
Anyone with experience of earthmoving will be able to tell you
I know my little shed build was only a much smaller amateur job but you'd be surprised with the accuracy you can get with a water level if you don't have a laser level!
At least this way you can be sure the equipment has not gone out of calibration
Any pictures of cake side view and from above??
They forgot to do that here, there's one and a half foot between my cubicle shed and a near vertical rock face, simple things like cleaning out the gutter is near on impossible !!@Steevo If you're digging into a bank, remember to allow enough space to work for the future. This also helps in keeping the air moving in this area & drainage if the bank is water-logged in winter.
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They forgot to do that here, there's one and a half foot between my cubicle shed and a near vertical rock face, simple things like cleaning out the gutter is near on impossible !!
I'd make sure all concrete levels fell by 25mm towards the door. This would ensure any water went out not in. I went to a very, very expensive yard in the Cotswolds on an RFS tour. Prince or even King Sheikhyourmoney was the owner and my very first thought was 'what a miserable yard to drive round.' There were a series of drains, beautifully organised in their rightful places to catch the rain-water but the falls were 0" to 8" all over resulting in a yard resembling a cross-country course. Someone forgot the 1 in 40 ratio or even 1 in 60 as the perfect fall.
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I would start with the door (if only one) being level with the rest of the yard, then dig/fill from that point.
I think the secret is to set your levels with the next shed in the back of your mind; you may think there will not be one, but there usually is.