- How to build a shed base out of paving slabs
- Mix sand and cement together to make mortar or use a pre-mixed one
- Use a trowel to lay mortar for 1 slab at a time on the sub-base and lift a damp-sided slab onto the mortar, using a piece of timber and club hammer to tap the slab into position carefully. Continue to lay the first row of slabs
- Make equally-sized spacers in all the joints in the slabs to ensure they’re the same size, checking it’s level as you go along
- Next lay slabs along the two adjacent outer edges, filling in the central area row by row
- Leave the mortar to set according to the instructions or for at least 48 hours before filling in the joints with mortar or paving grout
- Building a shed base from concrete
- Create a wooden frame around your shed base area (also called formwork) to stop the concrete from spreading
- Mix pre-mixed concrete with water or use 1 part cement to 5 parts ballast
- Wet the sub-base using a watering can with a rose on the end
- Pour the concrete onto the framed base starting in one corner
- Push the blade of a shovel up and down in the edges of the concrete to get rid of air bubbles
- Use a rake to spread the concrete, leaving it around 18mm higher than the top of the frame. Work in sections of around 1-1.m2
- Compact the concrete using a straight piece of timber that’s longer than the width of the base. Move the timber along the site, hitting it along at about half of its thickness at a time until the surface is evenly ridged
- Remove excess concrete and level the surface by sliding the timber back and forwards from the edge that you started. Fill in any depressions and repeat until even
- Run an edging trowel along the frame to round off exposed edges of the concrete and prevent chipping
- Cover the concrete with a plastic sheet raised on wooden supports to allow slow drying. Weigh it down with bricks
- Once the concrete is set, you can install your shed and remove the wooden frame with a crowbar
Isle Of Barra
Barra is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and also the second southernmost populated island there, after the nearby island of Vatersay to which it is attached by a brief causeway. The island is named for Saint Finbarr of Cork. In 2011, the population was 1,174. Gaelic is extensively talked, and also at the 2011 Census, there were 761 Gaelic audio speakers (62% of the population). The Isle of Barra is about 60 km2 (23 sq mi) in location, 11 miles (18 kilometres) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide. A single-track roadway, the A888, runs around the coast of the southern part of the island complying with the flattest land and serving the many seaside negotiations. The interior of the island here is sloping as well as uninhabited. The west as well as north of the island has white sandy coastlines consisting of sand created from marine coverings adjoining the grassed machair, while the south eastern side has various rough inlets. To the north a sandy pensinsula runs to the beach flight terminal and Eoligarry.
