- 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 Jura
Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, beside as well as northeast of Islay. With a location of 36,692 hectares, or 142 square miles, as well as only 196 citizens recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is far more sparsely inhabited than Islay, and also is one of the least largely inhabited islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland rated by dimension, Jura comes eighth, whereas by population it comes 31st. Jura is part of the council location of Argyll and Bute. The island is mountainous, bare and sterile, covered greatly by large areas of covering bog. The main negotiation is the east coast village of Craighouse, which is its capital. Craighouse is home to the Jura distillery, producing Isle of Jura solitary malt whisky. The town is additionally home to the island's only hotel, store as well as church. Other negotiations consist of Ardfernal, Ardmenish, Inverlussa, Keils, Kinuachdrachd, Knockrome, Lagg, Leargybreck and Tarbert. Between Jura's north tip as well as the island of Scarba exists the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes flow harmful at specific states of the trend. The southerly part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is assigned a national scenic location (NSA), among 40 such areas in Scotland, which are specified so as to identify areas of remarkable scenery and guarantee their protection from unacceptable development. The Jura NSA covers 30,317 hectares in total, including 21,072 ha of land, with a further 9245 ha being marine (i.e. listed below low tide).