Straightening shed

theone8181 · 5 Oct 2018 at 07:39

So my shed has a bit of a list, is the best way to level it up, hammer some fencepost's at 45 degrees to straighten then bang some ply across it? If so what thickness ply would work?

theone8181 · 5 Oct 2018 at 13:02

Ill try and get a picture, basically a while ago the roof had a leak (we stupidly din't get an apex roof). This was caused in part by the roof sagging and having a large pool of water sat on it. The base of the shed is on a concrete block, however the floor of the shed is raised slightly, the base is tongue and groove, however due to the leak a couple of the joints have popped out. I feel the shed might be warped due to this. I'm not 100% sure but i don't think the base was very level (the same company that did the shed did the base and i didn't check the flatness of it.

theone8181 · 5 Oct 2018 at 20:47

Pics as promised, hopefully they show the problem. The roof has been repaired/reinforced. The gap above the door kind of shows the scale of the problem, the shed it 8 foot by 10 foot, it cost us a fair bit. What holds the walls square, just the bolts in the floor (its held together with coach bolts in each corner).

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theone8181 · 6 Oct 2018 at 20:11

Steampunk said:
Loosen the bolts, square it up, tighten the bolts?

Is it literally just the bolts that hold it square (when the roof was repaired, the guy put in thicker bits of wood but I don't think they are screwed down so should be nudgeable).

theone8181 · 7 Oct 2018 at 09:33

Steampunk said:
Difficult to tell except for you saying the bolts hold it together. Most sheds nowadays are big panels on each side/top/bottom (like big fence panels) that are screwed together at the corners and edges.

Yea that's pretty much how it arrived (I didn't assemble it, that was included in the price). I might have a look at it later.

I had to have a quick Google with regards to the jacking option (I'd got into my head that it would be jacked from the outside) I understand now, I'm one-upping the scissor jack as I've got a trolley one lol. Might get some wood from Wickes later.

theone8181 · 7 Oct 2018 at 16:15

TBH I had a go at it today however I think it's a case of take the walls off and start from scratch. The wood that the shed sits on is a bit rotten at the bottom.

theone8181 · 8 Oct 2018 at 13:10

I did try to do as that pic shows, however it raised the roof, i then tried the door frame and it ended up lifting the shed. I think the concrete base is dished in the middle. I've put some 600x 1800 x 9mm ply across the back so it shouldn't get any worse, it annoys me that it leans but i refuse to spend another £1,000 on a shed that's probably only 5 years old.