Are you getting a storage shed placed at your residency? Did you know you need to have a stone base for it? Here are some tips!
Do you use 3/4" crushed stone or a 2A modified (crusher run)?
- Most of the time it is preference
- Crusher run can be used if there isn't a standing water or water issue
- Lots of water in the area use 3/4" stone (helps with drainage)
- Crusher run compacts almost as a asphalt
Tips for before placement
- Where will you be placing it?
- The gravel area should be 2' wider all the way around the shed.
- Measure where the center of the shed would be, mark with marking paint where the end of the shed would. From the end of the shed mark another 2' out.
- Using pressure treated wood works best around the area to keep the gravel in and to make sure your shed is level.
- Get a string line, bubble level and stakes to mark how deep the stone will have to be to make the shed level.
- Place the timbers and fill the shed area with the stone you ordered.
Did you know that gravel base is just a plain granite stone?
- Think about the 2' around the shed being a decorative gravel
- Would you rather place plantings around the shed? (Get Topsoil)
- The base stone doesn't need to be seen on the finished product.
- Delaware Hardscape offers delivery from a truck that can do 2 materials at the same time with out them mixing and maxing out at 8 tons.
10 x 12 Shed
- Lets say you need 2" - 6" of stone on a 12 x 14 area
- You would need 2.75 tons of stone
- 10 x 12 area 2 tons at 4" average, 1 ton for outside decorative area.
