The shed base and the final stages.

The task of putting the cement and broken bricks together is finished. First notes: Remember that mortar is different for bricks, so I used four sand and one cement. It saved me a lot of money, as I was quoted £300 to remove the heavy brick and rubble waste, and £1,000 to build the base, which did not include sand and cement. Delivery: Make sure you know how much sand and cement you need, as delivery charges can be very high in England. Deliveries average from £25.00 upwards, so don't make the mistake of ordering too little, but if you have a car then there is no problem with deliveries.
I started at the back and worked forward. The rubble layer is free, so there are no foundations to dig out, if you want to remove the base at a later date; the work will be a lot easier. The front soil has been seeded with wild flowers and grass seed, which I will add a photo of at a later date, if they pop up that is, so fingers crossed. Next I will be choosing my shed, as I have not yet decided on plastic or wood. Please note: This is my first attempt ever of working with cement and rubble, brick etc. I have saved myself £1,300 pound, and my costs for the total project were under £70.00. I had to purchase a trowel, two buckets, cement, sand, and a small mixing tray. Two bags of cement and eight bags of sand, but I had two sand bags left, and half a cement bag left. The work is hard, so do not attempt  this if you are not prepared to sit in the burning sun four or five hours a day. Would this project pass? I expect not, it would probably pass at student level, which is what I would be classed as. I did not receive any help, so there is an immense sense of pride in completing this shed base. Tips: Ignore comments from passing builders, men in general can actually give wrong advice for a joke some times, so use the internet and look it up! Please ask any thing about this project.

This is the next stage to creating my shed base.

In  this video you can see the wood on the left has been treated for woodworm, as I don't want any  wood bugs spreading to my new shed. (I do plan to make a shed too, when the base is eventually accomplished.) The new fence posts have also been treated, to make them woodworm proof, and more water resistant, plus this adds to the life of the wood. To treat the wood can cost as little as £13.00 if you are willing to paint it on yourself with a brush, but buying spray canisters will add to the cost. The old fence, which kept blowing down in the strong Essex winter winds did have a lot of rotten pieces, so these were removed. I cannot mention how many people advised me to keep the old rotten fencing, and patch fix it, which could be either laziness, or ignorance, but on my own examination some parts just had to go! Makeshift? Yes please!
Some of the wood, I will keep, but first I had to remove all the nails, which is called cleaning. This is done because we do not want nails in the recycling wood bin do we? I then stacked the usable wood neatly, so I could see just how much could be recycled. I think I will choose a mesh fence, which lets light through, and also, is more resistant to the strong winds of Essex.

This is the second stage of "Creating my shed base."

 

 

So far, lots of people like to be critics ! But I grow with pride at the money so far saved! https://plus.google.com/107196125122936270273/posts/JByGvXBy8M9

Save yourself some money. Take your time. Have some fun.

This is how it all starts. A pile of rocks collected from your own garden, if your unlucky enough  to have some like me. I was offered the price of £190 for a mini skip, and labour would of worked out at £75.00 per day for one man to move to rocks from A to B. I am not massively fit, and I have a cancer operation in 2003. But I was still determined to save some money, and move the rocks by hand the 40ft distance. I chose the weekend because it was available  time wise.