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Hot take: A level floor matters more than a square roof on a small shed build
I was about to start my roof sheathing last Saturday when my neighbor Bill walked over and said 'don't bother squaring that up until your floor is dead level.' I had been fighting with a 1.5 inch slope on my 8x10 shed slab for two days trying to shim everything. He told me to just pour a thin self leveling patch first and let it cure overnight. Sure enough after that the walls went up straight and the roof came together in about 3 hours with zero gaps. Has anyone else found that fixing the base first saved them tons of headache later on a DIY project?
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sean_perry4mo ago
My first shed had a 2 inch low corner I tried to fix with shims, ended up with a roof that looked like a funhouse mirror. Leveling the slab first would have saved me three weekends of cursing and a trip to the chiropractor. Did you have to redo any framing after realizing how much the floor mattered?
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martinez.karen4mo ago
Started leveling the ground way better the second time around, literally just spent a whole afternoon with a long level and a gravel rake before I even poured the slab. Made a world of difference, no weird roof lines or crooked walls.
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