Hill View Mini Barns can prepare your gravel base for you
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Please follow these recommended specifications:

1. A bed of 4" or more 3/4" crushed stone, or other porous gravel is required for all sheds over 8' wide.
2. Gravel base is to be 2 feet larger than the shed size. Example: 10x12 shed requires 12x14 base. (see diagram below)
3. Sheds 8' wide or less can be set on blocks (provided by customer) but a gravel base is preferred.
4. Using a straight edge or line level, make sure the gravel base is flat, not racked or twisted.
5. If you're doing a base for a camp with plumbing, you must have a manhole built into the base where you can do the plumbing hook-up.

Most of the storage sheds and barns come to your site pre-built and ready-to-use. On some of the larger barns and camps, there is on-site work that needs to be done. Most of the buildings are placed directly on a gravel base or slab. We recommend that small storage buildings(8'x8' to 8'x16') go on an extra set of sleepers rather than a gravel pad.

We deliver the buildings with a specially built trailer. The bed of the trailer tilts and has various adjustments so that the building can be placed precisely where you want it. After backing up to the gravel base or slab, the trailer is tilted until the back of the shed touches the ground. The driver then carefully drives the trailer out from under the shed.

There needs to be sufficient space to drive in to where the building is placed. Please have at least two feet more than the building width and 14' in height cleared for a straight delivery- more if we need to take corners!

Please feel free to contact us if you have special requirements, and we'll be glad to answer your questions.