Shed Slabs in Rockhampton

The shed decides the slab

Around Rockhampton, the shed slab is often the biggest concrete job on the block. Caravans, boats, tractors, a second car and a workshop all end up under a steel roof, and the slab under them needs to match. Every shed kit comes with engineering for the site: the footing sizes, the slab thickness, the bolt positions and the wind rating. Build the slab to that plan. A slab poured to “about the right size” and drilled for bolts afterwards is how frames end up out of square.

So the first step is the shed supplier, not the concreter. Get the footing plan and the slab drawing from them, and hand it over with the request for a quote.

Approval first

In Queensland a little garden shed can often go up without building approval, while bigger sheds, garages and carports generally need it. If yours does, the footings may be inspected before the pour. Ask the shed company or a certifier which category yours falls in.

What a good shed slab includes

• Footings or thickened edges where the portal frame stands, sized to the engineering.
• Mesh held up on bar chairs inside the slab, not lying on the ground.
• Hold-down bolts or cast-in plates set out from the drawing.
• A floor sitting a touch above the surrounding dirt, falling gently towards the door.
• Conduit for power and water placed before the pour, because nobody wants to cut a new slab.

Big blocks, big trucks

Out at Gracemere and on the larger blocks around town, a concrete truck may have a long way to travel from the gate. Wet ground after a storm can stop a truck dead, and a pump adds cost but saves a bogged truck and a ruined lawn. Agree on the access before the pour date. There is more in what a shed slab quote should cover.

Getting it quoted

Pass on the shed dimensions, the supplier’s footing drawing and a snap of where it is going. Ring 0489 908 651 or use the form, and a licensed Rocky concreter rings you back to book a measure-up. For the drive in, see concrete driveways.