How Do You Frame A Shed Floor Over Concrete Piers?
There are several ways to build a new shed on your property. Building a platform floor on top of concrete piers is one of the fastest, easiest and least expensive options. It’s as easy as clearing an area, digging footings, adding crushed gravel before the piers, and then building the 10-by-12 foot floor platform on top of the concrete piers. Clear an area that will be just larger than the overall footprint of your new shed. Most areas are not going to be perfectly level but try to level the area. Lay out the locations for the concrete piers so there is one at each corner and one in the middle of each of two opposing sides of the shed. This shed will have six concrete pier blocks to support the floor platform. At each location, dig a hole a few inches larger in diameter than the base of the concrete pier block. Dig the holes at least 4 inches deep, deeper in areas where frost heaving in the winter is an issue. Add a few inches of crushed gravel to each of the six holes and then tamp th
