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[Eagle_Eye]

All is good with my sis...not a bit of damage...the same for your son?

Yes check the video I posted in the horror of Dorian thread.

 

[TOP]

Yes check the video I posted in the horror of Dorian thread.

Will do

 

[Mason Melchizedek]

Good morning

 

[TOP]

Good morning

 

[countryboy]

That's a good recommendation then. Our gales are summer breezes compared to one of your 'canes. lol

The cheap little ground anchors that come with some of the prefabricated sheds kind of suck. You better off getting some of these auger type ground anchors, they are much easier to get in the ground especially if you have rocky soil.
https://www.amazon.com/Orange-Screw-Ultimate-Ground-Anchor/dp/B01D3UIA5A

 

[Mason Melchizedek]

Good morning

 

[Eagle_Eye]

The cheap little ground anchors that come with some of the prefabricated sheds kind of suck. You better off getting some of these auger type ground anchors, they are much easier to get in the ground especially if you have rocky soil.
https://www.amazon.com/Orange-Screw-Ultimate-Ground-Anchor/dp/B01D3UIA5A

The anchors on my shed are the auger type about two feet long steel. The Amazon ones are very light duty mainly for temp recreational use.


This is what I use.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

Good morning people.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

The cheap little ground anchors that come with some of the prefabricated sheds kind of suck. You better off getting some of these auger type ground anchors, they are much easier to get in the ground especially if you have rocky soil.
https://www.amazon.com/Orange-Screw-Ultimate-Ground-Anchor/dp/B01D3UIA5A

The soil is the problem -- it is mostly sand. We would have to first pour a concrete pad and then anchor the outbuilding to that.

 

[countryboy]

The anchors on my shed are the auger type about two feet long steel. The Amazon ones are very light duty mainly for temp recreational use.


This is what I use.

View attachment 11537

Yep, that's the type that are extremely difficult to get into the ground if you have rocky soil.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

The soil is the problem -- it is mostly sand. We would have to first pour a concrete pad and then anchor the outbuilding to that.

Not if you use the same type and size anchors I use. These anchors are designed to anchor mobile homes.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

Yep, that's the type that are extremely difficult to get into the ground if you have rocky soil.

But they hold best in sandy non rocky type soil.

 

[countryboy]

The soil is the problem -- it is mostly sand. We would have to first pour a concrete pad and then anchor the outbuilding to that.

That's a good solution, albeit more expensive. If you can form it and finish it yourself, the biggest expense is the concrete itself.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Thanks for the tips, guys.

 

[countryboy]

But they hold best in sandy non rocky type soil.

Yes. And you're right, the auger I linked to isn't the heavy duty variety, I didn't really read it before linking. They make bigger ones for anchoring buildings.

 

[Bill]

The anchors on my shed are the auger type about two feet long steel. The Amazon ones are very light duty mainly for temp recreational use.


This is what I use.

View attachment 11537

Hurricane proof?? lol

I had a shed w/ doors like that but the wind picked up the entire shed & wedged it against the roof of the house & 7thft fence. Bottom of it about 7ft feet up..

It would have blown a few houses over if it didn't get stuck up there....

 

[Bill]

build the shed:

 

[Eagle_Eye]

Hurricane proof?? lol

I had a shed w/ doors like that but the wind picked up the entire shed & wedged it against the roof of the house & 7thft fence. Bottom of it about 7ft feet up..

It would have blown a few houses over if it didn't get stuck up there....

What type of shed aluminium or steel garden shed? My shed is 2X4 studs on 24 inch centers. 3/4 inch plywood flooring, 12ft X 24ft. It withstood a CAT 5 storm without moving.

 

[Bill]

What type of shed aluminium or steel garden shed? My shed is 2X4 studs on 24 inch centers. 3/4 inch plywood flooring, 12ft X 24ft. It withstood a CAT 5 storm without moving.

It was a cheap prefab metal & not anchored to any floor. (I think 8 X 12)....... (I did after that) as we never had winds like that & they were funneling between the houses......

 

[TOP]

Good morning