[Tim Rose]

what a thread

My option would be just take the floor out and lay on slabs, any condensation on the tank will drain away under the slabs, afterall your not going to live it, its only for a IBC

Exactly what I think.  You basically just want to build four walls and a roof around the thing.  Fortget the floor!

[Wayne Thomas]

like I said earlier, am sure you will be ok just support the area underneath where the tank will sit?

Sit your shed on top of breeze blocks with sheets of polystyrene laid on top of breeze blocks to prevent damp rising up through to the floor of shed.

[matt]

like I said earlier, am sure you will be ok just support the area underneath where the tank will sit?

Sit your shed on top of breeze blocks with sheets of polystyrene laid on top of breeze blocks to prevent damp rising up through to the floor of shed.

but then condensation will run down the sides of the IBC and lay ontop of the polystyrene and that will cause more damp problems

[Wayne Thomas]

Leave it (IBC) outside and just put a tarpaulin sheet over it. That's all I do.

[Tim Rose]

Thats what I said

[Ian Lancaster]

Build your own shed - I did.  I laid paving slabs on levelled sand then made the floor from 3x2 bearers at 2' centres with 3/4" plywood screwed to them.  I have two 1000lt IBC's linked together and set on stands that I made from 6x6 upright timbers connected by 4x2 crossmembers at the base and top.  I don't have any worries about whether the floor will take the weight

[Tim Rose]

what about 'Super-Gravity'?  Take this seriously and you will keep both your karma AND your tank on/in terra firma.

[Nathanael Jones]

what a thread

My option would be just take the floor out and lay on slabs, any condensation on the tank will drain away under the slabs, afterall your not going to live it, its only for a IBC

LOL,.. someone talking sense at last!!!

If you want to go mad, lay a concrete slab,.. 4" thick is plenty if you use readymix, 6" thick if you are foolish enough to try and mix that much yourself. Make the slab slightly raised in the centre, so spills will drain off round the edges, and make the slab slightly smaller than the shed, so the walls sit down over the slab, keeping it completely hidden and out of the weather.
Making a shed would prob be a good idea too,.. those heaps of firewood you get from B&Q are a pain to put together and are way too flimsy IMO. It'll prob cost you a little more to build your own, but it'd be worth it. Slap a waterproof membrane inside the walls,.. some polystyrene insulation,.. wire a few sockets in, a light and maybe a bit of heating,... and make sure its big enough for the bar and snooker table as well as your IBC!! 

[AuRavelling79]

How I did mine. (5 years ago)

Old patio slabs on a sand base with dabs of mortar on the bottom of each slab.

Base joists of shed - I use roofing bitumen to paint them and then nailed damp proof course to the under side.

Painted extra preservative on floor and screwed to joists. Built shed.

Inside is an office/camping gear/model railway room and for years my PC was out there - so I lined the walls/roof with polystyrene and nailed ply to the side/roof joists.

The roof is painted all over with bitumen roofseal and then covered in roofing felt with all the joints bitumen painted. It has gutters etc too.

It's carpeted, painted and lit and has a portable airconditioner in the summer and a fan heater in winter.

Snug! No leaks yet.

[Nathanael Jones]

How I did mine. (5 years ago)

Old patio slabs on a sand base with dabs of mortar on the bottom of each slab.

Base joists of shed - I use roofing bitumen to paint them and then nailed damp proof course to the under side.

Painted extra preservative on floor and screwed to joists. Built shed.

Inside is an office/camping gear/model railway room and for years my PC was out there - so I lined the walls/roof with polystyrene and nailed ply to the side/roof joists.

The roof is painted all over with bitumen roofseal and then covered in roofing felt with all the joints bitumen painted. It has gutters etc too.

It's carpeted, painted and lit and has a portable airconditioner in the summer and a fan heater in winter.

Snug! No leaks yet.

Sounds like a decent setup,.. you should post some pics!

[Pj]

Payload of shed?

I'd rather have a shedload of pay!

Well someone had to say it.