Submitted by EnuqieuEsur t3_y2y1iy in DIY
--Ty-- t1_is64ej1 wrote
Reply to comment by Emergency-Wave-5335 in 10x20 Shed base materials. by EnuqieuEsur
Honestly, u/Emergency-Wave-5335 is right. Maybe not move addresses, but definitely move the shed. If you have a region that regularly collects standing water, then you simply can not place a shed there without doing massive soilwork to remediate the drainage.
You'd have to excavate down like 3 feet and replace all that soil with sand and other free-draining soils. Either that or re-grade the entire property to divert water from it.
You may be able to get away with building your structure like a dock, though. Florida's marshlands are used to that in home construction. Set posts 3' into the ground, and basically build a deck that supports your shed. That would certainly be easier than all the earthwork. However, the posts will rot out fairly quickly in those conditions, much like how the docks do.
duckdoger t1_is6wl1g wrote
You could take this a step further and use sonotubes and make concrete pillars/footings that are 4ft in the ground.
frzn_dad t1_is8ol15 wrote
Drainage doesn't help unless there is somewhere to drain the water to. When your whole neighborhood is underwater your choices are move or lift your house above the high water level.
--Ty-- t1_is8ot4r wrote
Yeah. I'm assuming based on OP's comment that it's just a portion of their yard that gets flooded, and not the whole thing. Remediating the soil will help, but if there's even more water to deal with, then yeah, it's just a losing battle.
jesseaknight t1_is881ow wrote
Good news: if he lives in Florida, most of the soil is already sand
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