How to get storage shed off the ground?

Question

I live in a mobile home park. Every house has a storage shed that was built sitting directly on the dirt when the home was installed. The shed is about 8x10, made of wood whatever that siding is that they put on new mobile homes. Since it is sitting on the dirt, it seems to me that it will begin to decay and also will get termites (in fact, it has them already). I wish it could have been built on a concrete slab, but the park does not allow that. So I was thinking it would be good to raise it up on bricks around the exterior wall, at least, so it is not sitting on the dirt.

But how to go about that? The thing ways a near infinite amount, as far as I can tell (though it has no foundation below the dirt), and there is no way to slide something like a jack under one side unless I dug a hole under the side. So how to raise it? Or is it a bad idea?

And is there something I can put for termites in the boards touching the dirt short of having it tented? The floor is plywood.

Answer 1

this is very hard to do without the floor area collapsing downwards even if you empty out the shed before you start, the easiest way I have found is to disassemble the shed piece by piece very carefully , set your blocks that will support the whole thing evenly and reassemble. if you break or the wood is to far gone with rot buy new to replace it, the people who put this building up to start with took the cheapest way put and now you have to deal with it. good luck.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

You can use acq lumber this replaced cca treated lumber be sure to get the lumber thats graded for ground contact.Y can go to a rental store and rent a couple house jacks then while its in the air build a frame florr around the jacks.or tear it down and rebuild it on a acq platform..

Answer 5

Try to use a fulcrum and level. Two of each one side at a time should get you high enough to put two inch patio blocks under sill.