Gardening & Landscaping

Where to put new shed with plumbing

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.08 PM

We are playing with the idea of having an external utility/laundry shed as a cost effective way of making space in our kitchen/diner rather than spending a fortune on extending our ground floor. The idea is to put up a large new shed (say 10x8 ft), have plumbing and electricity installed as well as insulation/ventilation and use some of it as storage for lawnmower/garden tools and the other half as a laundry room for washer/dryer. We have a large garden with a concrete base at the very back where a garage used to be (apparently the previous owners tore it down due to asbestos). The concrete base has some cracks with plant growth but is generally solid and flat. It's about 20 metres from our house. The base is about 10 inches lower than the rest of the garden and the plumbing that we would need to attach it to. 1) I know a concrete base would be ideal for the new shed however I'm not sure how this would work with the plumbing that would need to be installed. I read that ideally you'd install the plumbing as part of laying a new concrete base. Does anybody know whether we could put a timber decking base on top of the concrete and install the plumbing underneath? 2) If we laid timber decking onto the concrete base I worry about the area being lower than rest of garden and where rainwater would go? Would there be a way of raising the decking to ground level? 3) I'm conscious decking can be costly and is no longer as popular, are there any other ways we could beautify the ghastly old concrete? Or would breaking up and removing the base be best? If I did the latter I'd have the issue of having to pay for a new base for the shed...