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bluebird34 | 23:15 Tue 12th May 2009 | Home & Garden
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I have a shed overgrown with climbing plants outside and inside, so i never go in it, (spiders etc). The concrete base that it stands on looks quite pebbly not smooth like normal concrete, and I have noticed this year that all along this base holes are appearing a bit like mouse holes. I pushed a large pebble in one of these holes and it looks as if it has been pushed aside. Is this likely to be some sort of animal or a crumbling of the base itself, it is quite a worry. Janet
PS this shed was in the garden when we bought the bungalow and has not been entered for at least 10 years!!
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There may be a skeleton in there,.........BOO!!!!

You sure it's concrete?! Sounds like could be a compacted dry/weak mix or compacted MOT or Ballast. Sheds don't need much to keep them up tho. You could restore the base in a few mixes by replacing a side at a time, a few inches deep with a new mix of ballast (from a bag) and a bit of cement. 5 or 6 to 1 (ballast to cement) is ample for that job.
snakes burrow.....keep out & leave to funnel webs

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Is there any reason why you can't get the shed demolished and taken away? The base may be asbestos. You don't say where you live but it sounds as if mice/rats may have taken up residence. (Can't blame them if you don't use it, lol.)
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Ha ha actually mad maggot you have said what I was afraid of. . The trouble is there is a beautiful clematis which has obviously been there for years its stems are almost like tree trunks, and its lovely. The shed itself also looks in good condition, but I think proabably you are right. Who would I go to if I decide to have it demolished - a gardener, a builder or a rat catcher!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Janet

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