Installation Guide
• Pre-fabrication – For new building purchases, we will
begin pre-fabricating your building several days in
advance of the installation. For many installs, we begin
pre-fabrication 5 business days before installation. Our
outbound locations may begin manufacturing 10-12
business days before installation. At this time, we will
begin placing the rough openings for items like doors,
windows and vents.
• Restocking/Rescheduling Fee – If changes or
cancellation occurs within pre-fabrication period, a
restocking/rescheduling or cancellation fee may apply. At
this point, building materials have already been ordered,
inventoried and have potentially been pre-fabricated,
specic to your design.
4 LEVELING YOUR SHED
Check out our video at tushed.com/leveling
It’s important that buildings are constructed on a level
site. Providing a clean and level site is the customer’s
responsibility. However, for a reasonable fee, TUFF SHED can
help create a level building foundation by adding concrete
blocks and wood shims beneath the structure.
TUFF SHED does NOT dig into the ground to level
a building.
If a small amount of leveling is necessary (up to 4”), it will be
provided by TUFF SHED at no charge. If more substantial
leveling is required, the customer must choose between
paying TUFF SHED an additional fee for leveling using
the concrete block and wood shim method, or having the
ground leveled by someone other than TUFF SHED.
TUFF SHED charges for leveling vary by severity of site
condition and building size. See Figure 1.
Blocking up or “shimming” a building is not always the best
solution from an appearance standpoint. Please consider
the appearance and your long term satisfaction in the
building when making the leveling decision. See gure 2.
Buildings used as displays will be leveled by placing
concrete blocks and wooden shims under the
perimeter oor joists only. Display buildings may also
include wood skids under the oor joists, which will
not be removed or leveled upon delivery. See gure 3.
5 HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOUR SITE IS LEVEL
To accomplish this, you will need wood stakes and a string
bubble level and long piece of nylon string, OR a carpenter’s
level and a long, straight 2x4. The string or 2x4 must be
longer than the distance from the high point corner to the
other three corners.
Determine where the building will be placed, then drive a
stake into each of the four corners and determine which of
the corners appear to be the highest and the lowest points.
At the high point stake place the string or 2x4 (short-edge
down) on the ground and fasten it (i.e. tie or clamp) to the
high point stake.
Then position the opposite end of the string or 2x4 at the
low point stake. Using the string or 2x4 and the level, raise
or lower the string or 2x4 at the low point stake until the
level bubble oats exactly centered between the two vertical
lines in the center glass vile. Now measure the distance from
the ground to the bottom edge of the string or 2x4. This is
the distance this rst dimension is out of level. Repeat this
Figure 2 - Close-up of leveling with blocks & shims
Figure 1 - Leveling Fees
Inches
Out of
Level
up to 200 s.f.
>200 s.f.
5” - 8” Out
$
150
Bid Only
9” - 12” Out
$
200 Bid Only
>12” Out Bid Only Bid Only
Sheds that have been leveled using concrete blocks and wood shims
on a variety of surfaces and in a range of leveling severity.
Figure 3 - Display building with wood skids beneath the oor joists