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makoman

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Built this 12X12 shed with loft in PA a few years back for my ford 2000. The last 2 winters I noticed one corner slightly lifted off pier. No dug footings, just sitting on block and stones. Do you think gutters would help? Anything I can do? It is on a slight slope. Problem is, doors will not open in winter.

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As David says, gutters are good, but I can't see where anything other than some foundation work will do the trick. Whether it be posts, a pile of gravel, or concrete, you need something stable underneath. The good part is, your building is small enough to move onto a foundation.
 
Gutters wont help, you got footing problems. If you have space on your footing blocks, its telling you they are settling funny or heaving funny. Maybe you got a big rock below grade pushing up in the cold, causing a space to show up on another corner. Or vice versa, in the cold something is causing one corner to push up more than the others.

Level the building now and in winter. Make notes. Compair the notes after a year. You will see how the shed moves different and should see what corners are doing things different. Fix that corner.

You could just jack up the bad corner in winter when its causing a problem but I bet that will cause a problem in the summer, maybe switching the season that you cant open the door to the opposite season.
 
I helped build this back in the 1970's. I put insulated left over vinyl siding on it in 2011 with my wife's help. It's also on a concrete slab. Hal
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Dig a hole under where each stone/block is and fill them with clean gravel, no fines. The gravel won't heave like dirt does.
 
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