$110 to $150 per m², supplied and laid. Prices may vary with site conditions and variations.
The blocks of the outer east were sized in an era when a back shed was assumed, and most of them still have one, or are about to get a better one. A shed is only as good as the slab under it: poured level, sized to the load, and high enough out of the ground that water runs away from the door instead of under it.
Specified by the load
A garden shed holding the mower and the bikes needs 100mm of concrete on SL72 mesh. A garage, carport or workshop, where a car or a lathe will sit, needs 125mm on SL82. The difference costs little on the day and everything a decade later, which is why the thickness and mesh are written into the quote against the published specification rather than left to whoever turns up.
Set out for the shed, not the other way round
The slab is set out to the shed maker’s base dimensions, checked square on the diagonals, with hold-down positions considered before the pour. On Croydon’s sloped blocks the slab is benched into the fall and the uphill edge drained so the shed stays dry through winter.
What it costs
Shed and garage slabs run $110 to $150 per square metre supplied and laid. Breaking out an old slab first adds $35 per square metre through the removal and replacement service. Prices may vary with site conditions and variations; the written quote after a site measure is fixed. The cost guide sets out the drivers, and a path to the shed poured on the same day shares the day’s set-up cost.
Where we pour shed and garage slabs
Croydon, Croydon Hills, Croydon North, Croydon South, Heathmont, Ringwood and nowhere else: one council, known inside out.