Will soil up against a metal shed, make the shed rot ??

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It is an aluminium shed, which stands on slabs, but right up against the side of the shed is the lawn, which slopes upwards.

I have been shifting the soil today left over from when my dad moved it for the slabs, but I have packed it down right up to the side of the shed, and now my dad has said I have to move it else shed will rot.

It depends whether your soil has a high acicity content. You can get kits to check from the garden center.

Ahh right ok, thanks.

My dad is going to have a look at what I have done tommorow, so will see what he suggests and then get a kit.

The soil has a lot of clay in it if that makes a difference.

Can you put some sort of membrane between the edge of the lawn and the shed side? Any left over slabs or some plastic sheeting perhaps

Yeah i'm hoping that my dad will say for me to just move a tiny bit of the soil and then slot slabs in between the shed and the soil.

I cannot do anymore digging, I have blisters on blisters all over the palm of my hands.

Garden looks good though now all of the rubbish has gone. Can't believe I have nearly filled a builders size skip.

It did in my case!