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06/10/2003 11:47 PM

Material for shed floor

Hi,

I read that many people use plywood for shed floor. I', just wondering
could i use particle boards for flooring? This will be put on top of
the CDX plywood bottom.

Eric.


This topic has 4 replies

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[email protected] (Charlie Self)

in reply to [email protected] (Eric) on 06/10/2003 11:47 PM

07/10/2003 7:41 AM

Eric asks:

>I read that many people use plywood for shed floor. I', just wondering
>could i use particle boards for flooring? This will be put on top of
>the CDX plywood bottom.
>

You CAN use anything you want. Particleboad, though, is generally too soft for
a finish floor.

Charlie Self

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ms

"2manytoyz"

in reply to [email protected] (Eric) on 06/10/2003 11:47 PM

08/10/2003 3:26 AM

I consider FL a fairly extreme environment. Heat, humidity, rain, and lots
of termites. My shed came with a pressure treated 1x6 T&G flooring. It's
now 11 or 12 years old and still looks great. When/if it ever fails, I'll
likely use the same material again. I've used plywood in previous sheds
(not PT), and I'd only get a few years before the moisture and bugs would
tear it up.

Robert

"Eric" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I read that many people use plywood for shed floor. I', just wondering
> could i use particle boards for flooring? This will be put on top of
> the CDX plywood bottom.
>
> Eric.
>

BA

Bay Area Dave

in reply to [email protected] (Eric) on 06/10/2003 11:47 PM

07/10/2003 3:16 PM

don't use particle board. use ply or Sturdifloor (thick ply).

dave

Eric wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I read that many people use plywood for shed floor. I', just wondering
> could i use particle boards for flooring? This will be put on top of
> the CDX plywood bottom.
>
> Eric.

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Andy Dingley

in reply to [email protected] (Eric) on 06/10/2003 11:47 PM

07/10/2003 11:23 AM

On 6 Oct 2003 23:47:24 -0700, [email protected] (Eric) wrote:

>I read that many people use plywood for shed floor. I', just wondering
>could i use particle boards for flooring?

This is common in Europe. It's often done in loft / attic spaces,
where the boards come as 3 to a square metre (so you can pass them
through a small hatch) and have ready-machined interlocking edges.

However:

The chipboard (for normal use) is a heavier flooring grade. and the
standard stuff is only for attics, to stop you putting a foot through
the ceiling.

It doesn't last 5 minutes if there's the slightest bit of damp around.

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