Material for shed floor

[Eric]

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.

[Charlie Self]

Eric asks:

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

Charlie Self

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[Andy Dingley]

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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[Bay Area Dave]

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

dave

Eric wrote:

[2manytoyz]

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