Making A Wooden Floor For A Shed

Wood is tough but is also susceptible to a variety of issues that can compromise its durability including water damage rot and wood eating bugs.

Making a wooden floor for a shed.

A shed is a necessity for any backyard where you want to maximize your storage. The easiest floor to make for your metal shed or plastic shed is a wood floor. Most wood floors are built to these specifications. So i decided to install wood.

Wood floor coverings such as osb and plywood may be the most common type of shed flooring. We use simple construction methods to make the building process as easy as possible. The patio cost with everything is a little over double the cost of a wood floor. After researching the cost to install a patio versus build a floor out of wood the wood design came out cheaper.

The simplest foundation is pressure treated 4 4 skids sitting on concrete blocks. I should have read it before my construction it might have prevented my problem. 8 wide sheds 2 4 joists 16 inch on center 2 skids 4 4 at 5 ft on center. The following instructions refer to different terms like band boards rim joists floor joists and skids.

However if you want to build an even stronger floor either use larger joists or more of them closer on center and or more skids. This timber sub floor was built to lift the bearers off the ground and create a level surface on which to build the shed shed floor deck. The deck is the flat surface that forms the wooden shed floor that you walk on. I did not have corner posts to set the floor joists on and now the shed has settled into the ground and the wooden floor in the left front corner has become wet rotted and broken through to the ground.

If you are unsure of what those terms are please have a look a my shed floors page. Your build a shed narrative was very informative. Your storage shed plans should specify the floor joist size and spacing. We ll show you how to build this shed and provide you with the plans and materials list you need to get started.

Modular construction and inexpensive materials make this shed easy to build and easy to afford. Don t be intimidated by the size of this project. There is more than one way to build a shed floor and this is how i build my wooden shed floors. Regardless of whether you are building it yourself or having a pre built shed delivered you will need to build a solid shed floor where your shed will ultimately stand.

Building a shed frame the floor.