Thursday, April 21, 2011

How to build your outdoor shed's floor




Before starting building the floor, it’s advised to build a foundation. The floor frame will be placed upon it.
Using treated wood is very important, as it will be permanently in contact with soil moisture. Besides, if it is your intention to store tools or machines they will probably be constantly wet and by this way your shed floor will not last for long. 

The following scheme is an example of a possible floor structure:

Shed floor frame


As you can see the structure is very simple. It’s composed by two main boards, two edge boards, the middle boards and finally plywood or other type of coating. 

Steps

In first place it’s necessary to cut all the elements with the proper length. It’s very important to guarantee that the elements that should have the same length do have it in fact. Because in other way after assembling everything you’ll get a crooked frame. 

Then, mark in the main boards the place where all the other boards will be nailed in. Ensure you put them equally spaced in order to distribute the weight correctly. Another important point is not to leave too much space between boards because that will weaken the plywood support.

Dispose the elements on the ground and verify if everything is as it should be. If so, assemble the structure using nails or screws with appropriate length.  

After that is time to place the floor frame upon the shed’s foundations. Ensure the foundations offer a solid, balanced support to the floor. Remember it will support the whole shed weight, so if there is something not correct with it you’re still on time to change it.

Fix the frame to the foundations. This will depend on the type of foundation chosen – there are many different techniques. 

To finish the floor, cover the frame with plywood, or another material you think appropriate.

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