A patio style floor will also allow the best drainage for the shed out of all the options.
Wood or concrete floor for shed.
When you have to work in this type of environment chances are good you won t spend much time in your shed.
Not being portable is important for 2 reasons.
The most durable of shed floors concrete floor will hold up against just about anything you throw at it.
A pressure treated wood floor is recommended if the other flooring options can t be accomplished.
I like to have at least 6 inches of air space between.
In all a concrete or cement shed floor works for some situations but for the majority of cases they tend to be far too expensive and too much hassle.
Depending on if you do it yourself or hire someone.
With concrete you don t need to worry about water damage wood eating bugs or rot.
You use treated lumber floor joists that are raised up off the soil.
A concrete slab could easily cost 3 to 10 times the amount of a wood floor.
A waterproof wood floor system for a shed starts with a floor framing system just like an outdoor deck.
Most popular storage shed floor options concrete slab.
Your shed is no longer portable.
A wood floor can be built by one person because the framing members are a decent weight to handle singularly.
The same can be said of a wood floor with a crawl space underneath it.
A concrete shed floor is very difficult to add on to and requires extensive planning and cost to accomplish it and typically the addition doesn t tend to stay level with the original floor.
And permanent structures are often treated differently by the law.