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I’m thinking of building a w/s in the yard about 16×20. I am thinking of floating 2×8 floor joists on 8″deck blocks every 4ft, boarded in with treated ply on the btm. filled with insulation and topped with 3/4 t&g ply. What do you all think?
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Sounds plenty sturdy at 4' oc. Just keep water and wind out and you should be fine.
I am thinking of floating 2x8 floor joists on 8"deck blocks every 4ft, boarded in with treated ply on the btm. filled with insulation and topped with 3/4 t&g ply. What do you all think?
Not sure what "floating" means in this application, what "deck blocks" are exactly, and what is happening "every 4ft". But 4' o.c. doesn't sound right to me, and 3/4 t&g seems pretty lightweight for a shop floor, if you're planning on putting some stationary power tools in there. Any reason you couldn't just pour a slab? How about posting a sketch or a scanned image of your blueprints?
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Sorry, I mean that the base will be free to move about with the frost. I live in Nova Scotia so the ground does freeze some what. i was trying to avoid dogging for a frost wall or sono tubes (it's impossible to get machinery in the yard.
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Raise it up higher for storage underneath.
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Makes it easier to root out the critters too.
Are you saying that you want to build a 16x20 enclosed structure in your backyard and not anchor it to anything? It will basically just be placed on some blocks?
yep.
be a realist. IT'S A SHED, MAN!!!
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Man. I even anchored my kids club house. It sits on four posts sunk to the frost line. I'd just be afraid of some big wind coming along and...............
I remember when I used to drive truck. I pulled into the yard to pick up a load one morning and the previous nights wind blew a 48' trailer onto its side.
well yeah, it could happen but sometimes economics of time and money win out.
Millions of sheds have been built without anchors but nothing wrong with anchoring. Smaller structures can handle winds easier than some big wall somewhere.
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Edited 5/15/2006 11:23 pm ET by rez
I prefer to stay away from the slab solution, especially if it won't be a heated / cooled place. In my area, I have a workshop attached to the garage. The workshop has a wood floor above a crawl space and the garage of course has a slab. Neither is heated.
When temperatures change dramatically and the air is much warmer than the slab, condensation forms and the garage is very damp. The workshop with its insulated wood floor over the crawl space doesn't have this problem.
Slabs conduct moisture unless you install 6 ml poly below. Even then, they can wick moisture from the sides. Since I don't live in tornado ally, I don't tie down sheds either. They are also filled very quickly with a bunch of heavy stuff. :-)I pour a slab, but set 4x4 sleepers on it, tied with 2x4 blocks on flat. This allows for airflow under and between. Then I put 6 ml poly on the framing and cover with the 3/4 plywood deck. Then frame my walls up from there. Makes for a very dry shed. I felt all the studs (2x4 on center) and then put on the T-111 sided or equivelent. If I want to get fancy, I put a shed roof on with a drop ceiling and insulate to R-40 and then insulate the walls and drywall the interior. Very cool building in the summer and not too cold in the winter. Easy to clean out the spider webs and dust. I paint the floor too to make clean up easier.