Best Flooring For A Shed

[Ciatell44]

Hey everyone,

Got a relatively new shed that we are trying to redo a bit. Nor particularly large, but comfortable enough for two. Anyway, I wanted to ask how best to use flooring for the shed. The two options that I am currently torn between include tiles and lino, what do you recommend and what do you think has the best benefit/cost?

 

[ProDave]

If it's a "shed" then wooden planks is best.

If it's an "office / workroom / study / house extension" then the last thing you want to worry about is flooring. you should first be concerned with insulating it and lining it so it's usable for more than 3 months of the year.

 

[Blue Duck]

Wood.

why you would tile a shed is beyond me :C

 

[NozSpark]

IMHO it all depends on the use that you're going to be putting the shed to

You might want a shag pile, vinyl, tiles or wood

 

[OnOff]

Wooden shed I presume? Sitting on what? Concrete base? Concrete slab? Wooden sleepers?

Of course if you're Dexter then plastic sheeting might be the thing.............

I just got given an old shed. Cast a concrete base with a DPM in it. Built dwarf walls to make it higher. Painted the concrete base and up the dwarf walls with liquid DPM then laid 2 layers of waxed paper. Cut the original wooden floor to fit and foam filled from cans to insulate. It's toasty:

Would have been cheaper to buy a new shed plus I should have made it bigger!

 

[Sharpend]

But then it wouldn't involve your creative wizardry if it was new!

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

Astroturf....

Marble....

Shagpile....

Block paving..???

:coat

 

[roys]

The shed I am currently doing is, from the floor bearers which are attached to 100mm x 100mm postcreated posts to ground is:

Floor Bearers

Sarking Boards (100mm wide X 18mm thick, Scottish traditional roofing timber)

Breathable membrane

75mm X 50mm framing

Rockwool Insulation

T&G flooring

Lino

 

[pewter]

Tiles are hard waring ,easy to wash but will cost a lot to install.

Lino is cheap, easy to wash, easy to rip, cheap to buy and install.

is not doing wet stuff in there i would go wood.