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Shed flooring questions

rufushusky

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Hi, FNG question here. I have a small cheapo depot shed that was on our property when we bought the house. It has an OSB floor which is now starting to get skylights for the rodents thanks to a few years of water, snow and salt from my snowblower. In the short term I am going to just patch the OSB as needed, I have tons of it on hand from various projects. My question is in the spring when I can finally take sometime off and properly fix this thing, what is the best course of action? Replace with 3/4" pressure treated plywood or something else? Do I need to jack the framing up to replace the OSB under there or just cut out the "usable" floor space of the shed and replace that?

The shed is used for storage of basic homeowner lawn tools, my 2.5 year old's outdoor toys and most of my automotive tools (air compressor, impacts, etc).

TIA!
 
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Todd.Brock

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I would just cut out the rotten and replace. Not sure if it's worth lifting up the stud walls to replace - unless it's only screwed down - I have my shed on 4x4 skids on a gravel pad. That helps get air under the shed to dry it out. Is that possible for yours? I just used non PT 3/4 tongue and groove OSB. Held up fine for last 4 years. Is it an option to let the snow blower dry out before putting it away? Or a drop tray/stall mat type arrangement? I have an oil tray from autozone in the floor b/c my old motorcycle leaks oil like crazy
 
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