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Building a shed and returning to pour floor at a later date?

  • 01-12-2015 1:32pm
    #1
    older man than before
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi,

    I undertook a project of building a garden shed in my back yard back in August. I've been very slow to get to it due to different reasons. I have the foundations in and the rising walls. I'm under pressure now, to get this finished, or at the very least, get this tidied up before Christmas.

    I know that the floor is due to go in next, but I was thinking of leaving the floor out and continue with the build and come back to the floor in the new year when the whether picks up. I'm at floor height now with the walls so i was thinking of dressing a radon barrier out from the this level and continue to build.

    Then when i come back to it in the new year i can just overlap the radon barrier and stick it with that tape and then pour the concrete?

    What do you experiences people think?


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  • #2
    jack of all
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭jack of all


    I wouldn't like the idea myself, you're relying solelyon the tape to form the vapour proof seal, which means you'll need to ensure that the over-width dpc is clean and dry before joining it to the radon barrier/ dpm. Theres a lot of metres of tape sealant with potential to have poor bonding/ tape failure in spots, maybe? Then again it is a garden shed and not habitable I presume? How about going the conventional route, but put in a 4" sub floor as a temporary working surface for now- no need to worry about the finish, when you're covered in you can finish off the floor with a bonded screed or unbonded screed on insulation. Easier to get a good finish on the floor when you've a roof over your head and weather is not an issue. Adds to cost and labour though.....


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