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Wooden Shed Floor - Insulation/Ply lining

  • 31-01-2018 3:24pm
    #1
    The_Pete_Fella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭


    I have recently bought a Wooden framed shed with steel sheeting. I am looking to ply line the inside including the floor.

    The floor is currently 4 inch tongue and grooved. Instead of just laying the ply straight over the current wooden floor I am contemplating laying some underlay to 1. deaden the echo noise and 2. offer some insulation but for every idea I come up with I always come up with a negative.

    What i am thinking of doing is laying polyolefin foam underlay on top of the current floor. then the ply wood on top of that, followed by a rubber or carpet tiled floor.

    My main fear is, with the polyolefin foam underlay will this trap moisture on the original floor and cause it to rot?

    any thoughts or help greatly appreciated.


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  • #2
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Paint/seal the floor before you lay the insulation and if you really must bond the insulation to the floor so there can be no gap for moisture but I think your over thinking this :)

    You could even use a waterproof roof bitumen on the floor which would double up as a sealer/glue.


  • #3
    The_Pete_Fella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭The_Pete_Fella


    my3cents wrote: »
    Paint/seal the floor before you lay the insulation and if you really must bond the insulation to the floor so there can be no gap for moisture but I think your over thinking this :)

    You could even use a waterproof roof bitumen on the floor which would double up as a sealer/glue.

    You wouldn't be the first person to accuse me of overthinking a situation so you are probably right.

    I reckon I will just do as you said above. glue the underlay down and forget about it.

    Thanks for the feedback.


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