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| Forum topic by Manitario | posted 06-03-2011 04:33 AM | 1115 views | 0 times favorited | 1 reply |  |
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06-03-2011 04:33 AM |
My wife and I have purchased a new house with a marginally larger garage than what I have now (currently 13×23, moving to 17×30). Thankfully she doesn’t want to do anything silly like park a car in the garage, and has given it over to be my workshop. My current garage has a pressure treated plywood floor, with no underlying concrete pad. I love having the wood to walk on, and it has mostly worn well, although there is some flex where the TS is. My question: the new garage has a concrete floor, which I’d like to build a sub floor on with a 2×4 base on 16” centres; should I use 3/4 ply for the floor or could I get away with using 3/4 OSB…As well, would insulating the floor with rigid foam board make much of a difference in an otherwise heated garage, and if I did use the foam board, could I get away with 24” centres as the rigid foam board is not really compressible? If money was no object, I’d use 12” centres and foam board and 3/4 pressure treated ply with a smooth 1/4 ply overlay…but like a lot of things, money is limited… -- Sometimes the creative process requires foul language. -- Charles Neil |
