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shed floor weight bearing levels?

How much weight can a 10mm chipboard shed floor take when raised on blocks/wood before snapping, and how long will it last in the British weather before it falls to bits?

Update:

ps - it is pressure treated plywood. Sorry - my mistake. It's that stuff with bits of wood about 4" in it.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    depending on the size of the floor, about 300 lbs, and last about 6 months and that being generous. better to use pressure treated plywood.

  • 5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    you got the plywood wrong as well ...no such thing as pressure treated plywood ...what you have got is stirling board ...it wont take much weight unless you put the bearers at 400mm(16") centres ...and the floor should be 18mm not 10 mm ...10 is not suitable for any floor .....if you are going to use the 10mm as a floor then it needs supporting every 300mm max

  • 5 years ago

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  • Dan B
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    We, in the US call it OSB - Oriented Strand Board. It's not so much as the OSB itself, but what you use as structural support underneath and the spacing. 3.7cm x 10cm won't support as much weight as a 3.7cm x 20cm floor joist. If you have it on 40.5cm spacing, you'll have better support than on 61 cm spacing. If you paint it, it will seal against moisture and last longer than bare wood. A lot of variables go into estimating the longevity of any wood. But even with 3.7cm x 10cm, you can support about 100kg/sq meter.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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