While exterior grade plywood is treated.
Floor of shed rotting.
Avoid placing a shed on the bottom of a slope as water will run.
Step 1 clear your tools and equipment from the inside of the shed.
I don t know how old the shed is.
With the shed above the ground the rain will not sit against the outside walls which could cause possible rotting.
How to repair a shed with a rotting bottom.
After pulling away some of the rotted wood it looks to me as though the underlying support is still in tact.
Wood discoloration apparent disintegration of the material and softness to the touch.
Surprisingly the building has held up for at least 10 years.
Use treated wood lumber as it is more effective against rotting.
The property is around 20 years old so the shed will be less than that.
Look around the interior and exterior of the shed for signs of rot.
When i pulled up the carpet i found that the wooden floor had rotted away.
You ll have to probably slide a new 4 by 4 board under the existing floor beams on each side of the shed to lift it.
Plywood is the most common type of subfloor material used in homes around the world along with particleboard.
How to stop a plywood floor from rotting.
When rot happens you can replace the rotten portions and rebuild the shed to make it as good as new again.
Place the garden shed in a sunny location so that heat can dry up moisture after a rainfall.
I realised recently that part of my shed floor had sunk.