Of a younger home to model and older one.
2x4 vs 2x6 for floor of storage shed.
The answer is that it depends on several factors.
The amount of weight that will be on the floor is going to be a big factor when determining your joist size and joist spacing.
2x6 construction may allow for the character.
I have a 24 20 shed garage floor built with 2 6 s at 16 inch o c.
I received my lumber package yesterday and noticed the 2x6x16 are missing to frame the floor band joist.
I called the lumber yard and they told me it is common to frame the floor with 2x4 s and use the 2x6 as the floor joist.
Skid or concrete blocks 4 2x4 floor 3 5 advantech subfloor 75 8 25 before i even erect walls.
I would like to build more of a shop than a shed.
I have never heard of this and it sounds weird to me.
I could live with that if need be.
How far apart should floor joist be for a shed.
Spacing your 2 4 shed rafters at 24 on center limits the width of your roof.
If you had a 12 12 shed with a gable roof that would mean 26 rafters which is a lot.
Have fun with your building.
So how far apart should floor joist be for a shed.
There was a little bit of spring in the floor when i first laid down the plywood but this was quickly fixed by nailing some 2x4 blocking between the 2x6 s at about the 4 mark.
Moving to 16 on center you could span your spf 2x4s up to 6 for heavy loads and 9 for light loads which would still work with a 12 12 gable shed.
But my longest free wood is 12 ft.