Building deer camp..need some advice

[zeke83]

A few of us are building a hunting camp, and we are not sure of what to use for the subfloor....plywood, osb, treated, non treated, ect

What ever we use will probably be the finished floor

Any suggestions?

[growalot]

Whats your foundation?....slab...raised block crawl space?...ect

[Culvercreek hunt club]

We set ours up on 2' high concrete piers so critters couldn't live under it. we use OSB tounge and groove sub flooring ot top ....1/2" CDX plywood underneath and 6" of unfaced insulation in th cavity. we have carpet in the bunk room and loft and will be carpeting the main area next summer. Cold feet are never a problem

[zeke83]

The foot print is 24x24. We have 4 main beams, bolted to burried telephone poles. The floor joist are 2x8's 16" OC. There is atleast a 2 foot gap between the beams and the ground.

[virgil]

I used exterior grade 3/4" tongue and groove plywood over PT 2x8 joists.

[growalot]

Sounds like type of set up Culvert has...but I thinka layer of tyvek would be good as a vapor barrier....our camp has a block foundation with windows 4 1/2 ft...with a drive type of vapor barrier then gravel over lay....the moisture over the years still rotted out the floor wood under one bedroom....so we had to replace...talking 35 years but still a pain to do

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Grow. I just looked back at some pics. We had 6 mil poly between the CDX and the floor joists

[growalot]

Figured you probably did and didn't mention it....

[G-Man]

i'd cover the gap between the floor and ground around the outside with a roll of 1/4 in welded mesh screen. damn porkies will eat their way in from the floor up. love the glue and salts in plywood. And then throw a bucket of ramik poision bars under building as well to kill mice and such that get under your fencing.

[nyantler]

I used 3/4" T&G OSB... I'm off the ground 3' so it's tough for the porks to get a good grip to eat at the floor.. be careful of the new plywoods.. the newer "green" type glues tend to delaminate over time... after 28 years of being a building I have found that OSB has proven itself to be far superior than most of the modern plywoods for longevity.

[ncountry]

I used 3/4" T&G OSB... I'm off the ground 3' so it's tough for the porks to get a good grip to eat at the floor.. be careful of the new plywoods.. the newer "green" type glues tend to delaminate over time... after 28 years of being a building I have found that OSB has proven itself to be far superior than most of the modern plywoods for longevity.

So true..Advantech or equivalent t&g osb is a great product.

[nyantler]

So true..Advantech or equivalent t&g osb is a great product.

Advantech is always my choice... I have pulled up and replaced more delaminated plywood floors and roofs than I can remember. I am also a believer in 1/2" OSB and clips for roof sheathing as well... in fact I seldom use plywood for anything unless the customer requests it... and I always try to talk them out of it.