Hi,
I'm building a garden office, and built the subfloor using this plywood. It rained a bit (not a lot) before I managed to get a tarp over it, and then rained some more with some water coming through the tarp.
Now it's dried out, I can see some areas where the wood has raised and split, as you can see in the photo here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z4YFxCEv1WtDZ8sa9
The wood conforms to BSEN636-2, which means it should be "capable of resisting weather exposure for short periods of time". Though I'd argue it's failed at that.
Have I used the wrong grade or wood, and need to rip it up and start again, or can it be fixed?
My initial reaction was to give it some light 'persuasion' with a hammer to flatten it out, but I'm worried that this will happen more and get worse as the build progresses and I don't want to be replacing the floor when the walls and roof are up!
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Pete
I'm building a garden office, and built the subfloor using this plywood. It rained a bit (not a lot) before I managed to get a tarp over it, and then rained some more with some water coming through the tarp.
Now it's dried out, I can see some areas where the wood has raised and split, as you can see in the photo here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z4YFxCEv1WtDZ8sa9
The wood conforms to BSEN636-2, which means it should be "capable of resisting weather exposure for short periods of time". Though I'd argue it's failed at that.
Have I used the wrong grade or wood, and need to rip it up and start again, or can it be fixed?
My initial reaction was to give it some light 'persuasion' with a hammer to flatten it out, but I'm worried that this will happen more and get worse as the build progresses and I don't want to be replacing the floor when the walls and roof are up!
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Pete
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