flooring in shed for run?

[piggiemummy03x]

advice please! looking to line our shed floor so we can make a run attached to it but how should we protect the floor? rubber matting? any other recommendations please? will obviously line with paper and shavings! also what do you put under the hutch to stop them getting under it? thanks guys!

 

[Piggies&buns]

A sheet of plastic, correx, I have old oilcloth table cloths - anything that is non absorbent

I put bricks under the hutch to stop them from getting underneath (but we had loads of bricks kicking about).
An alternative could be to staple mesh between the legs of the hutch (would probably need some wood at the bottom (along the floor) to staple to also

 

[piggiemummy03x]

A sheet of plastic, correx, I have old oilcloth table cloths - anything that is non absorbent

I put bricks under the hutch to stop them from getting underneath (but we had loads of bricks kicking about).
An alternative could be to staple mesh between the legs of the hutch (would probably need some wood at the bottom (along the floor) to staple to also

ideally need something i can stand on whilst cleaning them out id be worried about the sheet breaking! and my mum would like the whole ‘pig area’ to have some sort of mat underneath! thats why i thought rubber.. would it be okay to use?

perfect thankyou!

 

[Piggies&buns]

ideally need something i can stand on whilst cleaning them out id be worried about the sheet breaking! and my mum would like the whole ‘pig area’ to have some sort of mat underneath! thats why i thought rubber.. would it be okay to use?

perfect thankyou!

Rubber matting is fine.

I’m a bit confused why it would break when standing on it - are you raising it?
My shed has oilcloth on the shed floor; their actual enclosures have correx in and I stand in it all the time

 

[piggiemummy03x]

Rubber matting is fine.

I’m a bit confused why it would break when standing on it - are you raising it?
My shed has oilcloth on the shed floor; their actual enclosures have correx in and I stand in it all the time

maybe i’m imagining wrong but i thought having a sheet of plastic thats not the whole width / length of the shed floor (literally just for the hutch and run to be on) the hutch could potentially break it or if i stood on it it would snap? i think corex would work better than a plastic sheet however i couldn’t find the measurements i needed for corex sheet!

 

[piggiemummy03x]

Protec ProplexRE Trade Surface Protection Sheet - 2400 x 1200 x 2mm | Wickes.co.uk

would this work?

 

[Piggies&buns]

maybe i’m imagining wrong but i thought having a sheet of plastic thats not the whole width / length of the shed floor (literally just for the hutch and run to be on) the hutch could potentially break it or if i stood on it it would snap? i think corex would work better than a plastic sheet however i couldn’t find the measurements i needed for corex sheet!

I mean literally polythene sheet - for example bought off the roll from a garden centre. It can’t snap as it is flexible plastic. The sort of thing a new sofa might come wrapped in or you might throw over furniture if you’re decorating.

Oilcloth tablecloth from dunelm is what I use now.

 

[Piggies&buns]

Protec ProplexRE Trade Surface Protection Sheet - 2400 x 1200 x 2mm | Wickes.co.uk

would this work?

So one sheet is 8ftx4ft.
How much you need depends how big your shed is and how much of the floor you want covered.

Yes it would work, but it will dent as soon as you put the hutch on it or stand on it. It doesn’t affect its use, but it does immediately get damaged by pressure. You will hear crunching as soon as pressure is applied as it will snap the internal corrugation so won’t stay as thick as when you purchase it

 

[Piggies&buns]

This is a midwinter picture so ignore the mess!

As you can see I don’t have a hutch in there now but this is no different in terms of flooring than when it was a hutch with c&c grid run attached.

The coloured floor coverings you can see are old oilcloth tablecloths; one of which I did originally have on my dining table. It goes along under the cage to the right of the picture also. That is all that originally lined the shed floor.
They do have black correx within the cage now but that’s only because we had some kicking around after we needed some floor protection during some work we did on our house year ago. Thought I’d use it in the cage rather than chuck it away - had we not bought it for the house work, I would not have bothered buying it just for use in the cages as the oilcloth tablecloths work perfectly well. It is 2mm. It is completely flattened with no corrugation left given it has been stood on.
You can get also 4mm thick correx which is recommended for inside a cage.

I will say that having the correx within the cage and having created a little upstand does mean the shavings stay inside the cage now. Previously, and obviously, it fell out of the cage sides

 

[piggiemummy03x]

I mean literally polythene sheet - for example bought off the roll from a garden centre. It can’t snap as it is flexible plastic. The sort of thing a new sofa might come wrapped in or you might throw over furniture if you’re decorating.

Oilcloth tablecloth from dunelm is what I use now.

oh sorry i get what you mean now!

 

[piggiemummy03x]

So one sheet is 8ftx4ft.
How much you need depends how big your shed is and how much of the floor you want covered.

Yes it would work, but it will dent as soon as you put the hutch on it or stand on it. It doesn’t affect its use, but it does immediately get damaged by pressure. You will hear crunching as soon as pressure is applied as it will snap the internal corrugation so won’t stay as thick as when you purchase it

oh! i thought it was used as flooring for trades men! oh right yes i understand

 

[piggiemummy03x]

This is a midwinter picture so ignore the mess!

As you can see I don’t have a hutch in there now but this is no different in terms of flooring than when it was a hutch with c&c grid run attached.

The coloured floor coverings you can see are old oilcloth tablecloths; one of which I did originally have on my dining table. It goes along under the cage to the right of the picture also. That is all that originally lined the shed floor.
They do have black correx within the cage now but that’s only because we had some kicking around after we needed some floor protection during some work we did on our house year ago. Thought I’d use it in the cage rather than chuck it away - had we not bought it for the house work, I would not have bothered buying it just for use in the cages as the oilcloth tablecloths work perfectly well. It is 2mm. It is completely flattened with no corrugation left given it has been stood on.
You can get also 4mm thick correx which is recommended for inside a cage.

I will say that having the correx within the cage and having created a little upstand does mean the shavings stay inside the cage now. Previously, and obviously, it fell out of the cage sides

thanks so much! really helpful!