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eric34
Aug 6, 2008, 11:42 PM
I have a covered front porch and I want to put something nice down for flooring. I have 7" fir plank flooring left over from the house, could I use it ? There is a room underneth it. I was thinking of fiberglassing the plywood and floating the hardwood, or fiberglassing over the fir? What do you think? Am I making a monster? Any other types of flooring people are using would be great.. I just want something other than Duradeck. My house is in BC interior so we get all the weather. Like I said before the porch is covered but yes some water will get on it if the wind is blowing while it is raining.

WWPierre
Aug 7, 2008, 03:33 PM
The covered decks in my building are sealed with torch-on roofing. Then I built removable panels (duck boards) of fir.

ballengerb1
Aug 7, 2008, 04:06 PM
Pressure treated tongue and groove flooring boards should do the trick. Cedar and red wood are weather resistant but costly and not as good as pressure treated.