> Any good ideas for workshop flooring material?
>
> I've got a former greenhouse (20' x 30') that I've covered with a
> weatherproof fabric especially designed for buildings. But the ground is
> hard-packed dirt. I had one guy estimate $4000 to put rebar and a concrete
> floor in. He said he had to pump the concrete in because the building was
> already constructed.
>
> Does that price sound right? Ouch.
Concrete has gone up since I built my shop 10 yrs ago...but that price
doesn't sound tooooo far out of line.
> Any other ideas for cost-effective over-dirt flooring? Is concrete to only
> way to go, or could there be a less expensive but happy alternative?
I got to visit the closed down Chevy factory in Kansas City, where my 55
Belair was built. It had brick flooring in part of the downstairs
area. I suppose a brick floor would work, but using a floor jack and
jackstands on it would be iffy.
A solid, well built and well supported wood floor would also work, but
would probably be as expensive as concrete.
But I did my first ole truck work in the dirt (when I was a teenager),
so you might be able to manage also. It's a nuisance, but if you only
have enough money to either buy the parts for the truck, or build a
place to work on the truck, then working on dirt may be the only
solution :)
> I wanna get to work on my '49 3100!
I'll bet you do!
Jim
59s in AZ
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