Why not consider asphalt?
Steve Hammatt
Mount Vernon WA USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: workshop floor
>
> Use treated plywood if you must do this. Personally I'd lay a vapor
barrier
> then lay treated sleepers down flat 2' x 2' OC and fill between them with
> stone to support the plywood. Seam the plywood over the sleepers and
screw
> it all together with SS of galvanized deck screws.
>
> But seriously look at the costs -- wood is expensive and there are
> alternatives.
>
> I'm going through the same thing trying to put a floor into my 950 square
> foot hangar, built on airport property and thus subject to potentially
> having to be moved some day. Most of the guys have either opted to live
> with crushed stone screenings or have begged, borrowed, or paid big $$ for
> modular plastic floors. And everybody has a vapor barrier - it rains in
the
> hangar if you don't. That's in Chicago, a far drier place than Florida.
>
> There are quite a few brands of tough plastic tiles starting at under
$2.70
> PSF full retail - I bet you can shop around and do better on a quantity.
>
> But after all is said and done, concrete might run far less than that -
> particularly if you don't need a heavy floor loading and don't have frost
> like we do.
>
> Karl
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