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1. Re: Workshop Floor (score: 1): Author: scott.hall@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:50:14 +0000; I've always thought 'broom-finish' was super-smooth, as in 'able to be swept with a broom'. nevertheless, I'm looking for the ultra-smooth finish. -- Original message --; /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00000.html (6,792 bytes)
2. Re: Workshop Floor (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:34:21 -0500 (EST); Yeah. Again, I'm far from an expert and wouldn't even call myself experienced, but I don't know how you'd get a super smooth floor that was broom finished... I think the broom finish is an attachmen; /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00001.html (6,960 bytes)
3. Re: Workshop Floor (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:37:16 -0500 (EST); Ah. No, a 'broom finish' is when you run a broom over the poured concrete, creatings a bunch of small ridges. Like someone said, good for traction, crap for everything else. A power trowel is how yo; /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00002.html (7,087 bytes)
4. Re: Workshop Floor (score: 1): Author: BSHolden@aol.com; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:32:41 EST; My 30'x36' shop floor was "smooth finished" by 1 guy using only a hand trowel. It was impressive to watch him work. Especially so since he had to slightly slope the floor to a centrally located floo; /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00003.html (7,179 bytes)
5. workshop floor (score: 1): Author: "Tom Bott" <tbott1@bellsouth.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:20:02 -0500; Hi Folks, I would like your 2 cents worth on my money saving idea please. (I'm basically cheap). I live in north florida and am considering a steel building for my backyard workshop. I do not have a; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00143.html (7,685 bytes)
6. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: Rp826union@aol.com; Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:41:09 EST; Interesting idea. It might buckle with the moisture changes in North Florida. Also, wood is not cheap either! Robert Phillips; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00144.html (7,275 bytes)
7. RE: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:35:23 -0800; Sounds reasonable to me, Tom. Use exterior grade plywood and try to have the gravel platform slightly above the surrounding soil. I'd probably try to put down a vapor barrier under the joists (not s; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00145.html (7,938 bytes)
8. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:03:05 -0600; 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 ov; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00146.html (9,238 bytes)
9. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: "Steve Hammatt" <GSteve@hammatt.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:45:13 -0800; Why not consider asphalt? Steve Hammatt Mount Vernon WA USA barrier screw the $2.70 snip; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00147.html (9,155 bytes)
10. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: "Mark and Susan Miller" <marknsuz@pacbell.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:54:11 -0800; My math makes it about a breakeven (using California pricing). 2x4 PT @ 2 foot centers: about $0.25 per square foot of flooring 4x8 plywood: about $30, or about $1 per square foot. The plastic and a; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00148.html (9,131 bytes)
11. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:44:54 -0600; I've been intrigued for years by a low-cost quick & easy pave/flooring method once covered by a Popular Mechanics/Science article. It was "Soil-Cement" and it was based on a method used in Nam to bui; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00149.html (8,540 bytes)
12. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:57:42 -0600; Hey Mark.... that was exactly my point without the math.... So often we try and out trick ourselves just to do something wrong... I can't even fathom a non concrete floor in a shop... here's the plac; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00151.html (8,777 bytes)
13. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:03:53 -0500 (EST); For the difference in cost between a wood floor and concrete, I'd go concrete. If you're looking to save money, do the concrete yourself. Even the worst concrete floor is gonna be better (IMHO) than; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00155.html (8,904 bytes)
14. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: pethier@isd.net; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:02:29 -0600; Among all the other disadvantages of a wood floor in a shop is the fact that many (most?) states specifically prohibit parking cars on wood floors. I don't know if Florida is one of them. If I was tr; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00157.html (8,310 bytes)
15. Re: Workshop Floor (score: 1): Author: "Tom Bott" <tbott1@bellsouth.net>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:12:11 -0500; Thanks to all of you who jumped in with ideas, suggestions, etc. concerning my idea for a wood shop floor over gravel. I would prefer concrete but I have never attempted a concrete slab project. Yes,; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00167.html (8,808 bytes)
16. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:14:55 -0600; floors. There's one state which apparently doesn't get concerned with this problem: I took a friend to pick up his SUV at the Chevy dealership in Ludlow, Vermont. The entire dealership; showroom floo; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00169.html (8,670 bytes)
17. Fw: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: "Steve Hammatt" <GSteve@hammatt.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:11:37 -0800; fact; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00170.html (9,559 bytes)
18. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:46:41 -0500; Rather, there's one locality that didn't get concerned with the problem 70 years ago. Just about everywhere there's a building code requires new construction garage floors to be made of non-combustib; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00173.html (9,133 bytes)
19. Re: workshop floor (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:18:22 -0600; Yep, I picture that the wood floor Chevy deal was "grandfathered" as to code but, if that had been in our town, I'm pretty sure the fire marshall would have shut his doors and he wouldn't have been a; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00174.html (8,719 bytes)
20. Re: Workshop Floor (score: 1): Author: nick brearley <nick@landform.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:33:35 +0000; Tom, Phil's suggestion of trying a small area first is a good one. Not all soils are suitable, if there is a high organic content there can be future problems. When you think about it you are replaci; /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00175.html (10,322 bytes)

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