Stan,
I have a wooden floor in my shop. It was originally an addition to a
mobile home. It is 12 x 24, with 3/4 inch plywood on 2x6 studs on
footing of concrete blocks. This is not where I work on cars, I have an
attached (to the shop) carport for that. I am putting in concrete in
the carport soon. Anyway, the wood floor is great for mounting tools,
doing carpentry type work, but I would not choose it if I were starting
over. I would do concrete, and then either tile or carpet(industrial
type) the floor. I know others prefer various types of sealants but
this has worked for me here in the desert. I don't know what problems
these might create where humidity is high.
HTH,
Dave Miles
Tucson, AZ
Stan Fickes wrote:
>
> Hmm, why do I always forget to ask here... I will be converting my 100-head
> dairy barn to a workshop over the next few years (Well, the bottom floor
> anyway!) and have been going back and forth over concrete floors vs. wooden
> floors. I've noticed the concrete sweats heavily whenever it goes from cold
> to warm outside, and figured the humidity would be bad. I'm thinking about
> wood instead, but don't know how it's laid. That is, what size timbers for
> the flooring, what base to use, does it sit on the earth or is it raised,
> etc...
>
> Anyone else have a wooden floor?
>
> Thanks!
> Stan Fickes
> Peacham, VT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard George" <rkg@teleport.com>
> To: <Duncan120@aol.com>; "shop-talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 12:26 PM
> Subject: Re: The Ideal Shop HELP
>
> [snip]
> > Let's see where to begin... Since you want to use the "big" building for
> > storage, I guess what you do there is up to you, though it might be
> > cool to have the wood floor in the entire building instead of tile
> > (to give it that warehouse look...).
> [snip]
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