Thread: Workshop floor covering

Originally Posted by Sturdee

What have you done to improve your shop floor and has anyone any experience of these foam rubber mat tiles.


Peter.

Money!!
Get lots and lots of $100 bills, throw them about willy nilly, like Scrooge Mc Duck.
Really good to walk on, good for the feet, so I'm told.

Al

Peter,

I have sealed my floor with epoxy, and reckoned that those darned mats were quite costly particularly in larger sizes, and would never be where I wanted them, so I now use very small versions of them which are very easy to move:


Cheers,

P

I know what you're thinking; they'd never work in winter.

And you would be perfectly correct.

This is my winter solution:

Cheers,

P

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Money!!
Get lots and lots of $100 bills, throw them about willy nilly, like Scrooge Mc Duck.

Al

Al, been doing that for years at the rest of the workshop with the fittings and machinery.

Thought of making an exception with the floor and get a good but ( relative :eek: ) cheap solution for it.


Peter.

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

I have sealed my floor with epoxy, and reckoned that those darned mats were quite costly particularly in larger sizes.

Midge, your solution would never do as they don't have any toe protection. The mat tiles I am looking at are $ 10 each for 600*600 which is quite reasonable if they are suitable.


Peter.

Personally I use sawdust and shavings keep about 100mm all over + you don't need a broom .
Mind you I feel a lot safer now i've stopped smoking.




The trouble with life is there's no background music.

Russell

I have used old carpet in the past, good to work on.
Bit of work sweeping up fine sawdust though.
I would use it again

G'day Peter,

Like you, my shed has a concrete floor, and it's certainly hard on the feet. My, somewhat inelegant, solution was to buy some off-cut lengths (generally about 1.5 ~ 2m) of the rubberised mesh-like matting.

I have a few bits strategically placed, e.g. in front of the workbenches. This actually works quite well, and is easy to move if I need to.

Cheers!

Originally Posted by Auld Bassoon

G'day Peter,

Like you, my shed has a concrete floor, and it's certainly hard on the feet. My, somewhat inelegant, solution was to buy some off-cut lengths (generally about 1.5 ~ 2m) of the rubberised mesh-like matting.

I have a few bits strategically placed, e.g. in front of the workbenches. This actually works quite well, and is easy to move if I need to.

Cheers!

G'Day All,
I have a similar setup with the mesh-like matting, the ones I have are interlocking, picked up when the machine shop was upgraded at work and these where discarded, I have seen them around second-hand at the odd garage sale or Trash and Treasure market at a reasonable price of a few bucks per sqr mtr. New, they are a bit more expensive, and are sold by the tile, although mine had seen better days in an industrial situation, they should last me a lifetime!...
savage

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Peter,

I have sealed my floor with epoxy, and reckoned that those darned mats were quite costly particularly in larger sizes, and would never be where I wanted them, so I now use very small versions of them which are very easy to move:


Cheers,

P

Good idea but how do you wear them over your safety boots

G'day,

I bought one of those 40mm thick high density foam pool side beds from Clark rubber & cut it into pieces that I put where I stand at various places around the shed. It was yellow the last time I saw it. It's burried in the shavings now.
Mind you, even with all the shavings on the floor, I can still tell when I'm standing on it 'cos it makes a big differance.

Peter,

my shed is not solid concrete, but concrete squares 500x500. What I did was to put down some builders plastic, then on top of that some carpet underlay and finally on top of that 12mm plywood. It works a treat as the carpet underlay has some give and this is soft on the knees and feet. I have seen this idea used on some of the WW shows on TV as well. I have also seen some people cover the garage concrete floor with 12mm plywood. Thinking of doing that for mine as well. Dropping tools with sharp edges on concrete is also a BAD idea.
Regards
Les

I use "Steel Blue" workboots most comforatble footwear I've ever owned, comes with a 30 day comfort garuantee. Cost about $130 a pair. They usually last me a year or more (including wearing them for firefighting)

Mick

Yep agree with Mick, in you're situation Sturdee a good pair of work boots(with gel inner soles?) will do a better job than mats, as they are always under you're feet and probarly cost a whole lot less too.
I go through 2-3 pairs a year at work(hostile enviroment...), have found the John Bull "trek safe" to be the best for comfort as they are lace ups not that elastic sided crap that gives you little ankle support, in your situation they'd last several years easy.