Workshop floor covering?

[RichD1]

Looking for some reasonably priced floor covering for my workshop. It has a ply on joist floor with celotex insulation. I had been looking at PVC interlocking tiles, but the price for my 5M x 3M workshop is depending on grade from £400 to over £500!!

The workshop wil have various woodworking machines including a TS and benches. Looking for some form of acoustic reduction as the ply floor seems to amplify any noise.

Any suggestions?

Richard

 

[PAC1]

I just varnished the plywood with Ronseal Diamond Hard varnish 10 years later it still looks as if I did it yesterday.

 

[AndyT]

My workshop floor is Victorian concrete, laid in gentle waves. I put some sheets of hardboard down 20+ years ago, shiny side up, and it's been ideal. Very cheap too. I have had to renew the gaffer tape along the joins once or twice, but that's all.

 

[nev]

usually 6x4 and available from your local agri suppliers, cow mats are thick rubber mats about 50 quid each. http://www.cowmat.co.uk/

 

[RichD1]

My current floor is varnished ply and became very slippy yesterday when I did some routing and the floor became covered in wood chips. So looking for something with anti-slip, some degree of underfoot comfort plus it needs to be in a light grey. Black will be too dark.

In my garage I've used self adhesive vinyl floor tiles from B&Q but they don't provide any acoustic insulation and have been damaged when moving heavy items and they don't resist chemical spills.

Having spent quite a bit of time trawling the internet I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet with the cost of PVC interlocking tiles.

Richard

 

[Duncan A]

Richard

A couple of years ago I had a quote from www.pafsystem.com in Wellingborough, Northants for about 22 m2 of their interlocking "tektiles". These are for workshop or industrial use; they are not the soft cheapos sold by Maplin etc. Unfortunately, I can't find the quote but seem to recall that it was about £200-£250 depending on thickness, colour etc.
They were very helpful and advised me that they often have small quantities left over from a big order and sell these at a discount, so it's worth dropping them an email.

Being tight, though, I put some old carpets down on the concrete floor and they've been fine so far!

Duncan

 

[RichD1]

Hi Duncan, I've been speaking with PAF and it must have been quite a few years ago that you got a quote as they are now talking about £28 to £30 a sq. metre, plus a £50 pallet delivery charge. The guy did offer me some recycled tiles but they only came in black, they were slightly cheaper at £17 a metre.

Have just received some samples from PAF and Mototile and I'm surprised how hard the plastic is. Not sure whether it would help with noise reduction?But I guess if they were too much softer then it would deform easily.

Waiting for samples from Flexi-Tile who have a slightly softer compound. The guy said it would be ideal for my application and would easily take the weight of my TS and also offer some anti-fatigue when standing for long periods.

Richard

 

[Duncan A]

Richard

The quote was only 2 or 3 years ago but I think it was a "remainders" sale or perhaps recycled as they offered you. Transport didn't come into it as I would have driven over to PAF and collected them.

Looks like you've dug up some good alternatives, though.

Good luck

Duncan

 

[joethedrummer]

Hi Rich,,,
Have you tried Soft Floors,,they do interlocking at about £15 /sq; metre,,
I assume you are fitting it yourself,,
,,,,,,,,,joe,,,,

 

[flying haggis]

do you need to cover the whole floor or just an area to work from

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12-x-Interloc ... 3cd9550199

 

[SteveF]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seconds-PVC-T ... 3f18a0620f
be quick

 

[deema]

Have a look at mats for horse boxes, the Black Mat company are excellent. They come up on eBay. We just sold a good quantity that would have covered your floor for £80 that we had for my daughter in Laws horses. The rubber is usually circa 15mm thick, and the mats are very tough....if a horse cannot destroy it..its indestructible!