Posted by JerryS on December 06, 2011 at 20:40:41 from (98.80.100.244):
In Reply to: Shop floor is dirt posted by 37Chief on December 06, 2011 at 18:12:46:
When I moved to my land in the country I had to quickly throw up a 12 x 36 open sided shed to cover my stuff. Through the years I've added on until I've got about 1200 feet under roof, all with a dirt floor. Since I retired I have been walling and flooring half of that. I put down floor joists and covered them with 3/4 plywood. In my little inner "office" I'm also laying laminated hardwood flooring.
Unlike most of you guys I'm not going to be working on equipment in here, mostly woodworking. The part I've left unfloored and unwalled is for parking the JD 1020 and the 8N, as well as the JD zero turn, the Cub Cadet and some other equipment. My dirt is very sandy; when you walk you raise dust. I am now in the process of tilling in lots of bags of portland cement; it doesn't turn it into a concrete floor exactly, but it really firms it up and eliminates the dust.
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