Shop Flooring Materials

[architect]

I sealed the concrete, and got some new conveyor belting , 1/2' thick or so to lay in work area of lathe. I also have some floor mats out of Caterpillar D10 Tractor floors that I use.

Why did you seal the concrete? To protect the floor for function or aesthetic?

 

[Tom O]

Keeps the fish away.

 

[EJ’s Shop]

Why did you seal the concrete? To protect the floor for function or aesthetic?

I sealed the floor to make spills easier to clean up, Dust control & to hopefully prevent moisture from coming up through the floor. My wife & I built the shop back in 2014, and the regret I have is not putting a minimum of a vapour barrier (poly) and what I figure would have been nicer would have been Blue SM Styrofoam, 1" better 2". A thermal break would have been better than the 50 degree earth.

 

[Lucky7]

Yup, dust control is key for me. My first garage shop had unsealed concrete floor. Within a few years there was much grinding of concrete by chips underfoot and concrete dust everywhere. New shop had concrete epoxied after deep HCL etch before any machines were brought in. A little spendy, but twenty years later the floor is still mostly holding up.

Also put vapor barrier under concrete, and radiant heat. Love it!