Why did you seal the concrete? To protect the floor for function or aesthetic?
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Shop Flooring Materials
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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.
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!
Also put vapor barrier under concrete, and radiant heat. Love it!