shop floor

bugsnbikes · 04-19-08, 08:16 PM

Just took over some shed space (10x12) and am putting in a welding table but want to throw something on the wood floor in a 6x6area under and near the table to catch hot gunk that flies around and to not catch the place on fire. Any recommendations other than tiles to throw on the floor?

Toyo FJ40 · 04-19-08, 10:45 PM

you could screw down some tile backer board like Durarock. It's concrete so it should give you some protection.

Kevin

reffug · 04-20-08, 06:53 AM

tiles are probably going to be most cost effective..

Wile E Coyote · 04-20-08, 11:45 AM

I'm gonna say that a 6x6 area would be inadequate. Cover the whole floor, or don't bother. My $0.02

trainrech · 04-26-08, 06:11 AM

Think 3-dimensional when you are planning for welding protection. You'll need to look at anything a spark can grab onto - wood ledges, corners, etc. Will you be grinding in there as well?

You might look at an 1/8" piece (possibly thicker) of steel you could put on the floor.

04-19-08, 08:16 PM	#1
bugsnbikes IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bay Area Posts: 259	shop floor Just took over some shed space (10x12) and am putting in a welding table but want to throw something on the wood floor in a 6x6area under and near the table to catch hot gunk that flies around and to not catch the place on fire. Any recommendations other than tiles to throw on the floor? __________________ 94-80 121k miles-locked-metaltech sliders-slee shortbus-warn8k- 71 FJ55- rip 69 Bug

04-19-08, 10:45 PM	#2
Toyo FJ40 Grindin Boogers Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Eastern PA. Posts: 671	you could screw down some tile backer board like Durarock. It's concrete so it should give you some protection. Kevin __________________ 72, 74 and 78 FJ40s

04-20-08, 06:53 AM	#3
reffug grown up MOD Join Date: May 2004 Location: 'in dat der briar patch' TLCA# 14549 Posts: 4,122	tiles are probably going to be most cost effective.. __________________ "If it wasn't a Landcruiser and hadn't been built the way it was you do realize you would be DEAD." VA State Police Officer

04-20-08, 11:45 AM	#4
Wile E Coyote IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lake Havasu and Kingman, AZ Posts: 1,011	I'm gonna say that a 6x6 area would be inadequate. Cover the whole floor, or don't bother. My $0.02 __________________ ="Are you gonna sit there on that friggin computer all day or what?" The desert dwellin, roadrunner chasin, soooper-genius! '90 FJ 62, '08 Scion head unit, chopped quarters and rockers, bedlined exterior, and mostly stock. My soft wheeler and DD. '85 Dodge Ramcharger a little built, and a little beat. My hard wheeler.

04-26-08, 06:11 AM	#5
trainrech IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Emporia, KS TLCA# 10240 Posts: 1,552	Think 3-dimensional when you are planning for welding protection. You'll need to look at anything a spark can grab onto - wood ledges, corners, etc. Will you be grinding in there as well? You might look at an 1/8" piece (possibly thicker) of steel you could put on the floor. __________________ '77 FJ40 '97 LX450

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