Recent content by Jtrom

The workshop is gonna be set up to finish a homebuilt airplane made of wood, metal and fiberglass with lots of sanding and a 26 ft. wingspan, so I can’t really have different areas for different types of work.

I didn’t go all the way down to slab level (almost 10 feet deep) but I did dig around the sides and installed a socked drain tile and back filled with gravel. It helped immensely as there is no more standing water but still has moisture coming through the slab. To do it right I would need rip...

My biggest worry with the free flow tiles is how I would clean all the sawdust/metal shavings of a working shop out from under the grid when it falls through. I don’t want to shop vac every square inch and thought with the solid tiles I could use a dust mop for easy quick cleanup.

Long time lurker, first time poster. I have a unique building here in Michigan. It's a 30x40 cement block barn built into a hill (the back is 9 feet below grade and the front in on grade.) The slab was poured probably 50 years ago directly on the clay soil, so it's got problemos. Curling ...