wood shop floor

[yetisas]

I have a question would the race deck be a good choice for a wood workshop floor? I was going to go with rubber conveyor belts that I can get from all recycle. But race deck should work as a cushion over concrete to prevent fatigue from standing on a cement floor all day?

 

[Don1357]

I don't think that neither is that great preventing fatigue but you can have your cake and eat it too; install your floor and then install fatigue mats wherever you plan on standing for extended periods of time.

I cheated, I put my woodworking shop upstairs on the wooden floor. Downstairs I'm putting fatigue mats specifically where I need them; on front of the sand blaster, working table, grinding station, etc. They would actually work better than just the other material you plan on using.

 

[Angelfire]

I looked at a lot of options and decided to install SYP T&G flooring. It's been great.
Cheers.

 

[kaymccampbell]

I put fatigue mats I got from a restaurant supply. They're nice and spongy, and they have hundreds of holes, so sawdust n whatnot don't make a slip trip hazard.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Our solid PVC www.suprtile.com interlocking tiles have just enough 'give' to be comfortable without being hard like polypropylene style tiles. also since they are oversize, almost 2 x 2 in size they have 1/4 the amount of joints and are very easy to sweep up and keep clean.

 

[nadogail]

The automotive machine shop I worked in while in High School (1953-1958) had wooden mats on a concrete floor. The mats were horizontal strips of wood on the cant, with spacers between them. The mats had boards supporting them above the concrete. We picked them up to clean the floors.

They were cheap and durable, and very ugly.