[TheForge] shop floor

[John Switzer]

I don't, but do know someone who used brick for his floor.  They are 
dry laid in a compacted sand bed.  He claims they are easier to work 
on than concrete, but not as easy on your legs as dirt.  The big 
advantages are that they can be swept and kept clean and that as you 
say they are easy to remove if you need to set a base for a new piece 
of equipment.

John

>hello;
>
>
>i was look over the to-do list for the morning and reading through
>several catalogs online before crawling off to bed when it dawned on me
>that the shop floor has another alternative to concrete, paver
>stone/brick. the advantqge of paver stone is that it may be removed
>without the need and expense of a concrete saw and it may be
>readily reused unlike concrete which must be crushed into stone
>before being reused. so does anyone have paver stone for their shop
>floor?
>
>the paver stone catalog that i was reading is here.
>
>Pavestone's Retail Product Catalogs
>http://www.pavestone.com/content/view/150/510/
>
>
>saturday, i found paver stone on sale for $0.39 usd per paver stone. so
>i purchased enough paver sone to cover 700 square feet. that is to build
>a backyard patio and replace the concrete sidewalk in the front of the
>home with a paver stone walkway. this is one purchase that i am letting
>them deliver. the paver stone weighs in at 6 lbs per stone. there are
>4.5 stones to a square ft. there are roughly 450 stones per 100 square feet.
>
>700 square feet x 4.5 paver stones per square foot == 3,150 paver stones.
>
>3,150 paver stones x 6 lbs per paver stone == 18,900 lbs.
>
>3,150 paver stones x $0.39 usd per paver stone == $1,228.50 usd
>
>i am not up to moving that just yet. i am still out of shape. ;-)
>
>
>just for grins. the shop is 28 ft by 40 ft. that is 1120 square feet.
>assuming for the moment that the entire shop floor is paver stone.
>
>1120 square feet x 4.5 paver stones per square foot == 5,040 paver
>stones.
>
>5,040 paver stones x 6 lbs per paver stone == 30,240 lbs
>
>5,040 paver stones x $0.39 usd per paver stone == $1,965.60 usd
>
>--
>terry l. ridder ><>
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