[TheForge] shop floor

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

My guess is that concrete will be superior for the wheel chair bound and 
for moving heavy equipment.

John Switzer wrote:
> 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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