Ole Anderson
01-23-2013, 7:10 PM
My old concrete floor has seen a lot of abuse in the last 35 years so I decided to do something about it by extending my basement rec room floor into the shop. And I finally finished the shop cabinet I have been working on for a year. It now sits just outside my too-full shop in the rec room on my brand new, just-installed floor. I installed 850 sf of Pergo from HD. About $2.00 /sf including the foam underlayment. And I did the shop, what a difference. A bit slippery with sawdust on top, but very manageable. Also installed 150 lf of Oak base. I was able to get rid of an ugly blue plywood shelf that I got from the office probably 30 years ago. Nearly everything fit. One plus to the floor is that if the tool doesn't have wheels, I just put a sticky felt chair cushion on the bottom of the leg and I can just slide it around easily. I did this with my workbench, 6" belt sander, router table, file cabinet, wood storage under-counter shelves and the front legs of my jointer and chop saw (rear legs have wheels). And I made a simple stand for my drill press, just by taking a piece of 1-1/8" PB, doing a roundover, and adding 4 sticky felt pads, using 3 heavy wood screws to secure the DP to the base. As simple as can be. All is well.