My big wooden shed has - unsurprisingly - a wooden floor. It's 15 years old and really needs a proper clean, sanding and re-staining. That looks like hard work. So I'm wondering about something like these: https://duramat.co.uk/category/garage-floor-tiles/?
The floor is pretty flat, I'd need to cut round the legs of the bench but otherwise looks pretty simple to do.
Anyone got experience of these or similar types of products? Option B I suppose would be a role of vinyl but I think that'd look a bit rubbish.
I've got similar ecotile flooring. None of it is cheap but it does last and when we moved house I brought my old tiles with us and bought more to add to it.
Don't buy it with the chequer plate ridges as each one traps a line of dirt.
We have a huge area of it at work. With a floor cleaning machine it looks like new after 10 years. At home it is harder to keep clean by hand (but easier than wood etc).
Put these down to stop the dust as the shed concrete floor wore- I think at the time they were as cheap as or cheaper than ‘tough’ paint. I’m sure they’re bot as good as the posh ones- they seem to squish a bit under heavy things- but they seem to do a pretty good job of coping with having things dropped and spilled on them
Big old rug on my concrete floor. Once I have tidied (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!) I'll put the foam square tiles I have in the areas I stand most for comfort. My bench and table saw are on wheels so I'll need to be able to pull up the tiles.
I have the halford’s ones in my workshop - they’re quite soft, so not very durable, compress under heavy load but OK for the money.
Our workshop has 2nd hand rubber gym floor matts - about 18mm deep and each mat is 6' x 3'. Really good surface as you can drop stuff eg weights on it and also tools etc without damaging anything. They're tough as old boots to cut....
I have something very similar to the ones in the OP’s link on my workshop floor which is concrete with self levelling screed on top. They are excellent and certainly much tougher than the foam Halfords type that I use in my shed which has a wooden floor, and much easier to keep clean. Much more expensive though, and I am not sure how good they would be if the floor is not really level. The advantage of the springy foam ones is that they settle to a more uneven surface and also provide a small but appreciable insulation element in winter which the vinyl or pvc tiles don’t so much. Definitely choose the smooth rather than checker plate finish as outlined above.
Thanks all. Useful stuff. Yep that first link is going to work out expensive but I only want to do it once!
I have Duramat Durastud in red/grey checks. Can’t fault it. Looks cool, really tough, easy to clean. Locks together really tightly so liquid spills won’t seep through the gaps.
Thanks. That's my current thinking. I won't bother going under the bench so that'll save me a few quid. I did realise tho I'll need to share a lot off the middle door (the other side of the building is my office) or mod it to open the other way.
I recently used reclaimed office carpet tiles for our “summerhouse” (shed). Had plenty leftover and did the workshop floor as well. They’re a low cost and hard wearing option that also has an eco advantage that it keeps waste from landfill.
