Rubber mat.

[blowlampParticipant @blowlamp]

Machine Mart has rubber matting on the roll, in several thicknesses and surface patterns.

Martin.

[HillclimberParticipant @hillclimber]

Rubber?

I introduced some homemade wooden duckboards into my workshop last year – and have not looked back. They provide a lovely mechanical spring that synthetic materials dont. I just kick them around the floor to where they're needed, and you can make them to the 'right' size.

Cheers, Colin

[Clive FosterParticipant @clivefoster55965]

+1 for Martins chipboard flooring.

I used the 8 ft x 2 ft waterproof, sealed surface, underflooring sheets (green then) on top of my concrete floor. The ordinary stuff had a softer, fluffy (ish) surface. Nearly 20 years in its proved very durable. Strong enough to take industrial sized machines and stands up to limited welding splatter just fine. The offcuts made nice shelves.

My floor is 8" of re-enforced concrete over 6" polystyrene sheet on a type 1 fill base. Never seems to get really cold.

Clive

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Posted by blowlamp on 02/11/2020 19:37:57:

Machine Mart has rubber matting on the roll, in several thicknesses and surface patterns.

Martin.

I bought some of that 3mm ribbed stuff to make a boot liner for my car (muddy dog proof). Beware it absolutely stinks for a few days, but wears off eventually

[oldveloParticipant @oldvelo]

Concrete floor covered with sponge rubber matting with 12 mm painted chip board on top has a slight spring when walking on it. quick clean up with a brush any spills mop up off the painted surface.

Eric

[VicParticipant @vic]

My last two garage workshops had concrete floors and were terrible in winter. Any finished parts accidentally dropped were often damaged. I tried various mats but they ended up being swarf traps making clean up extremely tiresome. My current workshop cabin is on a concrete base but it has a 50mm frame infilled with insulation. This was then topped with floor boards and then 8’ x 4’ sheets of 9mm ply. Final finish was two coats of floor paint. It’s really good underfoot and very easy to sweep clean.

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