Singing Pond Farm Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 Hello! I'm setting up a home studio in a room of our house that currently has soft pine floors. Some of the floor boards have larger gaps between the boards. Does anyone have any recommendations on possible floor mats or other kind of flooring I could lay on top of our wood floor to prevent water damage and facilitate cleaning/ mopping? I'd be using the space for wedging, throwing, trimming, glazing, etc. (Kiln will be in another space). Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 Good question! If temporary, a large vinyl flooring remnant could be an option? Where the edges are well away from the activity, a damp mop makes cleaning up easy. If the edges turn up at the wall/baseboard (wall to wall!), then doing something at the door(s) to mitigate the tripping hazard remains. If permanent, vinyl might still be an option, but putting something flat, dense, and smooth under is likely required. Bill Kielb, Roberta12 and Rae Reich 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 I agree with Hulk, a piece of sheet vinyl would work great. Rae Reich and Roberta12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta12 Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 That's what I used. a vinyl remnant that simply laid on top of the floor. At the time (12 years ago) they referred to it as luxury vinyl. It is flexible and we actually folded it to bring it in the house. No glue, it just flattened out. Rae Reich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryBurlingame Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 (edited) My studio is in an old barn so I had to deal with some pretty horrible wood floors. What I did was clean them best I could and replace any damaged sections, then I screwed plywood over the top of the old floor because it was terribly uneven with some gaps, cracks, etc. Then vinyl plank peel and stick flooring over that. Its waterproof and has been perfect. Edited May 31 by HenryBurlingame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 I would put some thick concrete backer board under your kiln and make sure your kiln is on a stand. If you need your kiln a little higher you could put it on some cinder blocks My kilns are fairly close to sheet rock walls so I covered the walls with concrete board about eight feet high. My floor is concrete so I don't have to worry about it, I have a row of the gray exercising mats running around my main studio. I have bad feet and can't stand on concrete very long, the mats are very comfortable. They connect together, I take them outside and spray them off with the hose, let them dry and reconnect them as I relay them in the studio. Denice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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