Any flooring experts in the café?

[Globalti]

Can you recommend a covering for a workshop floor? It needs to be washable and it mustn't insulate because there will be under-floor heating. The top layer will be self-levelling screed, is screed robust enough to form the top layer if sealed and painted? Or should something else equally dense be laid over the screed?

At work our lab floors are covered in some kind of chemical-proof resin finish, which is excellent but I bet it's expensive.

Another possibility is the finish in the laying shed of our neighbour's chicken farm where the concrete was floated smooth then treated with a sealant then a smart pale grey matt paint, which I like very much.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[pawl]

Can you recommend a covering for a workshop floor? It needs to be washable and it mustn't insulate because there will be under-floor heating. The top layer will be self-levelling screed, is screed robust enough to form the top layer if sealed and painted? Or should something else equally dense be laid over the screed?

At work our lab floors are covered in some kind of chemical-proof resin finish, which is excellent but I bet it's expensive.

Another possibility is the finish in the laying shed of our neighbour's chicken farm where the concrete was floated smooth then treated with a sealant then a smart pale grey matt paint, which I like very much.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

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Nope all the cafes are closed.

 

[MontyVeda]

paint the screed?

 

[Cycleops]

If it's a latex screed it will be dust free so you can just paint on top without need to seal.

 

[TissoT]

https://www.floorsaver.co.uk/collec...RIoTm4er2VB60jJQgCzOp4UiIpCNlQDBoCFqsQAvD_BwE

 

[PK99]

Can you recommend a covering for a workshop floor? It needs to be washable and it mustn't insulate because there will be under-floor heating. The top layer will be self-levelling screed, is screed robust enough to form the top layer if sealed and painted? Or should something else equally dense be laid over the screed?

At work our lab floors are covered in some kind of chemical-proof resin finish, which is excellent but I bet it's expensive.

Another possibility is the finish in the laying shed of our neighbour's chicken farm where the concrete was floated smooth then treated with a sealant then a smart pale grey matt paint, which I like very much.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Sheet linoleum?

£30/m2

 

[Cycleops]

Sheet linoleum?

£30/m2

Very green and 100% natural.

 

[raleighnut]

Sheet linoleum?

£30/m2

Not really washable unless the edges are really well sealed (the Hessian backing rots)

 

[Cycleops]

Not really washable unless the edges are really well sealed (the Hessian backing rots)

A good lino fitter will ensure this is done.

 

[ColinJ]

Is that for your retirement workshop in the Highlands?

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I recently used a two part resin coating on my garage (which is 4x8m). I used this because I wanted to be sure it was sealed against damp coming in. I got the primer and top coat from Resincoat in West York's and it cost £450. Obviously I then had to paint it down, but it wasn't hard. It gives a great surface, tough, oil petrol resistant and washable. Super choice of colours too.

If you're not concerned about damp then a decent solvent based garage floor paint would be fine I think. Screwfix or Johnston's trade stuff I always find decent.

 

[slowmotion]

What is the workshop for, and what's likely to be spilled on it? If you spend a lot of time doing things on concrete floors, your feet and legs get knackered.

 

[Salty seadog]

@Mugshot

Isn't this your territory?

 

[Tail End Charlie]

What is the workshop for, and what's likely to be spilled on it? If you spend a lot of time doing things on concrete floors, your feet and legs get knackered.

This is true. In addition to the Resincoat I mentioned above, I put down some yoga matting (from Aldi) which locks together over the areas I stand on most, for warmth and comfort.

 

[Levo-Lon]

You could probably do it with a paving sealer like Resiblock.


https://www.resiblock.com/product/resiblock-superior-natural-matt/