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AJE78 wrote:... the importance of Mike's comments in his notes on how to build a shed that he comments on the draw backs of a suspended floor...
Woodbloke wrote:AJE78 wrote:... the importance of Mike's comments in his notes on how to build a shed that he comments on the draw backs of a suspended floor...
I deliberately built my workshop with a suspended floor and as far as I can make out, there are no disadvantages...and I have some fairly heavy bits of kit. The trick is to plan out where your heaviest items will go and then build a robust 'pad' (concrete/ 50m thick paving slabs etc) just underneath the floor joists; When the joists are eventually laid, the gap is simply taken up by a series of folding wedges.
It's worked in my 'shop for nearly two decades - Rob
Cabinetman wrote: Actually Rob you don’t even need to do that, I’ve got big heavy bits of cast-iron equipment on top of eight by twos of 18 mil OSB tongue and groove edge on not very substantial joists spanning 15feet, only 10 years up to now but no deflection on the floor at all, I think the OSB transfers the weight across several joists. Ian
AJB Temple wrote:... getting machinery in an out of my workshop is always a man and a woman job.
Mike G wrote:It's not what stays in your workshop which makes any difference with a suspended floor or a big step up.....it's what goes in and out that counts.
So, firstly, the worker. Are you OK with a big step, and are you sure you'll always be OK? Secondly, if furniture making is your thing, and you've got to manhandle a big Welsh dresser out, for instance, then you might struggle with steps. Thirdly, if you are constantly bringing big lumps of wood in, as I do, then steps would be a difficulty.
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