Reloading room floor

[Larry Koch]

yes on carpet. like a berber commercial grade with padding. Why, You will drop stuff and it wont get damaged, and small items dont roll under the table most of the time. primers will sit on top, vacuums up easy. You dont have to go professional install, just a large enough piece to cover your area. Plus you live up North and its a little warmer than hard surfaces.

 

[cmysix]

How could anything destroy vinyl plank flooring? that's it's selling point, indestructible!

 

[Kevin1990]

So I flipped this entire house myself, and I own a commercial cleaning company, so cleaning it isn’t a problem nor is installing it. HOWEVER.

A lot of good points on all fronts here. I do have sinus issues, and I pulled the old carpet out of this house and it was just bad. I have carpet in our bedrooms and thinking about it in a large area like the basement might be too much.

Going to start looking into vinyl plank flooring again, or a vinyl sheet flooring.

 

[leakeyjohn]

I beg to differ. My floor in my reloading and gun area is bare dry concrete. Separate from laundry food etc except wood working. Works great of course it is in Northern Utah wifes choice not mine.

 

[M-61]

Take a garbage bag cut it square.
Tape it on all 4 sides to the concrete floor
Pull it up one week later. Take a look. Cheap indicator of moisture in your concrete floor where you live.

 

[Homerange]

Take a garbage bag cut it square.
Tape it on all 4 sides to the concrete floor
Pull it up one week later. Take a look. Cheap indicator of moisture in your concrete floor where you live.

This isn't the case everywhere.
Here in NZ new concrete ground floor construction has had a requirement for 'tanking', that is heavy polythene under floors and footings to finish above ground level.

 

[WyleWD]

Either tile flooring, epoxy stained concrete, or just plain concrete. JME. WD

 

[M-61]

This isn't the case everywhere.
Here in NZ new concrete ground floor construction has had a requirement for 'tanking', that is heavy polythene under floors and footings to finish above ground level.

I thought he was talking about were he lived. I didn’t know it was new construction. I don’t know what the requirements are here except thank goodness it’s not federal. Hard enough with the town never mind some asshole in Washington

 

[jimmymac]

All I do is use the 1/2" thick interlocking high density foam squares that sit directly on the concrete. They provide a nice cushion for my feet and legs. It is black so when I drop something it is easy to find and also undamaged. I'll never look back. Cheap and simple solution with no downside.

 

[JEFFPPC]

My reloading room is carpeted. I have had no issues in 24 years. I have banged off a primer or two. If you find that troubling I hope you never had the traumatic experience of a cap gun as a kid. My house sirs at the bottem of a ridge full of springs. Entire house was french drained during construction. We have never had any water issues.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

I like the concrete floor, when I anneal the case goes from the socket to the floor. I would like anti static work station pads at my benchs for when I'm standing.

 

[Bugs]

When you start being a senior shooter like me you get kind of fumble-fingered. If you drop something like a BAT bolt or an expensive Mitutoyo caliper, it usually goes better on carpet than on concrete.

 

[CJ6]

When you start being a senior shooter like me you get kind of fumble-fingered. If you drop something like a BAT bolt or an expensive Mitutoyo caliper, it usually goes better on carpet than on concrete.

Rubber/padded mats take care of that.

 

[M-61]

I have one of those huge cow/ horse rubber rectangular pieces. Makes it easier for standing.
That thing is so heavy and maybe 1 1/2. “ thick.
It’s perfect but its weight is crazy high.

 

[Liven The Dream]

Carpet over Concrete in my Barn Man Cave, No Problem .

 

[Kevin1990]

Just in case anyone was interested, I did a ton of research, and after pulling the old floor up, I had my work cut out for me. Can’t believe I installed LVP over the concrete. (Lots of bumps and uneven spots.) Ended up repainting everything too.

I went with vinyl sheet flooring. (Two name brand hardware stores wanted almost $1,000 for the install.) I risked it and seamed two of the sheets myself and used a pressure sensitive adhesive. Pretty easy, other than getting such large piece to lay flat and square everything up. Real happy with the end result.

Before and after. I always forget to take the before, and end up doing it half way through.

 

[STORM2]

I have ceramic tile. The tile was installed before it became a multi-purpose My Room. The tile is great but the pattern is such that Big Foot could hide in plain sight! I have installed high intensity under bench flood lights which help. Lost parts force serious sweep and swab field days. Sorta a built in keep the floor clean reminder.

Carpet would never work for me. Benches and boxes on wheels and My Room connects with the garage and outdoors…but it’s My Room.

 

[BigBolt]

1/2 of the 40'x26' basement is my reloading area with a full bath, mechanical space and 2 closets. I installed 2'x2' commercial indoor outdoor carpet squares throughout the basement over sealed concrete. I did the entire basement commercially done with epoxy coating on the CMU walls, with metal studs, sheet rock, rock wool insulation and sheet rock sealings which are 7'6" finished. The carpet squares wear like iron and are self-sticking also they are easily replaced.

 

[Timberyote]

Did the carpet thing (wall to wall) and it got too dirty too quickly many years ago.

I have a sealed concrete floor in the basement and laid down kids play interlocking mats. Just changed them out after about 15 years. They get dirty and embedded with stuff. Reak easy to vacuum too.

 

[MisterHelix]

I would prefer a hard floor in my area, but I also work on guns there, and I often have tiny spring loaded parts to try and find.