It was a cute movie, but that’s not the point. The point is that after working in my old basement shop, and building this new shop, my feet are anything but happy. Concrete hurts my feet (and my knees for that matter). I decided early on that I would have some kind of “not-concrete” floor in the new shop.
The existing garage floor wasn’t in horrible shape, but it wasn’t great. There were a few cracks, and a couple of mini-potholes. I looked at several options –
Paint with that garage-epoxy stuff
Raised floor (after I went to all that work to have some head room!)
Semi-raised floor (2×4s laid flat with plywood over the top).
None of these quite fit. Then I found my answer: DriCore.
The runner up was the semi-raised floor, but that would mean power washing and sealing the concrete, laying down a moisture barrier, and lots of 2×4s somehow attached to the concrete. Very time consuming, and with a very low fun-factor. So, off to the BORG I went.
For those who don’t know about it, DriCor is a sub floor. Plastic bottom (moisture barrier), with semi-finished OSB on top. It comes in tiles that are about 2’x2’, and are tongue and groove. All told I only lost 7/8” of head room. They are expensive – arout $6 per tile, but man oh man, are they worth it (IMHO). They’re easy to cut, easy to fit, and you really can have a space completed in a day. I took two, but probably could have done it in one if I had pushed it.
So, my story is nearing completion, as is the shop. It looks like I may have run out of excuses not to build that birdhouse for SWMBO.
It’s really coming together now.
-- To do is to be
6 comments so far
tenontim
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posted 53 days ago
Thanks for the post, Jon. My new shop has a concrete floor and it’s wearing me out too. My old shop was pier and beam with a wood floor. I’ve got rubber mats scattered around, and have the softest soles on my shoes I can find, but it still uses my feet up in about half a day. I’ll have to look into the DriCore.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 53 days ago
This is really coming together. Thanks for the info on the DriCore. I have not heard of that product before. It may be worth looking into.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
Toolz
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posted 53 days ago
DriCORE sounds like just the ticket for my old knees. Thanks for the post.
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Mark Shymanski
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posted 52 days ago
Hmmm, DriCore sounds like the solution I’ve been looking for for my aching feet/back. Thanks for the tip.
-- cough...cough....next big purchase is wood for the next project, Mark
Mario
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posted 52 days ago
Thanks for the post, I ran the cost estimator on the company website and it came out to $2100.00 Ouch. maybe I can do this in several phases.
-- Hope Never fails
Jon Spelbring
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posted 52 days ago
Mario,
Yeah, DriCore is on the expensive side – one of the few benefits of a small shop was that I was able to afford it as my floor.
-- To do is to be