[Jewelry making - Article 01288] - [Orchid] Studio Flooring Options

[Lumenea]

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Friends, 

    This may well be a topic which has been discussed; if so, please
    forgive my redundancy and point me toward said references.  I did a
    search but may have failed to word it properly. 

    I find myself in the wonderful position of building a new studio, a
    12 x 16 wooden structure situated up on posts overlooking a gorgeous
    wooded hillside. (This will seem HUGE after my present 8 X 8 space!
    The paneling is in and ceiling mostly up, but I haven't decided what
    to do yet about flooring, beyond the OSB decking that forms the
    underlayment. I'm a fabricator, and will have separate dedicated
    areas for my bench, soldering table, buffing and raising and
    forming. My finances are limited, as we're also building a house
    near by. 

    What to do for flooring? A concrete pad or carpet are right out.
    (I've had carpet before and that was dreadful -- bits of metal and
    broken saw blades snagged everywhere.)  I'm considering vinyl
    composite tile (the hard streaky stuff you see in cafeterias,
    laboratories and church fellowship halls.)  It lasts forever and
    comes in wonderful colors, but is pricey and has to be
    professionally installed. Our flooring contractor keeps telling us
    that vinyl sheet flooring has to be installed over special
    engineered underlayment and won't hold up. Is this just a way to
    jack up the bill? 

    So, you dear creative people, what flooring do you have in your
    studios? What works well? 

Walk in Beauty,
Susannah Ravenswing
Jewels of the Spirit
Winston-Salem NC

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