Frit-Happens !

I was just about to but some workshop flooring for my shed when I spotted the flammable warning on it so it went back onto the shelf. The guy in the shop recommended rubber matting but I think I'd get yucky fumes from it if (when) I get a shocky rod.

I'm having no luck finding fire resistant/retardant flooring so please tell me what you have on the floor and what happens when you ping hot glass onto it?

Thanks

Sarah
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Quarry tiles ... nothing happens ...

I have B&Q value tiles, the lino kind.....they are nothing special, but seem pretty tough as I have no burny melt type marks on them that I can see  :)

Thanks Vicki - I was wondering about lino

Julie - I spotted your very posh quarry tiles in one of the photos and am very jealous  :-*

Sarah
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Really?!!

I can't take any credit, they were already down when I bought the house   ;)

I put down laminate, I guess a large bit of hot glass would scorch it, but so far it hasn't happened! I always look about before I leave the shed.

I have laminated wooden floor from Wickes the cheapest I could find, over a layer of insulation to keep my toes warm, not a scorch in sight, I do have water and a fire extinguisher handy just in case, but so far so good.

I've got victorian stone tiles on my floor, been down since 1901 - durable & unmarkable! (By hot glass anyway  :D )
I do have what I think are granite floor tiles on my work surface, got them cheap at B & Q or similar & they don't mark either  ;)

I have industrial type flooring (like you'd get in hospitals and catering) and it does not burn - but it does smoulder/mark if red hot glass goes onto it.
Kaz

I've just got vinyl flooring (cut from a big roll) which is great.  It's easy to clean and doesn't seem to have melted....most of my bits seem to end up on the worktop.

I theory is that when a bit of glass pops off it flys through the air & has cooled enough not to scorch my lino by the time it hits it....it, on the other hand doesn't cool enough to not burn a hole in my skin....which is annoying as I would rather it scorched my lino rather than my skin...never mind eh!

Hmm sounds as 'though I may be a little paranoid & vinyl/lino/laminate might do the job

Vicki - I know just what you mean - annoying isn't it

Julie - I have a "thing" about quarry tiles especially as the people who had this house before us ruined all the quarry tiles in the kitchen.

Thanks for your help everyone  ;D

Sarah
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I am pretty safety concious, except where it comes to the floor and I have just the wooden shed floor with a small rug under my chair!

I seldom get flying bits of glass, since I am quite wussy and take ages to warm the glass up., But when it happens and burns a hole anywhere it is usually quite "containable" and I don't much care from any aethestic point of view. The smell soon alerts you!

Emma

I had a concrete floor in my old shed but there was a piece of lino on part of it and I always knew if any flying bits of hot glass landed on it cos it stank!

I'm with Emma, wooden shed floor! did set fire to it the other month!!! can't quite remember how but the smell alerts you before it gets to big!!!! I have water as well!!!!!

Thanks for your help - I'm warming to the idea of leaving the wooden floor exposed.

The aesthetics don't worry me but the idea of fumes or flames at ground level isn't attractive.

Thanks again  :)

Sarah

I have ceramic floor tiles - matching the ones on the bench. Bought cheap from Wickes  :)

My conservatory has laminate, and it has survived unmarked even with hot beads landing on it (when my kiln is too full, lol!).

I have rubber backed mats all over the garage ;D, it's the only perk of working for a company that makes industrial carpet :)
I just get a wiff of singed fibre occasionally, usually when working with vetro odds and definitely with anise white  :o 

The reason for putting flooring down was for insulation, mainly.

DH just insulated the whole shed for me & put thick OSB board on the floor.
I've got some carpet offcut where my chair is & this has a few tiny melted bits where the glass has pinged!!!!

Sarah I tiled the floor of my shed (14 x 8) for £30 in ceramic tiles. Homebase's cheap tiles. Great for sweeping up frit/ bead release etc.

i have old cobblestones, it used to be a stable. My chair gets stuck and I can't move, if I drop a stinger or piece of glass rod it goes between them and i have to get on my hands and knees with a torch to find it, it's also freezing.... I would quite like a burnt lino tiled floor ;D

Thanks everyone  :)

I have insulation and a "proper" floor on the shed. My thinking is now a fire proof non slip runner down the middle of the shed with some little mats for my oxycons to keep their feet warm.

Sarah
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Here in the states we have a place called Lowes or Home Depot ... big hardware stores ... they have huge sells about 4 times a year where the 4 x 4 ceramic tiles are very cheap ... it's the way to go 8)  GL!