Shed floor?

[Sarah]

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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[Lush!]

Quarry tiles ... nothing happens ...

[Vicki]

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  

[Sarah]

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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[Lush!]

Really?!!

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

[turnedlight]

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.

[kerensky]

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.

[Carol]

I've got victorian stone tiles on my floor, been down since 1901 - durable & unmarkable! (By hot glass anyway  )
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 

[Kaz]

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

[Lyn G]

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.

[Vicki]

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!

[Sarah]

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 

Sarah
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[ejralph]

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

[LittleMoo]

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!

[saffie]

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!!!!!