Perhaps I should be over in FHBs forum, but I thought I’d throw this out for ideas.
I’m converting the garage (18′ x 18′ 6″) into a woodshop w/ a temporary raised floor – vapor barrier on slab, sleepers, plywood (just like the last Tools & Shops). Only, the material being used in the article for the sleepers, is pressure treated 2x4s – I was thinkin’ maybe that CCA stuff is not for me & I could use that new-fangled composite decking (in this case Choicedek). It’s 5/4 x 6, pretty darn tough, and there ain’t no arsenic in it.
My understanding is that after Dec. 2003 the EPA will no longer allow CCA treated lumber to be sold, so the thought is I could avoid the nastiness of having to cut & handle that stuff, and have something I could use elsewhere (when I move). Yep, probably a bit more expensive (maybe 2x).
Has anybody out there used the composite stuff? Is there any reason it shouldn’t work?
Thanks in advance.
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I haven't used it in the application you describe but I helped a neighbor build a deck with it. Agreed, it's pretty interesting material given that it's practically weather *proof* - if we're talking about the same kind of material. What we used was a kind of plastic, sawdust and whatever else in kindduvan extrued shape about the size of a 1x4, bit thicker, with well rounded edges.
Works easily with regular power tools - we were outside so the smell of cutting plastic wasn't that much an issue nor the problems of breathing the dust - both of which I suspect would be as serious as fine sawdust.
Do you plan on just floating the floor over the concrete rather than securing the sleepers?
Dennis in Bellevue WA
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I thought I might just float 'em all.
I wonder how portable dance floors are put together. Maybe I could just make 4' x 4' "tiles", like the raised floors in computer rooms.
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