Reloading Room Flooring

blopez50

blopez50

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My reloading room is currently a spare bedroom with carpet flooring. While I love the room, the carpet is a pain... I have stained it with different things, lost LOTS of primers, spilled powder, ect... It is impossible to sweep anything up and a vacum is the only option and doesn't work very well.

So, I'm moving houses (for other reasons of course). My new reloading room will also be a spare bedroom with a carpet floor. This room will double as my office. After the trouble with the current flooring, I'm looking for something to lay down in this room to make life a little easier. The "new" floor need to meet a few requirements:

1) Protect carpet
2) Be able to handle me rolling over it in an office chair
3) Be ~10'x10'
4) Cost
 
find an oriental rug...the knapp is short so you wont lose primers and you can use a "powerless" sweeper to clean up. You can usually find them for around 50 - 75 bucks.
 
Originally Posted By: ninehorsesHow about some 5x10 sheets of plywood, stained and given a good coat of polyurethane.
And where do you find 5X10 plywood??????????????????

Jack
 
Buy the cheapest snap lock laminate flooring you can find trim around the outside edge with anything you like. Lay it directly over the carpet and it will look as if were custom fit. Catch it on clearance and it could easily be done for 100.00. Possible to pull the carpet and do the whole room.
 
Originally Posted By: bushyfind an oriental rug...the knapp is short so you wont lose primers and you can use a "powerless" sweeper to clean up. You can usually find them for around 50 - 75 bucks.

Where could I find one of those?

I thought about the plywood idea but idk if the lady would go for that....
 
Get some sheets of Luan Mahogany...It's commonly used for underlayment with vinyl....You can fasten the two together on the underside with some heat applied carpet tape and then tack the vinyl to it..That will allow you to remove it without damaging the carpet underneath and it should withstand the pressure of your desk chair rollers...It comes in 4'x8' sheets and you can cut it to fit the space you need..
 
Look in the closet and see if there is hardwood flooring. If there is, then pull back a small section of the carpet and see if the hardwood extends into the room. If it does, take the carpet out of the room and you are done. You can get the metal carpet to flooring strips just about anywhere.

Just a thought and won't cost you more than about 10$.

Tony
 
If it is carpet, pull it up and laydown Pergo or other snap together laminate. ITs inexpensive, can be found for about $0.70 a sq/ft. Its easy to lay down and very rugged. That would be my choice.
 
That's my ideal solution as well.... Unfortunately not an option...

I need something to go on top of the carpet.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys!
 
Why do you have to lay on top of the carpet? You can pull the Carpet,Pad,& Tack Strips & store them somewhere out of the way.

The problem with laying anything over the carpet/pad will be movement due to compressing the material. Any "snap together" flooring will fail at the joints given enough time & use. If you have to lay over the carpet, I suggest a tongue & groove Plywood, preferably screwed-down into the existing subfloor. If you have concrete subfloor then you're hosed; unless you want to shoot concrete nails.





 
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Originally Posted By: blopez50^ it's all carpet... No hardwood underneath

Not wall to wall, but seems you have two separate problems.
1) Office chair: I used a cleated mat similar to the Universal #56807 (45 x 53" @ $39.59) http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=1069146 in my office. The one I had was thick enough to provide a solid surface for the casters to roll freely on and the cleats held it in place nicely on the carpet.

2) Loading bench: On the same page are some 3' x 2' anti-fatigue mats for just under $16 ea. These look like some foam rubber mats like we used in the warehouse in front of workbenches and would provide a smooth surface in front of your loading bench assuming you stand while reloading.

Might not be what you have in mind, but fits the budget mentioned and nothing that cannot be easily removed if/when necessary.

Regards,
hm
 
Whatever flooring you end up with i would suggest you to keep rugs like bamboo rugs or carpets on floors so that even it gets stained its easy to to remove it and also it will protect your new flooring. Best luck with it!!
 
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