Hi Tom Tractor Supply is selling stable mats right now, or at least I had seen them a little while ago. They are large mats designed to go on dirt floors. Another option is hard wood that will not rot. You may have to get this kind of wood from a saw mill, since this kind of wood is too hard for general use. Black Locus or Red Mullberry are good choices. Ibe and Purple Heart are good choices if you can get them in a decking grade. A lumber seller in my area has Ibe at $2.00 a board foot in decking grade. it is a brown wood from South America.
John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Vos To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 7:43 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Putting in a basement floor Are there any alternatives for a basement floor other than concrete? We have a room in the basement with a dirt floor. It's not very usable that way, but to get concrete down there will be tough. There are no windows, so concrete would have to be hauled through the entry and kitchen and down the stairs. Or we could carry bags of Redi Mix, but it's going to take a whale of a lot of bags to do the room. It's only about 12 feet square, but that's a lot of lugging. Any ideas? Blessings, Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
