Well the flooring for the Caboose is decided. I was working
around the plant this past weekend and started cutting the plywood
bows for the sandwich roof trusses.
During my wanderings I walked by one of the cut off dumps
and picked up about four or five pieces of 1 x 6 waste and a
light went off. These are for the most part clear and knot free
SPF #2.
A Parquet floor using these cutoffs.
I can trim them into 5 1/2" by 5 1/2" tiles.
A little quick math and it comes out just under
800 tiles for an 8' x20' floor. A notched trowel and some real
good construction adhesive as the base and I think I will
experiment with sawdust and carpenters glue or perhaps
the dust and some fiberglass resin.
Any of the cabinet makers out there have a good recipe
for a wood filler.
I am thing 3 /16 to 1/4" grout lines. The final finish will be
a gym floor sealer.