Not Quite NA- Garage/Hangar Floor Matting

[wanttaja]

Yet another question coming from our new home purchase.

One of the stalls in the garage has matting on the floor. It consists of interlocking two-foot square panels in hard rubber/plastic cut through with a dense pattern of triangles.

Basic question: other than protecting the concrete floor, what is the mat good for?

I'm not too fired up. I've got a lot of stuff on wheels (tool box, table saw, etc.) and it looks like the units won't roll very easily. I'm contemplating pulling it out.

Which brings me to the point where NA no longer applies: If I take it out, should I put it under the plane in the hangar?

Ron Wanttaja

 

[Bob Noel]

is it slippery when wet? - if so, get rid of it

is it more comfortable to stand on then standing on concrete? - if so, perhaps keep it around work areas.

 

[eman1200]

……should I put it under the plane in the hangar?

Ron Wanttaja

why?

 

[Mason]

Consider that you don't exactly know what is under the matting...yet.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

Poof, It’s gone (for me)
Collects dirt & liquids, maybe bugs

 

[GeorgeC]

Basic question: other than protecting the concrete floor, what is the mat good for?

As I have not yet hit the lottery and rebuilt a $500k garage mahal with an epoxy-coated polished concrete slab... I put such tiles in my garage. For me, it wasn't about protecting the slab at all; the tiles provide a more even surface and look nicer.

www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/need-to-de-slippify-my-garage-floor.87549/page-2#post-2161006

Which brings me to the point where NA no longer applies: If I take it out, should I put it under the plane in the hangar?

What problem are you trying to solve?

 

[wanttaja]

What problem are you trying to solve?

Just my frugal Skywegian heritage looking for an excuse to NOT just throw this stuff away. Don't see a use for it, so just casting about to find if there's an actual reason to keep it.

Move-in is in three weeks, and after that it will be covered by boxes, etc. and much more difficult to get rid of.

I initially thought it was an exercise mat, but it's not resilient.

Ron Wanttaja

 

[Brad W]

Poof, It’s gone (for me)
Collects dirt & liquids, maybe bugs

that, exactly

The exception that comes to mind that might maybe bring me to the decision to replace it after cleaning the floor under it is if the concrete slab is in tough shape with lots of cracking, spalling, etc...
I certainly wouldn't want a mat with holes in it if I were doing much mechanical work in the area. Seems like a nightmare for retrieving dropped tiny things....

 

[TCABM]

Just my frugal Skywegian heritage looking for an excuse to NOT just throw this stuff away. Don't see a use for it, so just casting about to find if there's an actual reason to keep it.

Move-in is in three weeks, and after that it will be covered by boxes, etc. and much more difficult to get rid of.

I initially thought it was an exercise mat, but it's not resilient.

Ron Wanttaja

I’ve had sanded & flaked epoxy floors since 2013, so take this for what it’s worth. Not having seen the color and texture of this matting, I really wouldn’t put it under the plane since:

1) The plane moves around on giant rollers already
2) Anything that drips may not be as noticeable nor color determined as easily
3) Dropped objects may become more difficult to see

We chose epoxy floors in CO help reduce slip/fall hazards in the winter and carried that over to our Texas house for aesthetics and easy clean up purposes. I do work in the garage as well and dropped objects can be a pain to locate which is why if we build a shop, I’m going @Ted’s route with white, unflaked epoxy.

ETA: there’s likely someone on FB Marketplace, CL, or your aiport bulletin board who would want to re-use this stuff to assuage your heritaginal concerns

 

[Dana]

I have some smaller pieces of that mat in front of my machine tools and workbench; it's a lot less fatiguing to stand on than bare concrete. But it does make cleanup more of a PITA.