The bike room is complete.

I've been working on making our small home office into a combined
office/bike room. Here are the results, along with some bike related decor
items in other parts of the house:

http://128.83.80.200/bike/bikeroom.html

According to Robert Canon <rcanon@mail.utexas.edu>:
>I've been working on making our small home office into a combined office/bike room.

I dig that flooring. It is the most. Is it as liquid-proof as advertised?

---
Lars

> Is it as liquid-proof as advertised?

It's only been installed for two days so I don't have any first-hand experience, but the way the
tiles lock together is like a super heavy-duty zip-lock bag type closure. The flooring is
recommended for commercial kitchens and garages so it should be up to about anything.

> Is it as liquid-proof as advertised?

It's only been installed for two days so I don't have any first-hand experience, but the way the
tiles lock together is like a super heavy-duty zip-lock bag type closure. The flooring is
recommended for commercial kitchens and garages so it should be up to about anything.

"Robert Canon" <rcanon@mail.utexas.edu> wrote in message
news:8_%Nb.170$GV.166@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> > Is it as liquid-proof as advertised?
>
> It's only been installed for two days so I don't have any first-hand experience, but the way the
> tiles lock together is like a super heavy-duty zip-lock bag type closure. The flooring is
> recommended for commercial kitchens and garages so it should be up to about anything.

Where do you get it?

"Robert Canon" <rcanon@mail.utexas.edu> wrote in message news:<bu97op$ke$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>...
> I've been working on making our small home office into a combined office/bike room. Here are the
> results, along with some bike related decor items in other parts of the house:
>
> http://128.83.80.200/bike/bikeroom.html

Do you ride the fixed-gear bicycle outdoors? If so, are you concerned about road dirt falling from
the bicycle onto your computer and desk? Or do you wash your bikes after each ride to minimize the
dirt droppings?

Or do you live in an exceptionally clean state which doesn't create the same dirt problems as Ohio?

-- Daniel Mocsny

> Where do you get it?

There are cheaper tiles sold primarily for tarting up your garage a bit, but the pictures I've seen
make it look a little cheap, especially for a residential interior. I had seen this particular
flooring in several commercial applications and always liked it thinking it would look good in the
house. I could only find in two places, both on the internet, that sell it, which isn't saying that
more aren't out there. The first link below is the manufacturer, where I purchased it with good
sales service and support. The second is a vendor that is a bit higher and who never got back with
me on a shipping price.

http://www.flooringadventures.com/

http://www.floorsurfaces.com/tile-lkng.htm

The only thing I'm even mildly dissatisfied with is the limited selection of colors. The rest of the
floors in the house are either stained concrete in sort of a sage/gold with sea grass area rugs or
carbonized bamboo hardwood. The closest the PVC tiles come to a natural color is a funky tan and a
green that would look at home in a state mental hospital from the 50s. The light gray/dark gray
plastic checkerboard I chose for the bike room looks great by it's self, but is a bit industrial
compared to the warmer, more natural surfaces in the rest of the house. The bicycles, Craftsman tool
cart, repair stand, and computer/desk look more at home in the mildly industrial setting, though.

> ...are you concerned about road dirt falling from the bicycle onto your computer and desk?

The fixie is a pretty recent addition so the issue hasn't come up... My other bike has fenders so I
imagine it will be pressed into duty for sloppy days keeping the fixed gear bike as a sort of fair
weather friend. If the fixie get's caught in the rain or something I'll most likely pop it in the
repair stand, wipe it down with a shop rag, oil the chain, and let it sit there overnight before
putting it back on the wall.

> Or do you live in an exceptionally clean state which doesn't create the same dirt problems
> as Ohio?

Come to think of it, maybe I do! It never snows in Austin to speak of, the roads aren't
salted/sanded in the winter, and other than during construction (they happen to be working on the
main road I take to work just outside my neighborhood so it can be messy in the wet) the roads are
pretty clean all year.

Thanks Robert.

"Robert Canon" <rcanon@mail.utexas.edu> wrote in message news:dv3Ob.501$GV.308@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> > Where do you get it?
>
> There are cheaper tiles sold primarily for tarting up your garage a bit,
but
> the pictures I've seen make it look a little cheap, especially for a residential interior. I had
> seen this particular flooring in several commercial applications and always liked it thinking it
> would look good in the house. I could only find in two places, both on the internet, that sell it,
> which isn't saying that more aren't out there. The first link below is the manufacturer, where I
> purchased it with good sales service
and
> support. The second is a vendor that is a bit higher and who never got
back
> with me on a shipping price.
>
> http://www.flooringadventures.com/
>
> http://www.floorsurfaces.com/tile-lkng.htm
>
> The only thing I'm even mildly dissatisfied with is the limited selection
of
> colors. The rest of the floors in the house are either stained concrete
in
> sort of a sage/gold with sea grass area rugs or carbonized bamboo
hardwood.
> The closest the PVC tiles come to a natural color is a funky tan and a
green
> that would look at home in a state mental hospital from the 50s. The
light
> gray/dark gray plastic checkerboard I chose for the bike room looks great
by
> it's self, but is a bit industrial compared to the warmer, more natural surfaces in the rest of
> the house. The bicycles, Craftsman tool cart, repair stand, and computer/desk look more at home in
> the mildly industrial setting, though.