Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
Hi Magnus,
I've decided to go with carpet after agonizing for a long time. Reason? My floor is concrete and my feet and ankles hurt a lot after standing on concrete floors. In my case, the floor was not so level in several spots, so a hard surface would have showed these areas badly.
I used a wall-to-wall carpet meant for offices so that things would still roll well on it. I don't believe that modern carpet generates dust, so that shouldn't be an issue unless you never vaccuum! I have had no problem getting sawdust up, but you do have to cover it while doing scenery.
Here are a couple of shots of my carpet under the benchwork:
Kind Regards,
Greg
Greg Shindledecker Modeling the =WM= Thomas Sub in the mid-70s
Hi,
As some of you know I'm smack in the middle of building my layout room. Progress have been better then expected and I'm making good time. Now my question is this. What do you guys use a floor material? Vinyl, paint or carpet? Carpet floors are not that common around here and most people seems to think it's a BAD idea to put in to the train room. What do you guys think? The cost is not much so I can do it. I'm kind of tempted since I will be barefoot all the time in the train room(we take of our shoes in Sweden when we are indoors). But what about dust? Do the carpet create dust? Is it easy to get sawdust out from it? What kind of carpet? I have no idea since I've never lived in an house with carpeted floors, we have regular carpets in our house but no carpeted floors and so I'm clueless.
Magnus