train room flooring?

[cudaken]

Kevin-B

Thanks everyone for the input. Now comes the discussion with my wife as to which she prefers.

 Boy, that is not a good idea. Train room should be the man cave unless she is into trains.

 "but Kevin, the pink walls will make the trees stand out better and they will look great with these curtains"

 Hen Pecked Ken again.

 

[BATMAN]

Notice how the hue of the pink walls and carpet tie into the beautiful pink foam tabletop addition to the room. OOPS sorry, to much HGTV again.

Actually I didn't even know the walls and carpet were pink until I brought in my foam. I thought they were Gray up until then. You would have thunk the wife would have said something. It's her way of getting back at me for moving the Grand Piano out of the Trainroom to the Living room while she was away one weekend.

It was too late to change it all, the benchwork was in. Take note, if you have trouble with your colours like I do, get a buddy in to check things out first.

By the way I love carpet in the Trainroom. Many a time I have thought through construction issues while staring at the ceiling.

 

                                                                Brent

[tgindy]

Just finished the room prep for the library/layout room beside the furnace room.  Excluding the side hallway into the furnace room, the total usable space is apx. 9'x9' -- Also why N Scale is the choice for the 5'x9' (U-shaped "cockpit") layout area.

Due to a furnace pressure valve leaking a few years ago, the floor in the layout room is now commercial tile -- Like other hallways, kitchen, and bathroom flooring have ended up where tile replaced carpet or sticky-backed tile that had been stained, scratched, dented, etc..  A "shark steam" cleaner easily handles tile maintenance.

As layout construction progresses -- A commercial carpet will be cut to match the walkways other than the under-benchwork layout.  Carpet can be cut to size with edging applied by the carpet store.  Tile plays nice with round-nylon-sliders on storage desks, cabinets. bookcases -- Under the layout for maintenance access.

An additional tile consideration is your underlayment:  If you use sticky-backed tiles, a luan-plywood will suffice, and; for better quality commercial tile, a cement-board is needed if laid on top of wooden sub-floor, if you are not laying tile on top of cement flooring.  Another thought, for a room beside a hallway and/or other rooms, is the total height of the flooring between rooms to end up having the same floor-height -- Whether carpet, hardwood, or more tile.

[da_kraut]

Hi,

I have laminate in my train room.  I like it because it is very durable, the surface is hard enough so that paint can be easily scrapped off with a finger nail, plaster and other items are easily cleaned and it looks clean and good.  As an added bonus when one of the small items drops on the floor, ie MU hose from a locomotive I am putting together, then it is easy to spot.  Also being that it is a easy floor do clean the dust issues is less trouble to keep in check.

Hope it helps

Frank

[D&HRR]

Hardwood under the benchwork and carpets on the walkways.

[rrinker]

 I'm with Brent. Since my layout is in a spare room - actually, the master bedroom, I'm lucky enough to have a GF who is happy to let me indulge in my hobby - and also who realizes that so long as the bed and dressers fit, there's no real reason to have a giant room for a bedroom - it had carpet, a grey/off white color, with off-white walls. Typical apartment fare. The carpet does sometimes look pink witht he lights reflecting off the foam, but it's definitely NOT pink carpet. And having carpet is great - I too often just lay down on the floor to think about things. Though I've been doing less thinkign and more doing lately - in thepast 2 months I've made more progress than the entire first year I was here.

                               --Randy