We have now finally moved into our new home, and I have started work to get the workshop at the back of the garden up to scratch. It's a nice size, about 27' x 11' (that's 9m x 3.25m for the metric guys), built from bricks (one half) and blocks (the other half), with a concrete floor. I've rewired the entire shop and put new plasterboard on the ceiling, and all the windows and doors need replacing, mostly because the damp proof membrane in the walls has perished and the workshop hasn't been heated in years, and the damp has crawled straight through the walls into the ceiling and the roof. All of this is well under control, and I've managed to get the floor more or less flat with about 100kg of levelling compound.
Now here's the question: I am thinking of putting a nice wooden floor down. Have any of you done this? If so, how much of a difference does it make compared to naked concrete floor, especially in winter? Or what alternatives would you recommend? I'm quite open to suggestions. Primarily I want a floor that can be easily cleaned and doesn't freeze my feet off when spending a whole day in the workshop.