Observatory flooring?

[Daz1969]

Hi all, Am in the process of planning an obsy and wanted to know what should i use for flooring? Chipboard ? Hardboard ? and what should i treat it with ?

Cheers in advance

Daz

[Doc]

Depends on how much money you want to spend.

I would say a nice wooden stained floor would look really nice in a observatory.

[Psychobilly]

I fancy doing mine with interlocking rubber safety tiles like they use in playgrounds not cheap but should help if you ever drop something liek an EP...

They should also help to reduce any vibration from moving around...

Billy...

[Dave]

If it was me I wouldn't make the floor too hard wearing.

I always worry about dropping a crucial eyepiece on a hard floor in the dark.

So it's carpet for me in my observatory which is also also more comfortable if I have to kneel down.

Make sure that the scope does not stand on the flooring itself as your movements will wobble the scope.

[centroid]

My obsy floor is made of tongue & groove floor boarding. This sits on small joists, which in turn sit on concrete blocks.

The pier passes through the floor, with a 3/4" gap around it, which is sealed with foam pipe wrap. As such, I can stamp around in the obsy without introducing vibrations into the pier.

The underside of the floor, is treated with several coats of Cuprinol preservative.

Inside, the floor is covered with carpet tiles.

Dave

[Daz1969]

Cheers everbody! Dave , your floor sounds just what iam after.

Many thanks guys

Daz

[barkis]

Tongue and groove on mine too, painted with grey floor paint, but carpeted over too. Fitted from one piece.

Ron.

[Daz1969]

Nice 1 Ron. Think iam gonna go down that route.

Cheers

Daz