Put a floor over stone chippings

Kido250

My Dad has just bought a temporary garage to use as a garden workshop. Where he wants to put it is covered in stone chippings. Is there something he could put over the stones to make a more stable surface for his larger tools. He doesn’t want to take the stones up and put slabs down. Thanks.

FreeBear

What sort of "larger tools" ?

If we are talking about band saws, lathes, pillar drills, etc, then you must have a solid floor to stand them on - And even slabs would be unsuitable. It would need to be a properly laid concrete base over a good layer of hardcore.

If, on the other hand, it is just light hand tools and a bench, build a platform out of 3x2 timber with a couple of sheets of OSB on top. But any time he drops something, it will probably bounce & disappear into the gravel. The stones will also collect debris & waste materials unless the temporary floor goes right up to the walls of the garage/workshop.

Kido250

He’s got a planer thicknesser, a mitre saw on a stand and a scroll saw.

FreeBear

Kido250 said: He’s got a planer thicknesser, a mitre saw on a stand and a scroll saw.

Solid concrete base then. Forget slabs or temporary wooden floors.