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Originally Posted by CADplans
My feeling about welding in THAT building???????? 
You might as well spray gasoline before you start, it will go up in flames eventually.
The issue is not the floor, it is the entire structure.
A spark goes somewhere, smoldering starts, in the middle of the night, you hear the fire trucks driving up,,,,.
Those welding/cutting sparks go 10 feet,,, land in some dust and/or cob webs, and the smoldering starts. 
You could do a water washdown after welding EVERY time. |
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Originally Posted by green 4 acres
I vote bad plan too , welding cutting in a wood structure ,sorry if that is not what you wanted to hear . Take it from a guy who has had his share of oily rag fires from welding /cutting
maybe out side for now away from the building
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Sorry Keith, but I'm with these guys. That just isn't a good building to be welding in. It will make a nice shop though!
Now, drywalling the entire inside (walls and ceiling) would help. But, I'm not sure what to think about the floor. Pouring concrete on it won't last. It will just crack. I'm sure that paint helps, but it won't work on the floor where the sparks land. It will burn through, into the wood, and your back to square one. I say, pour a pad outside, and weld out there. Like was stated, I know that's not what you want to hear, but I think your better off not doing it. I really don't want to read later on in the year about a fire......