[Sem] "SEM room" flooring

giovanni_re john_re at fastmail.us
Wed Feb 6 06:27:26 UTC 2013


Can we get bunny suits too?

...
Perhaps the sewing group could whip them up???


On Tue, Feb 5, 2013, at 06:41 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> I have done extensive research and determined that server room flooring
> is the way to go. 
> 
> First of all, I believe you are referring to vinyl when you say linoleum.
> There are a lot of reasons not to use vinyl. It gains a static charge and
> attracts dust. Tiles are what Alan and I removed in there and they held
> massive amounts of dirt in the cracks. Vinyl and the adhesive to stick it
> to the floor off gases. 
> 
> True linoleum is made of sawdust and rosin and is extremely expensive to
> ship. It's too big for UPS. But cost was not the issue. Neither vinyl nor
> linoleum can be found in a solid white. This means they will hide dirt.
> Almost all vinyl and linoleum has a pattern. Linoleum has care
> requirements that Noisebridge people aren't likely to follow (Armstrong
> S-485 floor cleaner). 
> 
> So I looked into poured white rubber flooring but it was not just cost
> prohibitive, the companies that do it wouldn't take us on for such a
> small square footage. They would have to fly to the bay area. Not
> happening. 
> 
> Server flooring has the following benefits: it is modular, it is solid
> white, it can be cleaned, wires and vacuum hose may be routed beneath it.
> Vents may be installed for structured airflow (drawing dust away from
> equipment and work surfaces). It can be rearranged according to the
> equipment in the room. It's surprisingly cheap on Alibaba.com. 
> 
> Chris
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 2, 2013, at 13:45, John McMaster <johndmcmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Heyo,
> > We have 3 people that are interested in trying to improve the flooring
> > in the enclosed space in the back of NB.  We've had a few suggestions
> > here and there but I haven't heard a strong move to anything.  Are there
> > any objections to us putting down a simple linoleum flooring today?  In
> > the worst case it wouldn't be hard to remove (although I don't know how
> > much it would cost).  The other suggestion I believe was to use raised
> > server room type flooring.  If it is raised it seems in the worst case
> > we could install that on top of the linoleum tile.  We are going to try
> > to get a single piece of possible since it would be cleaner and
> > otherwise use actual tiles.
> > 
> > John



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