If you want a very tough floor, then end grain up wood is among the
toughest. I've seen that in a railroad barn once. I don't know how the
wood has survived so long. It might be interesting to ask the road crew or
the transportation department what sort of wood was used.

Michael
"Rob Stokes" wrote in message
s.com...
Hmmm, interesting. While I agree in principle, just the other day on the
way
home from work, I passed a road construction crew. I know, I know, what
the
hell does this have to do with anything but wait......

Looking at the "cross section" of the ditch dug down the middle of the
road,
it became apparent that the asphalt had been placed over the original
cobblestones. The original cobblestones were wood blocks placed on
end...and
they were still there.

Must be something to it.

Rob


"JackD" wrote in message ...
Not a good idea.
Wood changes dimension as the water content changes.
Because of this wood floors are not made of wooden tiles.
If they were then gaps would open when the floor dried and it
might/would
buckle if it got too wet.

Now, that being said, IF you put down some sort of barrier so any
moisture
in the concrete could not find it's way into the wood, and IF you used a
flexible grout (really a sealant) which had elastic properties
sufficient
to
allow the movement of the wood then it would be OK. I'm guessing that
you
would end up with something like a bunch of wood stuck in a puddle of
sikaflex. Maintaining it with the combination of wood and flexible
sealant
would be a problem - as would refinishing it since the sander would not
like
the sealant at all.

My advice, stick to the traditional methods of installing wooden
flooring.

-Jack

"vegasdave" wrote in message
om...
I want to make my own flooring tiles from wood and install them as you
would any other flooring tile. I would be intalling them on a solid
concrete subfloor. Is this possible? Would I be able to use grout, or
is there a special grouting material that I would use? Would I use
construction adhesive or thinset to lay the tiles? Would I seal them
with marine varnish, or would a urethane coating be sufficient?
Any advice on this topic would be appreciated. I like tile, love
wood, and hate parkay flooring. This idea seemed the best of both
worlds. Please help.