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Hello,
I purchased the plans for the 8ft bar and bar back. The situation I have is that I just completed all the walls for my basement, but am stuck on flooring because of the bar. I want to put ceramic tile in, but was wondering if I had to build the bar first, so that the ceramic tile would just wrap around the bar and the bar would be secured to the concrete.
My question is, if I did not do this and went ahead and layed my carpet and ceramic tile now, when I got to build the bar, would it be heavy enough to just be secure on the tile? Or, because of a ceramic floors rigidness, is it not a good idea.
Anyone have in tips, suggestions, or experience with something like this? I would prefer to just get the flooring in and worry about the bar later. The concrete is cold and dirty and I’m not very good at wood work, so, it may take me a while to build, but though this would be an exciting project.
Thanks.
Lee
Fork,
Don’t worry about it, put your floor in first. Once complete with inside shelving this bar is pretty heavy and stable. I don’t think many of us actually anchored to the floor. Carpet the entire area, then when your bar is framed and you know exactly where you want it. Cut out the area that you will be installing tile. That way you can experiment a little with the placement of the bar. But, if your already set for bar placement install both tile and carpet now.
You can always anchor before you finish the inside part of the bar to the floor or wall if needed. But, I think you’ll find it won’t be necessary.I guess it all depends on how long you want the bar installed, and if you rent or own.
In my case, I built the bar first, but went with vinyl tile flooring which is 1 foot x 1 foot squares. I planned out the bar back and bar placement to be sure I wouldn’t have to make any really oddball cuts. The space between the front edge of my bar back and the bartender side of the bar, at the floor is 3 1/2 tiles, or 3.5 feet (duh). That’s plenty of space. My back area is somwhat irregular and at the most narrow point the space is 3 feet.As far as securing the bar. If you do an L shaped and attach it to a wall, no problem. I attached mine to the wall AND glued the perimeter down to the concrete floor. If you put flooring AROUND your bar, glue it down.
Personally I can’t see the point of flooring a space you’ll probably never see.
Behind the bar you’ll want ceramic or vinyl tile. I’ve already had a few floods when a dish rag got stuck in the sink with the water on (duh again!).
Depending upon they way you party or should I say your friends party…You can go with tile or a low cut Scothguard carpeting.
I carpeted mine since the seam is at the front edge of the bar and is only 3 feet wide. Move it away from the bar and you’ll need to seam across the entire width of the room.Laminate wood flooring is also a nice choice and easy to install, plus it’s relatively inexpensive.
One last consideration is the future…if you ever decide to rip out the bar, say after 10 years, the flooring would need to be replaced any way. Just don’t use so much adhesive that you’ll never be able to remove the bar.
There are some photos in the bar customization section of the gallery that show my flooring.
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