I will stay with dirt! No carpet no thanks.
I think it would be impossible to keep clean. Blower would not work, I don't think.
Just say NO!
I know how husbands can be when they think their helping. LOL
Good luck. LOL
Dorothy

We use this - it can be scrubed, swept, vacuumed, blowered, hosed, etc. Gravel (small pea size) underneath and water will not puddle.

Here is a link that might be useful: cover

Sorry, no experienced help here. Just wondering if the carpet would eventually get moldy. How about putting up the brick you have around the edges, if you have enough, then what Patti has in the middle. Later as you acquire more brick, add them on -- just a thought. Good luck, and congrats on getting you GH almost completed!

I say no to the mats, I know exactly the kind you mean, DH has them in the basement for his 'gym' flooring. I also say no to the green grass carpeting. Both I think will be lovely homes to mildew and mold. I say keep it dirt. throw the landscaping fabric down on top. I myself would use pea stone. Kristy, you can always just throw down the fabric on top of the dirt for now, and keep your eyes open on craigslist for the pea stone. No biggie to put that down at a later time if thats what you want. Thats just my opinion, and what I would do. I don't want to see you dealing with health issues from the mold and mildew, cuz, ya know..I kinda like ya, lol.

Hi Krity, got on this morning and wanted to put my 2 cents in. I got a small greenhouse for Christmas, and my husband wanted to put in a floor. I told him that I wanted mulch for the floor. He said that is too easy. I love it, I just water my plants and the excess water goes into the ground. When we leaving town, I water my plants, I also soak the mulch, this give extra moisture for the plants. So far this is working perfect for me. Its nice to step on, and it keeps it warm inside, I built it up inside around the base, to give extra insulation, it is working great for me, and it only took one hour to finish. I was in my green house, just hours after my husband gave it to me. I have it full of plants, that want to be planted, I cannot believe how the greenhouse helps root plants. I made alot of mistakes at first, like over watering my brugmansia babies. I just placed an order with glasshouse works, and he said that it is freezing there, they have been without electricity, but he has generators, keeping his greenhouses warm. He said it would be awhile before he could mail anything. I started ordering from Hawaii, the mailing cost is more, but you get your plants fast. Barbra,

I agree with the "no" on the carpet...Mold and mildew would be icky.

We laid a concrete slab for my greenhouse...Of course its too late for you to do that and I think its much hotter there than here, and with the extra heat from the cement, it would definetly fry the inside of your GH.

My dad has sand for his GH floor and uses those 6"X12" flat bricks for his walkway through the GH.

I can't wait to see pictures of when your GH is all set to "use".

knotz

Thanks everyone. I think I will go with the weed barrier. Of course that is the only place in my yard that has good grass so I am afraid the weeds and grass will grow back with nothing but I will get him to scalp it good with the weedeater and use round up then put the fabric and brick on the edges to help hold down. I will use the gym mats in the garage to sit pots on in the winter to keep them off the concrete. See I knew you would have good arguements to give him, lol.

Don't scalp the grass and weeds before you use the round-up. It is meant to be absorbed through the green growth of plants and travel to the roots, killing them. Just spray it, as is. in a week or so, give it a second treatment. Then it should be easy to just scrape off the dead stuff and lay down your fabric. This is what I do when I need to remove more lawn for garden expansion.

Bob

I have been working on my green house. I am using my sand floor. I will probably go with cypress mulch. Then again I have a big roll of weed barrier and mulch would put an end to unwanted grass.

What are you going to use for a shade cloth? I have been looking on ebay.

I didn't think about the roundup needing more than a little bit of grass to get down to the roots. Hmmmm. Guess I will just spray it as it then. I was worried sand would get tracked all over the place but with mulch over it would be ok. I already have the weed barrier and was going to put mulch over that but what I got from the city had so many big chunks of limbs in it I threw it out at the shop and made a compost pile out of it instead. I got some shade cloth at Home depot last summer in a roll from the garden center. I thought I would try to attach it to the inside so the wind won't shred it. I will have to stock up on the bags of mulch at Lowes. When there is a hole in a bag they put in on 1/2 price and place it in a clear bag with tape to prevent any more spilling. I got several bags this fall for the garden so I will check every time I go and start stock piling some for the floor. John got the exhaust fan wired in and the plug for the heater and the lights hung. Just have to wire in the plug on the ceiling for the lights and do the floor and I'll be ready for plants. Oh yeah got to fix the leak at the faucet too. He got me a sink and I am debating whether I want to run real plumbing to it or just have it free standing and use a water hose. That way I can move it around if I want and just plug it up if I want to soak something in it but I have to attach something to the drain and a way to run it outside under the edge of the greenhouse or something. I might just set the whole sink up right on the outside and it won't take up room inside. Was thinking about making a little potting bench on the backside with the sink there in the shade where it will be cool to work and if I spill potting soil in the grass it won't mattter.

My floor is used brick without mortar. Just hose it off & I'm hoping it will hold heat in the winter.

Linda

So Glad it is coming together.. Girl you are almost there!!! We do need a few more pic's tho!!!

Kristy, I think I've told you before that mine has a dirt floor with a thick layer of cypress mulch on top. I wouldn't have it any other way. Cleaning a greenhouse floor is not something I want to have to do! Glad you're not doing the carpet because I think you'd be really unhappy with it pretty quick.

Jim, I didn't know you were building a greenhouse... You need to post some pics too!

LOL Wildflower mine is ugly. But I like it. It will take a 100+ mph wind, lots of wood. Mine is mostly for starting cuttings and seeds. I will take some pictures when it is finished. It was built from scratch. So there is scrap lumber everywhere.

When ever you want some cuttings let me know. I have the Tx. Pink and Cleopatra which are very hardy and love cool weather. They grow real fast.

I love the cypress mulch. LOL Cheap and it can grow cuttings also.

Jim

Hey as long as the plants are happy that's all that matters! I'd love some cuttings of those. I'll get a trade list together and get with you in the spring.

I knew I had talked to someone about it. I think after what we have paid out lately money wise I can quit worrying about him wanting the carpet, lol. Will go with the landscape fabric and put mulch on top as I pick it up cheap.

I am using the indoor out door carpet, and flat bricks. no problem with cleaning. for winter I just cover with burlop. I am in NC. greenhouse is 12x20x8 I have lots of tropical fruits. all kinds of plants. but in the summer I have to bring them outside. because of the heat in side.

to clean my greenhouse I used a broom or a blower watering no problem water goes right through the indoor out door carpet it has been a year and half so far so good. I will not use compost for heat, it attracts mice and will incourage snakes.

Snakes will eat the mice..its all good :)