We just installed a rubber ESD floor which works great. The installer did recommend that the old tiles be removed, though. It costs about $6.50/sq. ft. for removal of the old tiles and installing the new. Jim Marsico Senior Engineer Production Engineering EDO Electronics Systems Group [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 631-595-5879 -----Original Message----- From: Howard Watson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 10:55 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] ESD flooring ideas. Dear TechNetters, Our PCB assembly area is being consolidated to another building, and I have the opportunity to request some type of ESD floor coating over an existing non-ESD tile flooring. What are your opinions on the best, most reliable, and of course cheapest, method of ESD flooring? I am thinking that removing the existing tile would not be a cost effective alternative. We are moving out of a facility that had no ESD flooring, so improvements should be easy to achieve. Thanks for the assistance. Best regards, Howard Watson Manufacturing Engineer AMETEK/Dixson --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------