A Seattle family exposed to the virulent penny floor meme has contracted a more expensive (and therefore probably less contagious) mutant strain that metabolizes nickels instead of pennies. I do like the different color effect this achieves, but by my math (and depending on how much space you leave between the coins) penny flooring costs between $2.50 and $3.00 per square foot, whereas nickel flooring costs four times as much ($10-$12). I did not bother to compute costs for quarter-, dime- (ouch), or Sacagawea dollar-flooring, on the assumption that no one would ever go there. But if they do, please, nobody tell me about it.
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Dollar-bill flooring? Or even better yet, dollar coin flooring?
Hundred-dollar-bill flooring?
Or for us Canucks,
Two-dollar-coin flooring :)
Nickels in contact with bare feet in the bathroom? Hello contact dermatitis.
Way too much time on my hands:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/xn13.com/pub?key=0Ao4pSfXynOtAdEVBQkpNS2pZMXRrZGN0R0dhTC1qZFE&hl=en&output=html
Assumes full packing–coin edges touch. Does not count any other material or labor costs. Coin sizes pulled from Wikipedia.
Ben, can you please make that spreadsheet public? I’m interested in seeing your work. Yes I’m a geek. LOL.