Your layout is bigger than my house. I'm trying to plan a layout for a room that is just over 200 sq ft. But some of that will be shared with our computer desk and the cat's climbing tree. Once I can get a plan and fund it and build it, I don't see it an issue for me to keep it up. I do have a small one about the size of a twin mattress, as it fits under my son's bed, that has needed about zero upkeep over the years (About 6). I've vacuumed it twice and cleaned the track once and that's it. But it is near it's end. Works well for short wheel base RTR stuff, but not longer things. The 3/8" plywood (1st layout so I have hence learned that you need thicker boards for these heavy trains. What can I say, I was coming from N.) I used as a base is bowed downward and my son is now asking for a layout that is "his" for his room. So I may take it apart and work with him to design one that he likes for his trains.
Originally Posted by Bob:
The layout itself is in a 1500 sq. ft. room.
