Suggestions for garage floor

[14POSE]

Since the wife and I sold our condo and had no garage and bought a house with one in it, I've been looking at the plastic snap in lego like tile. Any opinions or experiences with it or should I go with the epoxy or a large mat its a 490 square feet. I am looking at getting the HD licensed tile kit with the bar and shield for traction but its $194.00 for 32 square feet. I may end up with an off brand same color scheme for less money.

 

[Gunner]

I went with epoxy on my first garage floor. It's nice but when it gets wet it's like walking on ice.

 

[CrBear]

Years ago I put down the ribbed polyvinyl floor in the garage, just to cover all the oil/paint spots through the years. Worked out well for the bike too.

 

[Mandrew]

I have racedeck tiles in our garage. We've had them for a few years and have installed/reinstalled the tiles in three different homes. Quality is great- no issues with damage during those moves. The garage floor (under tile) has held up without water/mold/salt build up. Plus, the tile surface provides a clean look and better traction than the bare floor... Better traction is actually why we started to look for a flooring solution- my feet kept slipping a bit when moving the bike around.

Racedeck sells a few different types of tiles, including ones with bar and shield logos. The price is not inexpensive, but they do offer discounts if you call (and through garagejournal). Since we have parked cars, trucks, and motorcycles on them- even dripping frozen, salty sludge- and moved three times--- it has been a good purchase for us.

 

[Bones]

I remember a woman had her garage floor covered with vinyl, like would go in a kitchen. She drove into the garage with hot tires and the car would not stop. She slid into her washing machine with the brakes locked up.

 

[bryan0994]

I done my garage and a few other with epoxy paint. I used the u coat it on all the floors. I love it, comes in several colors and with or with out flake. I will say this stay away from the epoxy you would get from say Home Depot or Lowes, it not the same quality. http://ucoatit.com


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[Mudflap]

Personally, unless the floor looks like doodoo, I wouldn't put anything down. I've never had those tiles on a garage floor but I would think, if some kind of liquid was spilled that it would go in the small cracks, if you ever took it out may stain under it. IDK, just thinking out loud on it.

The garages I have seen with those till did look good tho.

 

[Mandrew]

Personally, unless the floor looks like doodoo, I wouldn't put anything down. I've never had those tiles on a garage floor but I would think, if some kind of liquid was spilled that it would go in the small cracks, if you ever took it out may stain under it. IDK, just thinking out loud on it.

The garages I have seen with those till did look good tho.

Check garagejournal- lots of debate on there about the best type of flooring for a garage.

In my experience, with my tiles, if you spill something, it is not difficult to move, to pull a tile, or a section of tiles to mop the mess- and then reinstall. Now, other brands may not be as durable and easy to pop in and out. I can really only speak to racedeck because that is the only floor system we've tried..... Oh- except for the groupings of horse mats we use under the squat rack / lifting area. Those horse mats are really affordable, but they are a serious pain in the neck to move around- and they aren't very pretty.

 

[easyrider7467]

Hello,
I've spent many hours researching garage floors. From the application to durability, etc ,etc, etc... Epoxy floors, polishing concrete, stain, plastic modular flooring, VCT, etc, etc, etc...

Had estimates done for epoxy and polishing too.

I finally went with RaceDeck. And have no complaints. It drains, it looks incredible when cleaned, individual tiles are replaceable, etc. No regrets. I covered my entire oversized 3 car garage with it. Painted my support poles and walls too.

I agree, join the Garage Journal, tons of info and very helpful members.

My friend did epoxy, and its now failing. My other buddy, VCT, and yes, its SLICK when wet !!

Good Luck.